diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 7d12737472..d65b2ddeea 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ libavutil:   2009-03-08
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2011-04-10 - lavu  50.40.0 - pixfmt.h
+  Add PIX_FMT_BGR48LE and PIX_FMT_BGR48BE pixel formats
+
 2011-04-08 - lavf 52.106.0 - avformat.h
   Minor avformat.h cleanup:
     a9bf9d8 deprecate av_guess_image2_codec
diff --git a/libavutil/avutil.h b/libavutil/avutil.h
index d69e989457..929c5ddcdc 100644
--- a/libavutil/avutil.h
+++ b/libavutil/avutil.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define AV_VERSION(a, b, c) AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c)
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 50
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 39
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 40
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 55d2debadb..16a26da3da 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -630,6 +630,29 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[PIX_FMT_NB] = {
             {0,1,1,0,3},        /* B */
         },
     },
+    [PIX_FMT_BGR48BE] = {
+        .name = "bgr48be",
+        .nb_components= 3,
+        .log2_chroma_w= 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h= 0,
+        .comp = {
+            {0,5,1,0,15},       /* B */
+            {0,5,3,0,15},       /* G */
+            {0,5,5,0,15},       /* R */
+        },
+        .flags = PIX_FMT_BE,
+    },
+    [PIX_FMT_BGR48LE] = {
+        .name = "bgr48le",
+        .nb_components= 3,
+        .log2_chroma_w= 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h= 0,
+        .comp = {
+            {0,5,1,0,15},       /* B */
+            {0,5,3,0,15},       /* G */
+            {0,5,5,0,15},       /* R */
+        },
+    },
     [PIX_FMT_BGR565BE] = {
         .name = "bgr565be",
         .nb_components= 3,
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 9877724eb6..dcdf4af4fb 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ enum PixelFormat {
     PIX_FMT_BGR444BE,  ///< packed BGR 4:4:4, 16bpp, (msb)4A 4B 4G 4R(lsb), big-endian, most significant bits to 1
     PIX_FMT_BGR444LE,  ///< packed BGR 4:4:4, 16bpp, (msb)4A 4B 4G 4R(lsb), little-endian, most significant bits to 1
     PIX_FMT_Y400A,     ///< 8bit gray, 8bit alpha
+    PIX_FMT_BGR48BE,   ///< packed RGB 16:16:16, 48bpp, 16B, 16G, 16R, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B component is stored as big-endian
+    PIX_FMT_BGR48LE,   ///< packed RGB 16:16:16, 48bpp, 16B, 16G, 16R, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B component is stored as little-endian
     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
 };
 
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ enum PixelFormat {
 #define PIX_FMT_RGB565 PIX_FMT_NE(RGB565BE, RGB565LE)
 #define PIX_FMT_RGB555 PIX_FMT_NE(RGB555BE, RGB555LE)
 #define PIX_FMT_RGB444 PIX_FMT_NE(RGB444BE, RGB444LE)
+#define PIX_FMT_BGR48  PIX_FMT_NE(BGR48BE,  BGR48LE)
 #define PIX_FMT_BGR565 PIX_FMT_NE(BGR565BE, BGR565LE)
 #define PIX_FMT_BGR555 PIX_FMT_NE(BGR555BE, BGR555LE)
 #define PIX_FMT_BGR444 PIX_FMT_NE(BGR444BE, BGR444LE)