diff --git a/libavutil/avutil.h b/libavutil/avutil.h
index c51a682971ad94b5c09397d66a7d1538de40409e..0b0b4ce0cc4c3ed7b733e46590b1d8d99a19b5e3 100644
--- a/libavutil/avutil.h
+++ b/libavutil/avutil.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define AV_VERSION(a, b, c) AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c)
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 50
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 26
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 27
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/libavutil/common.h b/libavutil/common.h
index d054f87c5b4cc3c4698c6adde8be44903d341293..6404076a13eabe1282c23abc14bd9a120028f3d9 100644
--- a/libavutil/common.h
+++ b/libavutil/common.h
@@ -192,6 +192,20 @@ static inline av_const int av_ceil_log2_c(int x)
     return av_log2((x - 1) << 1);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Count number of bits set to one in x
+ * @param x value to count bits of
+ * @return the number of bits set to one in x
+ */
+static inline av_const int av_popcount_c(uint32_t x)
+{
+    x -= (x >> 1) & 0x55555555;
+    x = (x & 0x33333333) + ((x >> 2) & 0x33333333);
+    x = (x + (x >> 4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F;
+    x += x >> 8;
+    return (x + (x >> 16)) & 0x3F;
+}
+
 #define MKTAG(a,b,c,d) ((a) | ((b) << 8) | ((c) << 16) | ((d) << 24))
 #define MKBETAG(a,b,c,d) ((d) | ((c) << 8) | ((b) << 16) | ((a) << 24))
 
@@ -351,3 +365,6 @@ static inline av_const int av_ceil_log2_c(int x)
 #ifndef av_clipf
 #   define av_clipf         av_clipf_c
 #endif
+#ifndef av_popcount
+#   define av_popcount      av_popcount_c
+#endif