diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index cea5b0ffd9..9f1c21cc94 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -560,6 +560,27 @@ static const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB,
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY9BE] = {
+        .name = "gray9be",
+        .nb_components = 1,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 2, 0, 0, 9, 1, 8, 1 },       /* Y */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BE,
+        .alias = "y9be",
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY9LE] = {
+        .name = "gray9le",
+        .nb_components = 1,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 2, 0, 0, 9, 1, 8, 1 },       /* Y */
+        },
+        .alias = "y9le",
+    },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY10BE] = {
         .name = "gray10be",
         .nb_components = 1,
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index e1e4074bee..5798507e74 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
      */
     AV_PIX_FMT_D3D11,
 
+    AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY9BE,   ///<        Y        , 9bpp, big-endian
+    AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY9LE,   ///<        Y        , 9bpp, little-endian
+
     AV_PIX_FMT_NB         ///< number of pixel formats, DO NOT USE THIS if you want to link with shared libav* because the number of formats might differ between versions
 };
 
@@ -342,6 +345,7 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_0RGB32  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(0RGB, BGR0)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_0BGR32  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(0BGR, RGB0)
 
+#define AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY9  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(GRAY9BE,  GRAY9LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY10 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(GRAY10BE, GRAY10LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(GRAY12BE, GRAY12LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY16 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(GRAY16BE, GRAY16LE)
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 3dad41f74d..b1f9e9dd00 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
 
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  55
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  69
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 101
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  70
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR, \