diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 7e7b15472b..d43f459a4f 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ libavutil:     2012-10-22
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2013-12-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.2.0 - frame.h
+  Add AV_FRAME_DATA_MATRIXENCODING value to the AVFrameSideDataType enum, which
+  identifies AVMatrixEncoding data.
+
 2013-12-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.1.0 - channel_layout.h
   Add values for various Dolby flags to the AVMatrixEncoding enum.
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/internal.h b/libavcodec/internal.h
index 35bfcd4755..8aa0ac101c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/internal.h
+++ b/libavcodec/internal.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "libavutil/buffer.h"
+#include "libavutil/channel_layout.h"
 #include "libavutil/mathematics.h"
 #include "libavutil/pixfmt.h"
 #include "avcodec.h"
@@ -238,4 +239,10 @@ const uint8_t *avpriv_find_start_code(const uint8_t *p,
  */
 int ff_set_dimensions(AVCodecContext *s, int width, int height);
 
+/**
+ * Add or update AV_FRAME_DATA_MATRIXENCODING side data.
+ */
+int ff_side_data_update_matrix_encoding(AVFrame *frame,
+                                        enum AVMatrixEncoding matrix_encoding);
+
 #endif /* AVCODEC_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index f6601332ce..2c27e19534 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -252,6 +252,26 @@ int ff_set_dimensions(AVCodecContext *s, int width, int height)
     return ret;
 }
 
+int ff_side_data_update_matrix_encoding(AVFrame *frame,
+                                        enum AVMatrixEncoding matrix_encoding)
+{
+    AVFrameSideData *side_data;
+    enum AVMatrixEncoding *data;
+
+    side_data = av_frame_get_side_data(frame, AV_FRAME_DATA_MATRIXENCODING);
+    if (!side_data)
+        side_data = av_frame_new_side_data(frame, AV_FRAME_DATA_MATRIXENCODING,
+                                           sizeof(enum AVMatrixEncoding));
+
+    if (!side_data)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
+    data  = (enum AVMatrixEncoding*)side_data->data;
+    *data = matrix_encoding;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 #if HAVE_NEON || ARCH_PPC || HAVE_MMX
 #   define STRIDE_ALIGN 16
 #else
diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h
index b31cc3ec4c..1222d3c9e1 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.h
+++ b/libavutil/frame.h
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ enum AVFrameSideDataType {
      * The data is the AVStereo3D struct defined in libavutil/stereo3d.h.
      */
     AV_FRAME_DATA_STEREO3D,
+    /**
+     * The data is the AVMatrixEncoding enum defined in libavutil/channel_layout.h.
+     */
+    AV_FRAME_DATA_MATRIXENCODING,
 };
 
 typedef struct AVFrameSideData {
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index e6a0f252a0..9e4f20281a 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  52
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  61
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  62
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \