diff --git a/libavcodec/cuviddec.c b/libavcodec/cuviddec.c
index 03589367cea683d47961f09c48fc632e4c535a15..291bb93dbc682ebcf385374aed92e0b838d32116 100644
--- a/libavcodec/cuviddec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/cuviddec.c
@@ -34,8 +34,14 @@
 #include "avcodec.h"
 #include "decode.h"
 #include "hwaccel.h"
+#include "nvdec.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 
+#if !NVDECAPI_CHECK_VERSION(9, 0)
+#define cudaVideoSurfaceFormat_YUV444 2
+#define cudaVideoSurfaceFormat_YUV444_16Bit 3
+#endif
+
 typedef struct CuvidContext
 {
     AVClass *avclass;
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ static int CUDAAPI cuvid_handle_video_sequence(void *opaque, CUVIDEOFORMAT* form
     CUVIDDECODECAPS *caps = NULL;
     CUVIDDECODECREATEINFO cuinfo;
     int surface_fmt;
+    int chroma_444;
 
     int old_width = avctx->width;
     int old_height = avctx->height;
@@ -148,17 +155,19 @@ static int CUDAAPI cuvid_handle_video_sequence(void *opaque, CUVIDEOFORMAT* form
     cuinfo.target_rect.right = cuinfo.ulTargetWidth;
     cuinfo.target_rect.bottom = cuinfo.ulTargetHeight;
 
+    chroma_444 = format->chroma_format == cudaVideoChromaFormat_444;
+
     switch (format->bit_depth_luma_minus8) {
     case 0: // 8-bit
-        pix_fmts[1] = AV_PIX_FMT_NV12;
+        pix_fmts[1] = chroma_444 ? AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P : AV_PIX_FMT_NV12;
         caps = &ctx->caps8;
         break;
     case 2: // 10-bit
-        pix_fmts[1] = AV_PIX_FMT_P010;
+        pix_fmts[1] = chroma_444 ? AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P16 : AV_PIX_FMT_P010;
         caps = &ctx->caps10;
         break;
     case 4: // 12-bit
-        pix_fmts[1] = AV_PIX_FMT_P016;
+        pix_fmts[1] = chroma_444 ? AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P16 : AV_PIX_FMT_P016;
         caps = &ctx->caps12;
         break;
     default:
@@ -261,12 +270,6 @@ static int CUDAAPI cuvid_handle_video_sequence(void *opaque, CUVIDEOFORMAT* form
         return 0;
     }
 
-    if (format->chroma_format != cudaVideoChromaFormat_420) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Chroma formats other than 420 are not supported\n");
-        ctx->internal_error = AVERROR(EINVAL);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     ctx->chroma_format = format->chroma_format;
 
     cuinfo.CodecType = ctx->codec_type = format->codec;
@@ -280,8 +283,15 @@ static int CUDAAPI cuvid_handle_video_sequence(void *opaque, CUVIDEOFORMAT* form
     case AV_PIX_FMT_P016:
         cuinfo.OutputFormat = cudaVideoSurfaceFormat_P016;
         break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P:
+        cuinfo.OutputFormat = cudaVideoSurfaceFormat_YUV444;
+        break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P16:
+        cuinfo.OutputFormat = cudaVideoSurfaceFormat_YUV444_16Bit;
+        break;
     default:
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Output formats other than NV12, P010 or P016 are not supported\n");
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unsupported output format: %s\n",
+               av_get_pix_fmt_name(avctx->sw_pix_fmt));
         ctx->internal_error = AVERROR(EINVAL);
         return 0;
     }
@@ -490,6 +500,7 @@ static int cuvid_output_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame)
         return ret;
 
     if (av_fifo_size(ctx->frame_queue)) {
+        const AVPixFmtDescriptor *pixdesc;
         CuvidParsedFrame parsed_frame;
         CUVIDPROCPARAMS params;
         unsigned int pitch = 0;
@@ -520,7 +531,10 @@ static int cuvid_output_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame)
                 goto error;
             }
 
-            for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            pixdesc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(avctx->sw_pix_fmt);
+
+            for (i = 0; i < pixdesc->nb_components; i++) {
+                int height = avctx->height >> (i ? pixdesc->log2_chroma_h : 0);
                 CUDA_MEMCPY2D cpy = {
                     .srcMemoryType = CU_MEMORYTYPE_DEVICE,
                     .dstMemoryType = CU_MEMORYTYPE_DEVICE,
@@ -530,22 +544,25 @@ static int cuvid_output_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame)
                     .dstPitch      = frame->linesize[i],
                     .srcY          = offset,
                     .WidthInBytes  = FFMIN(pitch, frame->linesize[i]),
-                    .Height        = avctx->height >> (i ? 1 : 0),
+                    .Height        = height,
                 };
 
                 ret = CHECK_CU(ctx->cudl->cuMemcpy2DAsync(&cpy, device_hwctx->stream));
                 if (ret < 0)
                     goto error;
 
-                offset += avctx->height;
+                offset += height;
             }
 
             ret = CHECK_CU(ctx->cudl->cuStreamSynchronize(device_hwctx->stream));
             if (ret < 0)
                 goto error;
-        } else if (avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_NV12 ||
-                   avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_P010 ||
-                   avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_P016) {
+        } else if (avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_NV12      ||
+                   avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_P010      ||
+                   avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_P016      ||
+                   avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P   ||
+                   avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P16) {
+            unsigned int offset = 0;
             AVFrame *tmp_frame = av_frame_alloc();
             if (!tmp_frame) {
                 av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "av_frame_alloc failed\n");
@@ -553,15 +570,24 @@ static int cuvid_output_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame)
                 goto error;
             }
 
+            pixdesc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(avctx->sw_pix_fmt);
+
             tmp_frame->format        = AV_PIX_FMT_CUDA;
             tmp_frame->hw_frames_ctx = av_buffer_ref(ctx->hwframe);
-            tmp_frame->data[0]       = (uint8_t*)mapped_frame;
-            tmp_frame->linesize[0]   = pitch;
-            tmp_frame->data[1]       = (uint8_t*)(mapped_frame + avctx->height * pitch);
-            tmp_frame->linesize[1]   = pitch;
             tmp_frame->width         = avctx->width;
             tmp_frame->height        = avctx->height;
 
+            /*
+             * Note that the following logic would not work for three plane
+             * YUV420 because the pitch value is different for the chroma
+             * planes.
+             */
+            for (i = 0; i < pixdesc->nb_components; i++) {
+                tmp_frame->data[i]     = (uint8_t*)mapped_frame + offset;
+                tmp_frame->linesize[i] = pitch;
+                offset += pitch * (avctx->height >> (i ? pixdesc->log2_chroma_h : 0));
+            }
+
             ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, frame, 0);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "ff_get_buffer failed\n");