diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 763ccf05ab..b023a6fc57 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ API changes, most recent first:
 2012-03-26 - a67d9cf - lavfi 2.66.100
   Add avfilter_fill_frame_from_{audio_,}buffer_ref() functions.
 
+2013-04-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 55.4.0 - avcodec.h
+  Add field_order to AVCodecParserContext.
+
 2013-03-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 55.2.0 - avcodec.h
   Add CODEC_FLAG_UNALIGNED to allow decoders to produce unaligned output.
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 4ac66551c6..1978054230 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -3908,6 +3908,8 @@ typedef struct AVCodecParserContext {
      * For all other types, this is in units of AVCodecContext.time_base.
      */
     int duration;
+
+    enum AVFieldOrder field_order;
 } AVCodecParserContext;
 
 typedef struct AVCodecParser {
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index c305747ffd..859ed97abd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 55
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  6
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  7
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \