diff --git a/spa/include/spa/control/control.h b/spa/include/spa/control/control.h
index 1d955d3e5..1c1ec81fb 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/control/control.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/control/control.h
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ extern "C" {
 /** Different Control types */
 enum spa_control_type {
 	SPA_CONTROL_Invalid,
-	SPA_CONTROL_Properties,		/**< data contains a SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_Props */
-	SPA_CONTROL_Midi,		/**< data contains a spa_pod_bytes with raw midi data */
-	SPA_CONTROL_OSC,		/**< data contains a spa_pod_bytes with an OSC packet */
+	SPA_CONTROL_Properties,		/**< SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_Props */
+	SPA_CONTROL_Midi,		/**< spa_pod_bytes with raw midi data (deprecated, use SPA_CONTROL_UMP) */
+	SPA_CONTROL_OSC,		/**< spa_pod_bytes with an OSC packet */
+	SPA_CONTROL_UMP,		/**< spa_pod_bytes with raw UMP (universal MIDI packet)
+					  *  data. The UMP 32 bit words are stored in native endian
+					  *  format. */
 
 	_SPA_CONTROL_LAST,		/**< not part of ABI */
 };
diff --git a/spa/include/spa/control/type-info.h b/spa/include/spa/control/type-info.h
index 2ff3ce185..26f2f2cbd 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/control/type-info.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/control/type-info.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static const struct spa_type_info spa_type_control[] = {
 	{ SPA_CONTROL_Properties, SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_CONTROL_BASE "Properties", NULL },
 	{ SPA_CONTROL_Midi, SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_CONTROL_BASE "Midi", NULL },
 	{ SPA_CONTROL_OSC, SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_CONTROL_BASE "OSC", NULL },
+	{ SPA_CONTROL_UMP, SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_CONTROL_BASE "UMP", NULL },
 	{ 0, 0, NULL, NULL },
 };
 
diff --git a/spa/include/spa/param/format.h b/spa/include/spa/param/format.h
index 3f075fd36..eb3b851be 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/param/format.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/param/format.h
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ enum spa_format {
 	SPA_FORMAT_START_Stream = 0x50000,
 	/* Application Format keys */
 	SPA_FORMAT_START_Application = 0x60000,
+	SPA_FORMAT_CONTROL_types,		/**< possible control types (flags choice Int,
+						  *  mask of enum spa_control_type) */
 };
 
 #define SPA_KEY_FORMAT_DSP		"format.dsp"		/**< a predefined DSP format,