diff --git a/av/video/frame.pyx b/av/video/frame.pyx
index ac226fa0f..972abb779 100644
--- a/av/video/frame.pyx
+++ b/av/video/frame.pyx
@@ -269,6 +269,12 @@ cdef class VideoFrame(Frame):
                 useful_array(frame.planes[1]),
                 useful_array(frame.planes[2])
             )).reshape(-1, frame.width)
+        elif frame.format.name in ('yuv444p', 'yuvj444p'):
+            return np.hstack((
+                useful_array(frame.planes[0]),
+                useful_array(frame.planes[1]),
+                useful_array(frame.planes[2])
+            )).reshape(-1, frame.height, frame.width)
         elif frame.format.name == 'yuyv422':
             assert frame.width % 2 == 0
             assert frame.height % 2 == 0
@@ -372,6 +378,16 @@ cdef class VideoFrame(Frame):
             copy_array_to_plane(flat[u_start:v_start], frame.planes[1], 1)
             copy_array_to_plane(flat[v_start:], frame.planes[2], 1)
             return frame
+        elif format in ('yuv444p', 'yuvj444p'):
+            check_ndarray(array, 'uint8', 3)
+            check_ndarray_shape(array, array.shape[0] == 3)
+
+            frame = VideoFrame(array.shape[2], array.shape[1], format)
+            array = array.reshape(3, -1)
+            copy_array_to_plane(array[0], frame.planes[0], 1)
+            copy_array_to_plane(array[1], frame.planes[1], 1)
+            copy_array_to_plane(array[2], frame.planes[2], 1)
+            return frame
         elif format == 'yuyv422':
             check_ndarray(array, 'uint8', 3)
             check_ndarray_shape(array, array.shape[0] % 2 == 0)
diff --git a/tests/test_videoframe.py b/tests/test_videoframe.py
index 283343bb6..0d36616e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_videoframe.py
+++ b/tests/test_videoframe.py
@@ -345,6 +345,22 @@ def test_ndarray_yuyv422(self):
         self.assertEqual(frame.format.name, "yuyv422")
         self.assertNdarraysEqual(frame.to_ndarray(), array)
 
+    def test_ndarray_yuv444p(self):
+        array = numpy.random.randint(0, 256, size=(3, 480, 640), dtype=numpy.uint8)
+        frame = VideoFrame.from_ndarray(array, format="yuv444p")
+        self.assertEqual(frame.width, 640)
+        self.assertEqual(frame.height, 480)
+        self.assertEqual(frame.format.name, "yuv444p")
+        self.assertNdarraysEqual(frame.to_ndarray(), array)
+
+    def test_ndarray_yuvj444p(self):
+        array = numpy.random.randint(0, 256, size=(3, 480, 640), dtype=numpy.uint8)
+        frame = VideoFrame.from_ndarray(array, format="yuvj444p")
+        self.assertEqual(frame.width, 640)
+        self.assertEqual(frame.height, 480)
+        self.assertEqual(frame.format.name, "yuvj444p")
+        self.assertNdarraysEqual(frame.to_ndarray(), array)
+
     def test_ndarray_yuyv422_align(self):
         array = numpy.random.randint(0, 256, size=(238, 318, 2), dtype=numpy.uint8)
         frame = VideoFrame.from_ndarray(array, format="yuyv422")