diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.c
index 791004e595..852f191700 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.c
@@ -2921,3 +2921,30 @@ done:
 
   return buffer;
 }
+
+/**
+ * gst_audio_decoder_get_allocator:
+ * @dec: a #GstAudioDecoder
+ * @allocator: (out) (allow-none) (transfer full): the #GstAllocator
+ * used
+ * @params: (out) (allow-none) (transfer full): the
+ * #GstAllocatorParams of @allocator
+ *
+ * Lets #GstAudioDecoder sub-classes to know the memory @allocator
+ * used by the base class and its @params.
+ *
+ * Unref the @allocator after use it.
+ */
+void
+gst_audio_decoder_get_allocator (GstAudioDecoder * dec,
+    GstAllocator ** allocator, GstAllocationParams * params)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_AUDIO_DECODER (dec));
+
+  if (allocator)
+    *allocator = dec->priv->ctx.allocator ?
+        gst_object_ref (dec->priv->ctx.allocator) : NULL;
+
+  if (params)
+    *params = dec->priv->ctx.params;
+}
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.h b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.h
index cbc2464c52..4132dbb1b7 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.h
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ void              gst_audio_decoder_set_needs_format (GstAudioDecoder * dec,
 
 gboolean          gst_audio_decoder_get_needs_format (GstAudioDecoder * dec);
 
+void              gst_audio_decoder_get_allocator (GstAudioDecoder * dec,
+                                                   GstAllocator ** allocator,
+                                                   GstAllocationParams * params);
+
 void              gst_audio_decoder_merge_tags (GstAudioDecoder * dec,
                                                 const GstTagList * tags, GstTagMergeMode mode);