diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index d6134f99cc3311b52f6df7fcb7f9e106129188e1..38d18bc826a540dbda17c71e7005e65888443b71 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ libavutil:     2013-12-xx
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.06.0 - pixfmt.h
+  Add RGBA64 pixel format and variants.
+
 2014-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.05.0 - frame.h
   Add av_frame_copy() for copying the frame data.
 
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 37ce173201df7a03a40969cb0696973818353cd1..d0e691945172e933fe55df2438423cae6a36056c 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -858,6 +858,32 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB,
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64BE] = {
+        .name = "rgba64be",
+        .nb_components = 4,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 7, 1, 0, 15 },       /* R */
+            { 0, 7, 3, 0, 15 },       /* G */
+            { 0, 7, 5, 0, 15 },       /* B */
+            { 0, 7, 7, 0, 15 },       /* A */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BE | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA,
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64LE] = {
+        .name = "rgba64le",
+        .nb_components = 4,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 7, 1, 0, 15 },       /* R */
+            { 0, 7, 3, 0, 15 },       /* G */
+            { 0, 7, 5, 0, 15 },       /* B */
+            { 0, 7, 7, 0, 15 },       /* A */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA,
+    },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_RGB565BE] = {
         .name = "rgb565be",
         .nb_components = 3,
@@ -954,6 +980,32 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB,
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64BE] = {
+        .name = "bgra64be",
+        .nb_components = 4,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 5, 1, 0, 15 },       /* B */
+            { 0, 5, 3, 0, 15 },       /* G */
+            { 0, 5, 5, 0, 15 },       /* R */
+            { 0, 5, 7, 0, 15 },       /* A */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BE | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA,
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64LE] = {
+        .name = "bgra64le",
+        .nb_components = 4,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 5, 1, 0, 15 },       /* B */
+            { 0, 5, 3, 0, 15 },       /* G */
+            { 0, 5, 5, 0, 15 },       /* R */
+            { 0, 5, 7, 0, 15 },       /* A */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA,
+    },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_BGR565BE] = {
         .name = "bgr565be",
         .nb_components = 3,
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 0d6e0a3007977f5816ba52e880f0feb3a180d680..e86ec7ee7913b565a15ef375ace041caeffa7688 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
     AV_PIX_FMT_NV16,         ///< interleaved chroma YUV 4:2:2, 16bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 2x1 Y samples)
     AV_PIX_FMT_NV20LE,       ///< interleaved chroma YUV 4:2:2, 20bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 2x1 Y samples), little-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_NV20BE,       ///< interleaved chroma YUV 4:2:2, 20bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 2x1 Y samples), big-endian
+
+    AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64BE,     ///< 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
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64BE,     ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16B, 16G, 16R, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as big-endian
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64LE,     ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16B, 16G, 16R, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as little-endian
+
     AV_PIX_FMT_NB,        ///< number of pixel formats, DO NOT USE THIS if you want to link with shared libav* because the number of formats might differ between versions
 
 #if FF_API_PIX_FMT
@@ -213,10 +219,12 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_RGB565 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(RGB565BE, RGB565LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_RGB555 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(RGB555BE, RGB555LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_RGB444 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(RGB444BE, RGB444LE)
+#define AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(RGBA64BE, RGBA64LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_BGR48  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(BGR48BE,  BGR48LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_BGR565 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(BGR565BE, BGR565LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_BGR555 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(BGR555BE, BGR555LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_BGR444 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(BGR444BE, BGR444LE)
+#define AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(BGRA64BE, BGRA64LE)
 
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P9  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(YUV420P9BE , YUV420P9LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P9  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(YUV422P9BE , YUV422P9LE)
@@ -245,6 +253,7 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_XYZ12      AV_PIX_FMT_NE(XYZ12BE, XYZ12LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_NV20       AV_PIX_FMT_NE(NV20BE,  NV20LE)
 
+
 #if FF_API_PIX_FMT
 #define PixelFormat AVPixelFormat
 
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index cd0981c319b8712ce767f076ef8f5360c125a603..36070b251a81013479aad8eb031bfd3f6e7a3dfc 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 53
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  5
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  6
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
index 228107af6d24449e250b9ca9e84ef9a260d36fb3..bd57b20d6f01b3a9d79150225c37c9237ea37bcc 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
+++ b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ static av_always_inline int isRGB(enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt)
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_RGB8        ||  \
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_RGB4        ||  \
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_RGB4_BYTE   ||  \
+     (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64BE    ||  \
+     (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64LE    ||  \
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_MONOBLACK   ||  \
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_MONOWHITE)
 
@@ -659,6 +661,8 @@ static av_always_inline int isRGB(enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt)
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_BGR8        ||  \
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_BGR4        ||  \
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_BGR4_BYTE   ||  \
+     (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64BE    ||  \
+     (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64LE    ||  \
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_MONOBLACK   ||  \
      (x) == AV_PIX_FMT_MONOWHITE)
 
diff --git a/libswscale/utils.c b/libswscale/utils.c
index 2111fc2a625046add9544ce43dc6794a2be68e70..7534be93665b173a5d1db47380998b8199438ac7 100644
--- a/libswscale/utils.c
+++ b/libswscale/utils.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static const FormatEntry format_entries[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
     [AV_PIX_FMT_YUVA444P16LE]= { 1, 1 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_RGB48BE]     = { 1, 1 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_RGB48LE]     = { 1, 1 },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64BE]    = { 0, 0 },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64LE]    = { 0, 0 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_RGB565BE]    = { 1, 1 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_RGB565LE]    = { 1, 1 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_RGB555BE]    = { 1, 1 },
@@ -154,6 +156,8 @@ static const FormatEntry format_entries[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
     [AV_PIX_FMT_Y400A]       = { 1, 0 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_BGR48BE]     = { 1, 1 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_BGR48LE]     = { 1, 1 },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64BE]    = { 0, 0 },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64LE]    = { 0, 0 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P9BE]  = { 1, 1 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P9LE]  = { 1, 1 },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P10BE] = { 1, 1 },