diff --git a/libavcodec/internal.h b/libavcodec/internal.h
index 24d320c186..6c0efec8b1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/internal.h
+++ b/libavcodec/internal.h
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ const uint8_t *avpriv_find_start_code(const uint8_t *p,
                                       const uint8_t *end,
                                       uint32_t *state);
 
+int avpriv_codec_get_cap_skip_frame_fill_param(const AVCodec *codec);
+
 /**
  * Check that the provided frame dimensions are valid and set them on the codec
  * context.
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 44843a44e9..9766bb06d6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,10 @@ int av_codec_get_max_lowres(const AVCodec *codec)
     return codec->max_lowres;
 }
 
+int avpriv_codec_get_cap_skip_frame_fill_param(const AVCodec *codec){
+    return !!(codec->caps_internal & FF_CODEC_CAP_SKIP_FRAME_FILL_PARAM);
+}
+
 static void get_subtitle_defaults(AVSubtitle *sub)
 {
     memset(sub, 0, sizeof(*sub));
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index b8ef9c5193..8712425366 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR  57
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  35
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  36
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \