diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index a8ea77116ec7c6a004be37f2b8f6408db103591c..a00e850b9f2a1a2f9e8dbce985e19713289b886b 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ build.
 
 Below is a description of the currently available audio filters.
 
+@section anull
+
+Pass the audio source unchanged to the output.
+
 @c man end AUDIO FILTERS
 
 @chapter Video Filters
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ input to the vflip filter.
 
 @section null
 
-Pass the source unchanged to the output.
+Pass the video source unchanged to the output.
 
 @section pad
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/Makefile b/libavfilter/Makefile
index 72c510a4fddbfcc097a3c3ef27ae8864e321d821..443a5c62fe2f11691edee489dd58debfe9403e91 100644
--- a/libavfilter/Makefile
+++ b/libavfilter/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ OBJS = allfilters.o                                                     \
        graphparser.o                                                    \
        parseutils.o                                                     \
 
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_ANULL_FILTER)                  += af_anull.o
+
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_ASPECT_FILTER)                 += vf_aspect.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_CROP_FILTER)                   += vf_crop.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_FORMAT_FILTER)                 += vf_format.o
diff --git a/libavfilter/af_anull.c b/libavfilter/af_anull.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..94e7e17b483152101c0fd5709c62d3bb9fababdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavfilter/af_anull.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * null audio filter
+ */
+
+#include "avfilter.h"
+
+AVFilter avfilter_af_anull = {
+    .name      = "anull",
+    .description = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Pass the source unchanged to the output."),
+
+    .priv_size = 0,
+
+    .inputs    = (AVFilterPad[]) {{ .name             = "default",
+                                    .type             = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO,
+                                    .get_audio_buffer = avfilter_null_get_audio_buffer,
+                                    .filter_samples   = avfilter_null_filter_samples },
+                                  { .name = NULL}},
+
+    .outputs   = (AVFilterPad[]) {{ .name             = "default",
+                                    .type             = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO, },
+                                  { .name = NULL}},
+};
diff --git a/libavfilter/allfilters.c b/libavfilter/allfilters.c
index 15596bd56675682cb8f2a74356bb3789c8517323..66bcf967e5f994aa6e84176ee01497c5bc15e348 100644
--- a/libavfilter/allfilters.c
+++ b/libavfilter/allfilters.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ void avfilter_register_all(void)
         return;
     initialized = 1;
 
+    REGISTER_FILTER (ANULL,       anull,       af);
+
     REGISTER_FILTER (ASPECT,      aspect,      vf);
     REGISTER_FILTER (CROP,        crop,        vf);
     REGISTER_FILTER (FORMAT,      format,      vf);
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 53bddecf72f15687504887a18d81d529f723d22a..5dc72e604fb044e4a97d7c826ce95cb44d21b49d 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR  1
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR 36
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO  1
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR 37
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR, \