diff --git a/libswresample/swresample.c b/libswresample/swresample.c
index 4718ce8615..086c421bad 100644
--- a/libswresample/swresample.c
+++ b/libswresample/swresample.c
@@ -676,3 +676,27 @@ int swr_convert(struct SwrContext *s, uint8_t *out_arg[SWR_CH_MAX], int out_coun
     }
 }
 
+int swr_inject_silence(struct SwrContext *s, int count){
+    int ret, i;
+    AudioData silence = s->out;
+    uint8_t *tmp_arg[SWR_CH_MAX];
+
+    if(count <= 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    silence.count = 0;
+    silence.data  = NULL;
+    if((ret=realloc_audio(&silence, count))<0)
+        return ret;
+
+    if(silence.planar) for(i=0; i<silence.ch_count; i++) {
+        memset(silence.ch[i], silence.bps==1 ? 0x80 : 0, count*silence.bps);
+    } else
+        memset(silence.ch[0], silence.bps==1 ? 0x80 : 0, count*silence.bps*silence.ch_count);
+
+    reversefill_audiodata(&silence, tmp_arg);
+    av_log(s, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "adding %d audio samples of silence\n", count);
+    ret = swr_convert(s, NULL, 0, (const uint8_t**)tmp_arg, count);
+    av_freep(&silence.data);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/libswresample/swresample.h b/libswresample/swresample.h
index 43112f9c17..61ac2d4317 100644
--- a/libswresample/swresample.h
+++ b/libswresample/swresample.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/samplefmt.h"
 
 #define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MINOR 12
+#define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MINOR 13
 #define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MAJOR, \
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ int swr_set_channel_mapping(struct SwrContext *s, const int *channel_map);
  */
 int swr_set_matrix(struct SwrContext *s, const double *matrix, int stride);
 
+/**
+ * Injects the specified number of silence samples.
+ */
+int swr_inject_silence(struct SwrContext *s, int count);
+
 /**
  * Gets the delay the next input sample will experience relative to the next output sample.
  *