diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index e866db2118..4c46921e62 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -1737,6 +1737,75 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
        },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BE,
     },
+
+#define BAYER8_DESC_COMMON \
+        .nb_components= 3, \
+        .log2_chroma_w= 0, \
+        .log2_chroma_h= 0, \
+        .comp = {          \
+            {0,0,0,0,1},   \
+            {0,0,0,0,3},   \
+            {0,0,0,0,1},   \
+        },                 \
+
+#define BAYER16_DESC_COMMON \
+        .nb_components= 3, \
+        .log2_chroma_w= 0, \
+        .log2_chroma_h= 0, \
+        .comp = {          \
+            {0,1,0,0, 3},  \
+            {0,1,0,0, 7},  \
+            {0,1,0,0, 3},  \
+        },                 \
+
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_BGGR8] = {
+        .name = "bayer_bggr8",
+        BAYER8_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_BGGR16LE] = {
+        .name = "bayer_bggr16le",
+        BAYER16_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_BGGR16BE] = {
+        .name = "bayer_bggr16be",
+        BAYER16_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_RGGB8] = {
+        .name = "bayer_rggb8",
+        BAYER8_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_RGGB16LE] = {
+        .name = "bayer_rggb16le",
+        BAYER16_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_RGGB16BE] = {
+        .name = "bayer_rggb16be",
+        BAYER16_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GBRG8] = {
+        .name = "bayer_gbrg8",
+        BAYER8_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GBRG16LE] = {
+        .name = "bayer_gbrg16le",
+        BAYER16_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GBRG16BE] = {
+        .name = "bayer_gbrg16be",
+        BAYER16_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GRBG8] = {
+        .name = "bayer_grbg8",
+        BAYER8_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GRBG16LE] = {
+        .name = "bayer_grbg16le",
+        BAYER16_DESC_COMMON
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GRBG16BE] = {
+        .name = "bayer_grbg16be",
+        BAYER16_DESC_COMMON
+    },
 };
 
 FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
@@ -1918,6 +1987,8 @@ void ff_check_pixfmt_descriptors(void){
                 av_assert0(8*(c->step_minus1+1) >= c->depth_minus1+1);
             }
             av_read_image_line(tmp, (void*)data, linesize, d, 0, 0, j, 2, 0);
+            if (!memcmp(d->name, "bayer_", 6))
+                continue;
             av_assert0(tmp[0] == 0 && tmp[1] == 0);
             tmp[0] = tmp[1] = (1<<(c->depth_minus1 + 1)) - 1;
             av_write_image_line(tmp, data, linesize, d, 0, 0, j, 2);
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 57da2a3ed9..17e595ca9d 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -244,6 +244,20 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
     AV_PIX_FMT_GBRAP16BE,   ///< planar GBRA 4:4:4:4 64bpp, big-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_GBRAP16LE,   ///< planar GBRA 4:4:4:4 64bpp, little-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ411P,    ///< planar YUV 4:1:1, 12bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 4x1 Y samples) full scale (JPEG), deprecated in favor of PIX_FMT_YUV411P and setting color_range
+
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_BGGR8,    ///< bayer, BGBG..(odd line), GRGR..(even line), 8-bit samples */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_RGGB8,    ///< bayer, RGRG..(odd line), GBGB..(even line), 8-bit samples */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GBRG8,    ///< bayer, GBGB..(odd line), RGRG..(even line), 8-bit samples */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GRBG8,    ///< bayer, GRGR..(odd line), BGBG..(even line), 8-bit samples */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_BGGR16LE, ///< bayer, BGBG..(odd line), GRGR..(even line), 16-bit samples, little-endian */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_BGGR16BE, ///< bayer, BGBG..(odd line), GRGR..(even line), 16-bit samples, big-endian */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_RGGB16LE, ///< bayer, RGRG..(odd line), GBGB..(even line), 16-bit samples, little-endian */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_RGGB16BE, ///< bayer, RGRG..(odd line), GBGB..(even line), 16-bit samples, big-endian */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GBRG16LE, ///< bayer, GBGB..(odd line), RGRG..(even line), 16-bit samples, little-endian */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GBRG16BE, ///< bayer, GBGB..(odd line), RGRG..(even line), 16-bit samples, big-endian */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GRBG16LE, ///< bayer, GRGR..(odd line), BGBG..(even line), 16-bit samples, little-endian */
+    AV_PIX_FMT_BAYER_GRBG16BE, ///< bayer, GRGR..(odd line), BGBG..(even line), 16-bit samples, big-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