diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_armv6.S b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_armv6.S
index 6180378841..b86a31fb6f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_armv6.S
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_armv6.S
@@ -286,3 +286,32 @@ function ff_add_pixels_clamped_armv6, export=1
         bgt             1b
         pop             {r4-r8,pc}
 .endfunc
+
+function ff_pix_abs16_armv6, export=1
+        ldr             r0,  [sp]
+        push            {r4-r9, lr}
+        mov             r12, #0
+        mov             lr,  #0
+        ldm             r1,  {r4-r7}
+        ldr             r8,  [r2]
+1:
+        ldr             r9,  [r2, #4]
+        pld             [r1, r3]
+        usada8          r12, r4,  r8,  r12
+        ldr             r8,  [r2, #8]
+        pld             [r2, r3]
+        usada8          lr,  r5,  r9,  lr
+        ldr             r9,  [r2, #12]
+        usada8          r12, r6,  r8,  r12
+        subs            r0,  r0,  #1
+        usada8          lr,  r7,  r9,  lr
+        beq             2f
+        add             r1,  r1,  r3
+        ldm             r1,  {r4-r7}
+        add             r2,  r2,  r3
+        ldr             r8,  [r2]
+        b               1b
+2:
+        add             r0,  r12, lr
+        pop             {r4-r9, pc}
+.endfunc
diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_armv6.c b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_armv6.c
index 8dacc9df12..cc5d7df497 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_armv6.c
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_armv6.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ void ff_add_pixels_clamped_armv6(const DCTELEM *block,
                                  uint8_t *restrict pixels,
                                  int line_size);
 
+int ff_pix_abs16_armv6(void *s, uint8_t *blk1, uint8_t *blk2,
+                       int line_size, int h);
+
 void av_cold ff_dsputil_init_armv6(DSPContext* c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     if (!avctx->lowres && (avctx->idct_algo == FF_IDCT_AUTO ||
@@ -82,4 +85,8 @@ void av_cold ff_dsputil_init_armv6(DSPContext* c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
     c->avg_pixels_tab[1][0] = ff_avg_pixels8_armv6;
 
     c->add_pixels_clamped = ff_add_pixels_clamped_armv6;
+
+    c->pix_abs[0][0] = ff_pix_abs16_armv6;
+
+    c->sad[0] = ff_pix_abs16_armv6;
 }