diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index e6a943152d897d6e3c859d88e1822059e205214d..c29d2271219de00e2a2a4dd54c7ed2c019de66f9 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ version <next>:
 - XBM decoder
 - bmp standalone parser
 - OpenEXR image decoder
+- support decoding 4-channel SGI images
 
 
 version 10:
diff --git a/libavcodec/sgidec.c b/libavcodec/sgidec.c
index 04cfcd0353c0a5154943aae06e410d02dab53402..357d54e74338e38c41b507bcfbfedb4abe13e1e1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/sgidec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/sgidec.c
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         avctx->pix_fmt = s->bytes_per_channel == 2 ? AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY16BE : AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8;
     } else if (s->depth == SGI_RGB) {
         avctx->pix_fmt = s->bytes_per_channel == 2 ? AV_PIX_FMT_RGB48BE : AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24;
-    } else if (s->depth == SGI_RGBA && s->bytes_per_channel == 1) {
-        avctx->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA;
+    } else if (s->depth == SGI_RGBA) {
+        avctx->pix_fmt = s->bytes_per_channel == 2 ? AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA64BE : AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA;
     } else {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "wrong picture format\n");
         return -1;