diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 2703610639..4cdea95921 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2011-04-18
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2012-06-24 - xxxxxxx - lavu 51.62.100 - version.h
+  version moved from avutil.h to version.h
+
 2012-04-11 - xxxxxxx - lavu 51.58.100 - error.h
   Add av_make_error_string() and av_err2str() utilities to
   libavutil/error.h.
diff --git a/libavutil/Makefile b/libavutil/Makefile
index 4a9eb807a5..4d41784848 100644
--- a/libavutil/Makefile
+++ b/libavutil/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ HEADERS = adler32.h                                                     \
           time.h                                                        \
           timecode.h                                                    \
           timestamp.h                                                   \
+          version.h                                                     \
 
 ARCH_HEADERS = bswap.h                                                  \
                intmath.h                                                \
diff --git a/libavutil/avutil.h b/libavutil/avutil.h
index 0efaa952f4..5e521216a7 100644
--- a/libavutil/avutil.h
+++ b/libavutil/avutil.h
@@ -141,30 +141,8 @@
 #define AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c) a ##.## b ##.## c
 #define AV_VERSION(a, b, c) AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c)
 
-/**
- * @}
- *
- * @defgroup lavu_ver Version and Build diagnostics
- *
- * Macros and function useful to check at compiletime and at runtime
- * which version of libavutil is in use.
- *
- * @{
- */
+#include "libavutil/version.h"
 
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 51
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 61
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
-
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
-                                               LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR, \
-                                               LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO)
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION       AV_VERSION(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR,     \
-                                           LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR,     \
-                                           LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO)
-#define LIBAVUTIL_BUILD         LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT
-
-#define LIBAVUTIL_IDENT         "Lavu" AV_STRINGIFY(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION)
 
 /**
  * @}
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e05844c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * copyright (c) 2003 Fabrice Bellard
+ *
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef AVUTIL_VERSION_H
+#define AVUTIL_VERSION_H
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup lavu_ver Version and Build diagnostics
+ *
+ * Macros and function useful to check at compiletime and at runtime
+ * which version of libavutil is in use.
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 51
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 62
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
+
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
+                                               LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR, \
+                                               LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO)
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION       AV_VERSION(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR,     \
+                                           LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR,     \
+                                           LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO)
+#define LIBAVUTIL_BUILD         LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT
+
+#define LIBAVUTIL_IDENT         "Lavu" AV_STRINGIFY(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION)
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#endif  //AVUTIL_VERSION_H