diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index e3bfe9540f..6dfa34bbe7 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2012-10-22
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-04-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.11.0 - pixfmt.h
+  Add AV_PIX_FMT_YVYU422 pixel format.
+
 2014-04-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.10.0 - replaygain.h
   Full scale for peak values is now 100000 (instead of UINT32_MAX) and values
   may overflow.
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 45889727ca..036481aa7a 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -154,6 +154,17 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
             { 0, 3, 4, 0, 7 },        /* V */
         },
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_YVYU422] = {
+        .name = "yvyu422",
+        .nb_components = 3,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 1,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 1, 1, 0, 7 },        /* Y */
+            { 0, 3, 2, 0, 7 },        /* V */
+            { 0, 3, 4, 0, 7 },        /* U */
+        },
+    },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24] = {
         .name = "rgb24",
         .nb_components = 3,
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 374f967608..57155cb7d6 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
     AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64BE_LIBAV,     ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16B, 16G, 16R, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as big-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64LE_LIBAV,     ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16B, 16G, 16R, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as little-endian
 
+    AV_PIX_FMT_YVYU422,   ///< packed YUV 4:2:2, 16bpp, Y0 Cr Y1 Cb
+
 #ifndef AV_PIX_FMT_ABI_GIT_MASTER
     AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64BE=0x123,  ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16R, 16G, 16B, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as big-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64LE,  ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16R, 16G, 16B, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as little-endian
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 6f1de4ff6b..bffa69e831 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  52
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  74
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  75
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \