diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index da8b6969f5..0426837ab0 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2012-10-22
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.14.0 - pixfmt.h
+  Add AV_PIX_FMT_VDA for new-style VDA acceleration.
+
 2014-05-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 52.82.0 - fifo.h
   Add av_fifo_freep() function.
 
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 6b1b05f3fa..f00907dc24 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -1874,6 +1874,10 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PLANAR | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BE,
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_VDA] = {
+        .name = "vda",
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_HWACCEL,
+    },
 };
 
 FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 57155cb7d6..98987a5cd6 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 
     AV_PIX_FMT_YVYU422,   ///< packed YUV 4:2:2, 16bpp, Y0 Cr Y1 Cb
 
+    AV_PIX_FMT_VDA,          ///< HW acceleration through VDA, data[3] contains a CVPixelBufferRef
+
 #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 a430c6b948..bc5d4582f3 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  52
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  82
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  83
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \