diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index a2370b33e1..d927e5679d 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ libavutil:     2015-08-28
 
 
 API changes, most recent first:
+2015-11-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 57.16.0 - avcodec.h
+  Add AV_PKT_DATA_FALLBACK_TRACK for making fallback associations between
+  streams.
+
 2015-11-xx - xxxxxxx - lavf 57.19.100 - avformat.h
   Add av_stream_new_side_data().
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 1af17ed569..448ba8ae25 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -1284,6 +1284,14 @@ enum AVPacketSideDataType {
      */
     AV_PKT_DATA_QUALITY_STATS,
 
+    /**
+     * This side data contains an integer value representing the stream index
+     * of a "fallback" track.  A fallback track indicates an alternate
+     * track to use when the current track can not be decoded for some reason.
+     * e.g. no decoder available for codec.
+     */
+    AV_PKT_DATA_FALLBACK_TRACK,
+
     /**
      * Recommmends skipping the specified number of samples
      * @code
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 1e21f155fc..5eecf5b7cd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR  57
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  15
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  16
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \