diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 9535b88914..8fb0c23a6f 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ libavutil:     2013-12-xx
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 55.57.0 - avcodec.h
+  Add AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER to mark codecs supporting frame reordering.
+
 2014-07-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.18.0 - display.h
   Add av_display_matrix_flip() to flip the transformation matrix.
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 8f93911019..7385dd36a5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -509,6 +509,16 @@ typedef struct AVCodecDescriptor {
  * Codec supports lossless compression. Audio and video codecs only.
  */
 #define AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS      (1 << 2)
+/**
+ * Codec supports frame reordering. That is, the coded order (the order in which
+ * the encoded packets are output by the encoders / stored / input to the
+ * decoders) may be different from the presentation order of the corresponding
+ * frames.
+ *
+ * For codecs that do not have this property set, PTS and DTS should always be
+ * equal.
+ */
+#define AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER       (1 << 3)
 
 /**
  * @ingroup lavc_decoding
diff --git a/libavcodec/codec_desc.c b/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
index f0a6dadfb2..548c508d50 100644
--- a/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "mpeg1video",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("MPEG-1 video"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO,
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "mpeg2video",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("MPEG-1 video"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
 #if FF_API_XVMC
     {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "h263",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("H.263 / H.263-1996, H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_RV10,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "rv20",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("RealVideo 1.0"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_MJPEG,
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "mpeg4",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("MPEG-4 part 2"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO,
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "h263p",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_H263I,
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "h263i",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Intel H.263"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_FLV1,
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "svq3",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3 / Sorenson Video 3 / SVQ3"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_DVVIDEO,
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "h264",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_INDEO3,
@@ -445,28 +445,28 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "rv30",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("RealVideo 3.0"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_RV40,
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "rv40",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("RealVideo 4.0"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_VC1,
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "vc1",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("SMPTE VC-1"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_WMV3,
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "wmv3",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Windows Media Video 9"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_LOCO,
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "cavs",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Chinese AVS (Audio Video Standard) (AVS1-P2, JiZhun profile)"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_JPEG2000,
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "dirac",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Dirac"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_BFI,
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .name      = "hevc",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)"),
-        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_FIC,
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 99ba6316a0..d521221a2d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 55
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR 56
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR 57
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \