diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 93e8b771da..387a2f985a 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2012-10-22
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-08-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.22.0 - pixfmt.h
+  Add AV_PIX_FMT_YA16 pixel format for 16 bit packed gray with alpha.
+
 2014-08-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.21.1 - avstring.h
   Rename AV_PIX_FMT_Y400A to AV_PIX_FMT_YA8 to better identify the format.
   An alias pixel format and color space name are provided for compatibility.
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 5deafb5115..154392af20 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -1560,6 +1560,24 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA,
         .alias = "gray8a",
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_YA16LE] = {
+        .name = "ya16le",
+        .nb_components = 2,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 3, 1, 0, 15 },        /* Y */
+            { 0, 3, 3, 0, 15 },        /* A */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA,
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_YA16BE] = {
+        .name = "ya16be",
+        .nb_components = 2,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 3, 1, 0, 15 },        /* Y */
+            { 0, 3, 3, 0, 15 },        /* A */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BE | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA,
+    },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_GBRP] = {
         .name = "gbrp",
         .nb_components = 3,
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 6e4568133e..a76a852cda 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 
     AV_PIX_FMT_VDA,          ///< HW acceleration through VDA, data[3] contains a CVPixelBufferRef
 
+    AV_PIX_FMT_YA16BE,       ///< 16bit gray, 16bit alpha (big-endian)
+    AV_PIX_FMT_YA16LE,       ///< 16bit gray, 16bit alpha (little-endian)
+
+
 #ifndef AV_PIX_FMT_ABI_GIT_MASTER
     AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64BE=0x123,  ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16R, 16G, 16B, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as big-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64LE,  ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16R, 16G, 16B, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as little-endian
@@ -320,6 +324,7 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_0BGR32  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(0BGR, RGB0)
 
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY16 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(GRAY16BE, GRAY16LE)
+#define AV_PIX_FMT_YA16   AV_PIX_FMT_NE(YA16BE,   YA16LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_RGB48  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(RGB48BE,  RGB48LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_RGB565 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(RGB565BE, RGB565LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_RGB555 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(RGB555BE, RGB555LE)
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index c31c1501d3..6f47baa436 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  52
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  96
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 101
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  97
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR, \