diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/tools/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
index c227ccba60ae..07d61583fd02 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ typedef int __bitwise snd_pcm_format_t;
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_IMA_ADPCM	((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 22)
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_MPEG		((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 23)
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_GSM		((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 24)
+#define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S20_LE	((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 25) /* in four bytes, LSB justified */
+#define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S20_BE	((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 26) /* in four bytes, LSB justified */
+#define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U20_LE	((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 27) /* in four bytes, LSB justified */
+#define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U20_BE	((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 28) /* in four bytes, LSB justified */
+/* gap in the numbering for a future standard linear format */
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_SPECIAL	((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 31)
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S24_3LE	((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 32)	/* in three bytes */
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S24_3BE	((__force snd_pcm_format_t) 33)	/* in three bytes */
@@ -248,6 +253,8 @@ typedef int __bitwise snd_pcm_format_t;
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT		SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT_LE
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT64	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT64_LE
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_IEC958_SUBFRAME SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_IEC958_SUBFRAME_LE
+#define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S20		SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S20_LE
+#define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U20		SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U20_LE
 #endif
 #ifdef SNDRV_BIG_ENDIAN
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S16		SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S16_BE
@@ -259,6 +266,8 @@ typedef int __bitwise snd_pcm_format_t;
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT		SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT_BE
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT64	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT64_BE
 #define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_IEC958_SUBFRAME SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_IEC958_SUBFRAME_BE
+#define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S20		SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S20_BE
+#define	SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U20		SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U20_BE
 #endif
 
 typedef int __bitwise snd_pcm_subformat_t;