diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 5c54e3430c01359d734f2c78f20760039ddb0c81..6a7034c1d62a86f0759c3285343c829baf219355 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ enum PixelFormat {
     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
 };
 
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+#   define PIX_FMT_NE(name) PIX_FMT_##name##BE
+#else
+#   define PIX_FMT_NE(name) PIX_FMT_##name##LE
+#endif
+
 #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 #define PIX_FMT_RGBA PIX_FMT_RGB32_1
 #define PIX_FMT_BGRA PIX_FMT_BGR32_1