diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/compress_offload.h b/include/uapi/sound/compress_offload.h
index 72ea8ec0bc75..55ca5593a51a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/compress_offload.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/compress_offload.h
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ struct snd_compr_codec_caps {
 	struct snd_codec_desc descriptor[MAX_NUM_CODEC_DESCRIPTORS];
 } __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
 
+/**
+ * struct snd_compr_audio_info: compressed input audio information
+ * @frame_size: legth of the encoded frame with valid data
+ * @reserved: reserved for furture use
+ */
+struct snd_compr_audio_info {
+	uint32_t frame_size;
+	uint32_t reserved[15];
+} __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
+
 /**
  * enum sndrv_compress_encoder
  * @SNDRV_COMPRESS_ENCODER_PADDING: no of samples appended by the encoder at the