diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 01c55a1ed0..ae5490b4c2 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ libavutil:     2015-08-28
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2017-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 55.62.100 / 55.30.0 - frame.h
+  Add AVFrame.crop_left/right/top/bottom fields for attaching cropping
+  information to video frames.
+
 2017-xx-xx - xxxxxxxxxx
   Change av_sha_update(), av_sha512_update() and av_md5_sum()/av_md5_update() length
   parameter type to size_t at next major bump.
diff --git a/libavutil/frame.c b/libavutil/frame.c
index dd12c5549c..24d5d5f184 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.c
+++ b/libavutil/frame.c
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ static int frame_copy_props(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int force_copy)
     dst->key_frame              = src->key_frame;
     dst->pict_type              = src->pict_type;
     dst->sample_aspect_ratio    = src->sample_aspect_ratio;
+    dst->crop_top               = src->crop_top;
+    dst->crop_bottom            = src->crop_bottom;
+    dst->crop_left              = src->crop_left;
+    dst->crop_right             = src->crop_right;
     dst->pts                    = src->pts;
     dst->repeat_pict            = src->repeat_pict;
     dst->interlaced_frame       = src->interlaced_frame;
diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h
index 4d8c1bed4f..26261d7e40 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.h
+++ b/libavutil/frame.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef AVUTIL_FRAME_H
 #define AVUTIL_FRAME_H
 
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "avutil.h"
@@ -240,9 +241,18 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
     uint8_t **extended_data;
 
     /**
-     * width and height of the video frame
+     * @name Video dimensions
+     * Video frames only. The coded dimensions (in pixels) of the video frame,
+     * i.e. the size of the rectangle that contains some well-defined values.
+     *
+     * @note The part of the frame intended for display/presentation is further
+     * restricted by the @ref cropping "Cropping rectangle".
+     * @{
      */
     int width, height;
+    /**
+     * @}
+     */
 
     /**
      * number of audio samples (per channel) described by this frame
@@ -530,6 +540,22 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
      * purpose.
      */
     AVBufferRef *opaque_ref;
+
+    /**
+     * @anchor cropping
+     * @name Cropping
+     * Video frames only. The number of pixels to discard from the the
+     * top/bottom/left/right border of the frame to obtain the sub-rectangle of
+     * the frame intended for presentation.
+     * @{
+     */
+    size_t crop_top;
+    size_t crop_bottom;
+    size_t crop_left;
+    size_t crop_right;
+    /**
+     * @}
+     */
 } AVFrame;
 
 /**
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index e7a657971f..6762bf300a 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@
  * @{
  */
 
+
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  55
-#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, \