diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 154392af20..13f69fa56f 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -2116,6 +2116,7 @@ enum AVPixelFormat av_pix_fmt_swap_endianness(enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt)
 #define FF_COLOR_GRAY     1 /**< gray color space */
 #define FF_COLOR_YUV      2 /**< YUV color space. 16 <= Y <= 235, 16 <= U, V <= 240 */
 #define FF_COLOR_YUV_JPEG 3 /**< YUV color space. 0 <= Y <= 255, 0 <= U, V <= 255 */
+#define FF_COLOR_XYZ      4
 
 #define pixdesc_has_alpha(pixdesc) \
     ((pixdesc)->nb_components == 2 || (pixdesc)->nb_components == 4 || (pixdesc)->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PAL)
@@ -2131,6 +2132,9 @@ static int get_color_type(const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc) {
     if(desc->name && !strncmp(desc->name, "yuvj", 4))
         return FF_COLOR_YUV_JPEG;
 
+    if(desc->name && !strncmp(desc->name, "xyz", 3))
+        return FF_COLOR_XYZ;
+
     if(desc->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB)
         return  FF_COLOR_RGB;