diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-yuv.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-yuv.rst
index 41b60fae703a..9af6976b578c 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-yuv.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-packed-yuv.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Description
 ===========
 
 Similar to the packed RGB formats these formats store the Y, Cb and Cr
-component of each pixel in one 16 or 32 bit word.
+component of each pixel next to each other in memory. They occupy 16, 24 or 32
+bits per pixel.
 
 
 .. raw:: latex
@@ -154,9 +155,40 @@ component of each pixel in one 16 or 32 bit word.
       - Cb\ :sub:`5`
       - Cb\ :sub:`4`
       - Cb\ :sub:`3`
-
       -  :cspan:`15`
+      -
+    * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV24:
 
+      - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV24``
+      - 'YUV3'
+
+      - Y'\ :sub:`7`
+      - Y'\ :sub:`6`
+      - Y'\ :sub:`5`
+      - Y'\ :sub:`4`
+      - Y'\ :sub:`3`
+      - Y'\ :sub:`2`
+      - Y'\ :sub:`1`
+      - Y'\ :sub:`0`
+
+      - Cb\ :sub:`7`
+      - Cb\ :sub:`6`
+      - Cb\ :sub:`5`
+      - Cb\ :sub:`4`
+      - Cb\ :sub:`3`
+      - Cb\ :sub:`2`
+      - Cb\ :sub:`1`
+      - Cb\ :sub:`0`
+
+      - Cr\ :sub:`7`
+      - Cr\ :sub:`6`
+      - Cr\ :sub:`5`
+      - Cr\ :sub:`4`
+      - Cr\ :sub:`3`
+      - Cr\ :sub:`2`
+      - Cr\ :sub:`1`
+      - Cr\ :sub:`0`
+      -
     * .. _V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV32:
 
       - ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV32``
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
index 463dc16d839a..a86c0c8d40ca 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,7 @@ static void v4l_fill_fmtdesc(struct v4l2_fmtdesc *fmt)
 	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV444:	descr = "16-bit A/XYUV 4-4-4-4"; break;
 	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV555:	descr = "16-bit A/XYUV 1-5-5-5"; break;
 	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV565:	descr = "16-bit YUV 5-6-5"; break;
+	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV24:	descr = "24-bit YUV 4:4:4 8-8-8"; break;
 	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV32:	descr = "32-bit A/XYUV 8-8-8-8"; break;
 	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_AYUV32:	descr = "32-bit AYUV 8-8-8-8"; break;
 	case V4L2_PIX_FMT_XYUV32:	descr = "32-bit XYUV 8-8-8-8"; break;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index c0b9ffa302de..1d0e72d966e1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ struct v4l2_pix_format {
 #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV444  v4l2_fourcc('Y', '4', '4', '4') /* 16  xxxxyyyy uuuuvvvv */
 #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV555  v4l2_fourcc('Y', 'U', 'V', 'O') /* 16  YUV-5-5-5     */
 #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV565  v4l2_fourcc('Y', 'U', 'V', 'P') /* 16  YUV-5-6-5     */
+#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV24   v4l2_fourcc('Y', 'U', 'V', '3') /* 24  YUV-8-8-8     */
 #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV32   v4l2_fourcc('Y', 'U', 'V', '4') /* 32  YUV-8-8-8-8   */
 #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_AYUV32  v4l2_fourcc('A', 'Y', 'U', 'V') /* 32  AYUV-8-8-8-8  */
 #define V4L2_PIX_FMT_XYUV32  v4l2_fourcc('X', 'Y', 'U', 'V') /* 32  XYUV-8-8-8-8  */