diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/compress_params.h b/include/uapi/sound/compress_params.h
index d9bd9ca0d5b0..9625484a4a2a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/compress_params.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/compress_params.h
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
 #define SND_AUDIOCODEC_IEC61937              ((__u32) 0x0000000B)
 #define SND_AUDIOCODEC_G723_1                ((__u32) 0x0000000C)
 #define SND_AUDIOCODEC_G729                  ((__u32) 0x0000000D)
-#define SND_AUDIOCODEC_MAX                   SND_AUDIOCODEC_G729
+#define SND_AUDIOCODEC_BESPOKE               ((__u32) 0x0000000E)
+#define SND_AUDIOCODEC_MAX                   SND_AUDIOCODEC_BESPOKE
 
 /*
  * Profile and modes are listed with bit masks. This allows for a
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ struct snd_enc_flac {
 
 struct snd_enc_generic {
 	__u32 bw;	/* encoder bandwidth */
-	__s32 reserved[15];
+	__s32 reserved[15];	/* Can be used for SND_AUDIOCODEC_BESPOKE */
 } __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
 
 union snd_codec_options {