diff --git a/libmpcodecs/img_format.c b/libmpcodecs/img_format.c
index 789e473f84..4704cf2f6a 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/img_format.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/img_format.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const char *vo_format_name(int format)
 	case IMGFMT_RGB16: return "RGB 16-bit";
 	case IMGFMT_RGB24: return "RGB 24-bit";
 //	case IMGFMT_RGB32: return "RGB 32-bit";
+	case IMGFMT_RGB48LE: return "RGB 48-bit LE";
+	case IMGFMT_RGB48BE: return "RGB 48-bit BE";
 	case IMGFMT_BGR1: return "BGR 1-bit";
 	case IMGFMT_BGR4: return "BGR 4-bit";
 	case IMGFMT_BG4B: return "BGR 4-bit per byte";
diff --git a/libmpcodecs/img_format.h b/libmpcodecs/img_format.h
index 559501fb89..b0878f4c1b 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/img_format.h
+++ b/libmpcodecs/img_format.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #define IMGFMT_RGB16 (IMGFMT_RGB|16)
 #define IMGFMT_RGB24 (IMGFMT_RGB|24)
 #define IMGFMT_RGB32 (IMGFMT_RGB|32)
+#define IMGFMT_RGB48LE (IMGFMT_RGB|48)
+#define IMGFMT_RGB48BE (IMGFMT_RGB|49)
 
 #define IMGFMT_BGR_MASK 0xFFFFFF00
 #define IMGFMT_BGR (('B'<<24)|('G'<<16)|('R'<<8))
diff --git a/libmpcodecs/vf_scale.c b/libmpcodecs/vf_scale.c
index ccd0c1c96e..f2c71ed948 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/vf_scale.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/vf_scale.c
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ static int query_format(struct vf_instance_s* vf, unsigned int fmt){
     case IMGFMT_RGB8:
     case IMGFMT_BG4B:
     case IMGFMT_RG4B:
+    case IMGFMT_RGB48LE:
+    case IMGFMT_RGB48BE:
     {
 	unsigned int best=find_best_out(vf);
 	int flags;