diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 6ded9467b0..27f052400f 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -2793,6 +2793,18 @@ static const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PLANAR,
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_NV15] = {
+        .name = "nv15",
+        .nb_components = 3,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 1,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 1,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 10,  0, 0, 10 },      /* Y */
+            { 1, 20,  0, 0, 10 },      /* U */
+            { 1, 20, 10, 0, 10 },      /* V */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PLANAR | AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BITSTREAM,
+    },
 };
 
 static const char * const color_range_names[] = {
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index a26c72d56b..9c6cd4fb6a 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
     AV_PIX_FMT_GBRAP14BE,  ///< planar GBR 4:4:4:4 56bpp, big-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_GBRAP14LE,  ///< planar GBR 4:4:4:4 56bpp, little-endian
 
+    AV_PIX_FMT_NV15,        ///< like P010, but has no zero padding bits, 15bpp, 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
 };