diff --git a/docs/reference/libs/libs-sections.txt b/docs/reference/libs/libs-sections.txt
index bc0f2841c6..0b049f8710 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libs/libs-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/libs/libs-sections.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ GST_VAAPI_VIDEO_BUFFER_GET_CLASS
 <FILE>gstvaapitypes</FILE>
 <TITLE>Basic data structures</TITLE>
 GstVaapiID
+GST_VAAPI_ID_FORMAT
+GST_VAAPI_ID_ARGS
 gst_vaapi_value_get_id
 gst_vaapi_value_set_id
 GstVaapiPoint
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapitypes.h b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapitypes.h
index 57b8a81316..48aadd38df 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapitypes.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapitypes.h
@@ -48,6 +48,28 @@ typedef guint64 GstVaapiID;
 # error "unsupported value for GST_VAAPI_TYPE_ID_SIZE"
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * GST_VAAPI_ID_FORMAT:
+ *
+ * Can be used together with #GST_VAAPI_ID_ARGS to properly output an
+ * integer value in a printf()-style text message.
+ * <informalexample>
+ * <programlisting>
+ * printf("id: %" GST_VAAPI_ID_FORMAT "\n", GST_VAAPI_ID_ARGS(id));
+ * </programlisting>
+ * </informalexample>
+ */
+#define GST_VAAPI_ID_FORMAT "p"
+
+/**
+ * GST_VAAPI_ID_ARGS:
+ * @id: a #GstVaapiID
+ *
+ * Can be used together with #GST_VAAPI_ID_FORMAT to properly output
+ * an integer value in a printf()-style text message.
+ */
+#define GST_VAAPI_ID_ARGS(id) GUINT_TO_POINTER(id)
+
 /**
  * GST_VAAPI_TYPE_ID:
  *