diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d64c517f..70ac1295 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-## [0.1x.x - 2024-0x-xx]
+## [0.15.0 - 2024-01-xx]
+
+### Added
+
+- `libheif_info` function: added `encoders` and `decoders` keys to the result, for future libheif plugins support. #189
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/pillow_heif/_lib_info.py b/pillow_heif/_lib_info.py
index bf392d1d..70c08aca 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/_lib_info.py
+++ b/pillow_heif/_lib_info.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Functions to get versions of underlying libraries."""
 
+import typing
+
 try:
     import _pillow_heif
 except ImportError as ex:
@@ -10,18 +12,27 @@
 
 def libheif_version() -> str:
     """Returns ``libheif`` version."""
-    return _pillow_heif.lib_info["libheif"]
+    return _pillow_heif.get_lib_info()["libheif"]
 
 
-def libheif_info() -> dict:
+def libheif_info() -> dict[str, typing.Union[str, dict[str, str]]]:
     """Returns a dictionary with version information.
 
-    The keys `libheif`, `HEIF`, `AVIF` are always present, but values for `HEIF`/`AVIF` can be empty.
+    The keys `libheif`, `HEIF`, `AVIF`, `encoders`, `decoders` are always present, but values for all except
+    `libheif` can be empty.
 
     {
-        'libheif': '1.14.2',
+        'libheif': '1.15.2',
         'HEIF': 'x265 HEVC encoder (3.4+31-6722fce1f)',
-        'AVIF': 'AOMedia Project AV1 Encoder 3.5.0'
+        'AVIF': 'AOMedia Project AV1 Encoder 3.5.0',
+        'encoders': {
+            'encoder1_id': 'encoder1_full_name',
+            'encoder2_id': 'encoder2_full_name',
+        },
+        'decoders': {
+            'decoder1_id': 'decoder1_full_name',
+            'decoder2_id': 'decoder2_full_name',
+        },
     }
     """
-    return _pillow_heif.lib_info
+    return _pillow_heif.get_lib_info()
diff --git a/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c b/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
index a175df5e..9df7cbe5 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
+++ b/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 /* =========== Common stuff ======== */
 
+#define MAX_ENCODERS 20
+#define MAX_DECODERS 20
+
 #define RETURN_NONE Py_INCREF(Py_None); return Py_None;
 
 static struct heif_error heif_error_no = { .code = 0, .subcode = 0, .message = "" };
@@ -1268,11 +1271,50 @@ static PyObject* _load_file(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
     return images_list;
 }
 
+static PyObject* _get_lib_info(PyObject* self) {
+    PyObject* lib_info_dict = PyDict_New();
+    PyObject* encoders_dict = PyDict_New();
+    PyObject* decoders_dict = PyDict_New();
+    if ((!lib_info_dict) || (!encoders_dict) || (!decoders_dict)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, "Out of Memory");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    __PyDict_SetItemString(lib_info_dict, "libheif", PyUnicode_FromString(heif_get_version()));
+
+    const struct heif_encoder_descriptor* encoder_descriptor;
+    const char* x265_version = "";
+    if (heif_get_encoder_descriptors(heif_compression_HEVC, NULL, &encoder_descriptor, 1))
+        x265_version = heif_encoder_descriptor_get_name(encoder_descriptor);
+    __PyDict_SetItemString(lib_info_dict, "HEIF", PyUnicode_FromString(x265_version));
+    const char* aom_version = "";
+    if (heif_get_encoder_descriptors(heif_compression_AV1, NULL, &encoder_descriptor, 1))
+        aom_version = heif_encoder_descriptor_get_name(encoder_descriptor);
+    __PyDict_SetItemString(lib_info_dict, "AVIF", PyUnicode_FromString(aom_version));
+
+    __PyDict_SetItemString(lib_info_dict, "encoders", encoders_dict);
+    __PyDict_SetItemString(lib_info_dict, "decoders", decoders_dict);
+
+    const struct heif_encoder_descriptor* encoders[MAX_ENCODERS];
+    int encoders_count = heif_get_encoder_descriptors(heif_compression_undefined, NULL, encoders, MAX_ENCODERS);
+    for (int i = 0; i < encoders_count; i++) {
+        __PyDict_SetItemString(encoders_dict, heif_encoder_descriptor_get_id_name(encoders[i]), PyUnicode_FromString(heif_encoder_descriptor_get_name(encoders[i])));
+    }
+
+    const struct heif_decoder_descriptor* decoders[MAX_DECODERS];
+    int decoders_count = heif_get_decoder_descriptors(heif_compression_undefined, decoders, MAX_DECODERS);
+    for (int i = 0; i < decoders_count; i++) {
+        __PyDict_SetItemString(decoders_dict, heif_decoder_descriptor_get_id_name(decoders[i]), PyUnicode_FromString(heif_decoder_descriptor_get_name(decoders[i])));
+    }
+
+    return lib_info_dict;
+}
+
 /* =========== Module =========== */
 
 static PyMethodDef heifMethods[] = {
     {"CtxWrite", (PyCFunction)_CtxWrite, METH_VARARGS},
     {"load_file", (PyCFunction)_load_file, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"get_lib_info", (PyCFunction)_get_lib_info, METH_NOARGS},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -1307,8 +1349,6 @@ static PyTypeObject CtxImage_Type = {
 };
 
 static int setup_module(PyObject* m) {
-    PyObject* d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
-
     if (PyType_Ready(&CtxWriteImage_Type) < 0)
         return -1;
 
@@ -1319,22 +1359,6 @@ static int setup_module(PyObject* m) {
         return -1;
 
     heif_init(NULL);
-
-    const struct heif_encoder_descriptor* encoder_descriptor;
-    const char* x265_version = "";
-    if (heif_context_get_encoder_descriptors(NULL, heif_compression_HEVC, NULL, &encoder_descriptor, 1))
-        x265_version = heif_encoder_descriptor_get_name(encoder_descriptor);
-    const char* aom_version = "";
-    if (heif_context_get_encoder_descriptors(NULL, heif_compression_AV1, NULL, &encoder_descriptor, 1))
-        aom_version = heif_encoder_descriptor_get_name(encoder_descriptor);
-
-    PyObject* version_dict = PyDict_New();
-    __PyDict_SetItemString(version_dict, "libheif", PyUnicode_FromString(heif_get_version()));
-    __PyDict_SetItemString(version_dict, "HEIF", PyUnicode_FromString(x265_version));
-    __PyDict_SetItemString(version_dict, "AVIF", PyUnicode_FromString(aom_version));
-
-    if (__PyDict_SetItemString(d, "lib_info", version_dict) < 0)
-        return -1;
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/pillow_heif/_version.py b/pillow_heif/_version.py
index 6e117bab..bb478ad2 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/_version.py
+++ b/pillow_heif/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version of pillow_heif/pi_heif."""
 
-__version__ = "0.14.0"
+__version__ = "0.15.0.dev0"
diff --git a/pillow_heif/as_plugin.py b/pillow_heif/as_plugin.py
index d0361015..21970db8 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/as_plugin.py
+++ b/pillow_heif/as_plugin.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def register_heif_opener(**kwargs) -> None:
     """
     __options_update(**kwargs)
     Image.register_open(HeifImageFile.format, HeifImageFile, _is_supported_heif)
-    if _pillow_heif.lib_info["HEIF"]:
+    if _pillow_heif.get_lib_info()["HEIF"]:
         Image.register_save(HeifImageFile.format, _save_heif)
         Image.register_save_all(HeifImageFile.format, _save_all_heif)
     extensions = [".heic", ".heics", ".heif", ".heifs", ".hif"]
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def register_avif_opener(**kwargs) -> None:
 
     :param kwargs: dictionary with values to set in options. See: :ref:`options`.
     """
-    if not _pillow_heif.lib_info["AVIF"]:
+    if not _pillow_heif.get_lib_info()["AVIF"]:
         warn("This version of `pillow-heif` was built without AVIF support.", stacklevel=1)
         return
     __options_update(**kwargs)
diff --git a/pillow_heif/heif.py b/pillow_heif/heif.py
index 136fa7c8..59680119 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/heif.py
+++ b/pillow_heif/heif.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ def encode(mode: str, size: tuple, data, fp, **kwargs) -> None:
 def _encode_images(images: List[HeifImage], fp, **kwargs) -> None:
     compression = kwargs.get("format", "HEIF")
     compression_format = HeifCompressionFormat.AV1 if compression == "AVIF" else HeifCompressionFormat.HEVC
-    if not _pillow_heif.lib_info[compression]:
+    if not _pillow_heif.get_lib_info()[compression]:
         raise RuntimeError(f"No {compression} encoder found.")
     images_to_save: List[HeifImage] = images + kwargs.get("append_images", [])
     if not kwargs.get("save_all", True):
diff --git a/tests/basic_test.py b/tests/basic_test.py
index e9f46e67..5523424c 100644
--- a/tests/basic_test.py
+++ b/tests/basic_test.py
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
 
 def test_libheif_info():
     info = pillow_heif.libheif_info()
-    for key in ("HEIF", "AVIF"):
+    for key in ("HEIF", "AVIF", "encoders", "decoders"):
         assert key in info
     assert pillow_heif.libheif_version() in (
-        "1.14.1",
-        "1.14.2",
         "1.15.1",
         "1.15.2",
         "1.16.1",
@@ -112,6 +110,8 @@ def test_full_build():
     info = pillow_heif.libheif_info()
     assert info["AVIF"]
     assert info["HEIF"]
+    assert info["encoders"]
+    assert info["decoders"]
     expected_version = os.getenv("EXP_PH_LIBHEIF_VERSION", "1.17.6")
     if expected_version:
         assert info["libheif"] == expected_version
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def test_light_build():
     info = pillow_heif.libheif_info()
     assert not info["AVIF"]
     assert not info["HEIF"]
+    assert info["decoders"]
     expected_version = os.getenv("EXP_PH_LIBHEIF_VERSION", "1.17.6")
     if expected_version:
         assert info["libheif"] == expected_version
diff --git a/tests/write_test.py b/tests/write_test.py
index 38724afd..ed978e02 100644
--- a/tests/write_test.py
+++ b/tests/write_test.py
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ def test_pillow_save_one_all():
 
 
 def test_heif_no_encoder():
-    with mock.patch.dict("pillow_heif.heif._pillow_heif.lib_info", {"libheif": "1.14.2", "HEIF": "", "AVIF": ""}):
+    def get_lib_info():
+        return {"libheif": "1.17.5", "HEIF": "", "AVIF": "", "encoders": {}, "decoders": {}}
+
+    with mock.patch("pillow_heif.heif._pillow_heif.get_lib_info", side_effect=get_lib_info):
         im_heif = pillow_heif.from_pillow(Image.new("L", (64, 64)))
         out_buffer = BytesIO()
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):