diff --git a/src/PyNvCodec/src/PyNvCodec.cpp b/src/PyNvCodec/src/PyNvCodec.cpp
index 241a7f2b..e55dee99 100644
--- a/src/PyNvCodec/src/PyNvCodec.cpp
+++ b/src/PyNvCodec/src/PyNvCodec.cpp
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(_PyNvCodec, m)
       .value("YUV422", Pixel_Format::YUV422)
       .value("P10", Pixel_Format::P10)
       .value("P12", Pixel_Format::P12)
+      .value("GRAY12", Pixel_Format::GRAY12)
+      .value("GRAY16", Pixel_Format::GRAY16)
       .export_values();
 
   py::enum_<ColorSpace>(m, "ColorSpace")
diff --git a/src/TC/inc/MemoryInterfaces.hpp b/src/TC/inc/MemoryInterfaces.hpp
index 0bc1ce19..452aaae9 100644
--- a/src/TC/inc/MemoryInterfaces.hpp
+++ b/src/TC/inc/MemoryInterfaces.hpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum Pixel_Format {
   YUV420_10bit = 15,
   NV12_Planar = 16,
   GRAY12 = 17,
+  GRAY16 = 18,
 };
 
 enum ColorSpace {
diff --git a/src/TC/src/FfmpegSwDecoder.cpp b/src/TC/src/FfmpegSwDecoder.cpp
index 8b6a3041..2f30b640 100644
--- a/src/TC/src/FfmpegSwDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/TC/src/FfmpegSwDecoder.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,32 @@ struct FfmpegDecodeFrame_Impl {
 
     return true;
   }
+  
+  bool SaveGRAY16LE(AVFrame* pframe) {
+    size_t size = frame->width * frame->height * 2;
+
+    if (!dec_frame) {
+      dec_frame = Buffer::MakeOwnMem(size);
+    } else if (size != dec_frame->GetRawMemSize()) {
+      delete dec_frame;
+      dec_frame = Buffer::MakeOwnMem(size);
+    }
+
+    auto plane = 0U;
+    auto* dst = dec_frame->GetDataAs<uint8_t>();
+
+    auto* src = frame->data[plane];
+    auto width = frame->width;
+    auto height = frame->height;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < height; i++) {
+      memcpy(dst, src, 2*width);
+      dst += 2*width;
+      src += frame->linesize[plane];
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
 
   bool SaveYUV444(AVFrame* pframe)
   {
@@ -297,6 +323,8 @@ struct FfmpegDecodeFrame_Impl {
       return SaveYUV444(frame);
     case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12LE:
       return SaveGRAY12LE(frame);
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY16LE:
+      return SaveGRAY16LE(frame);
     default:
       cerr << __FUNCTION__ << ": unsupported pixel format: " << frame->format
            << endl;
@@ -423,6 +451,9 @@ void FfmpegDecodeFrame::GetParams(MuxingParams& params)
   case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12LE:
     params.videoContext.format = GRAY12;
     break;
+  case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY16LE:
+    params.videoContext.format = GRAY16;
+    break;
   default:
     stringstream ss;
     ss << "Unsupported FFmpeg pixel format: "