diff --git a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_codec.h b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_codec.h
index 604b3ba61c6..75d50bed66c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_codec.h
+++ b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_video_codec.h
@@ -166,6 +166,20 @@ struct pipe_video_codec
                              struct pipe_fence_handle *fence,
                              uint64_t timeout);
 
+   /**
+    * Wait for fence.
+    *
+    * Can be used to query the status of the previous job denoted by
+    * 'fence' given 'timeout'.
+    *
+    * A pointer to a fence pointer can be passed to the codecs before the
+    * end_frame vfunc and the codec should then be responsible for allocating a
+    * fence on command stream submission.
+    */
+   int (*fence_wait)(struct pipe_video_codec *codec,
+                     struct pipe_fence_handle *fence,
+                     uint64_t timeout);
+
    /**
     * Destroy fence.
     */