diff --git a/libmpcodecs/vf.h b/libmpcodecs/vf.h
index e14a9cc174..5586108c2a 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/vf.h
+++ b/libmpcodecs/vf.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ typedef struct vf_seteq_s
 #define VFCTRL_FLIP_PAGE 10 /* Tell the vo to flip pages */
 #define VFCTRL_DUPLICATE_FRAME 11 /* For encoding - encode zero-change frame */
 #define VFCTRL_SKIP_NEXT_FRAME 12 /* For encoding - drop the next frame that passes thru */
+#define VFCTRL_FLUSH_FRAMES    13 /* For encoding - flush delayed frames */
 
 #include "vfcap.h"
 
diff --git a/mencoder.c b/mencoder.c
index 5cdc5104fc..d1cde38f53 100644
--- a/mencoder.c
+++ b/mencoder.c
@@ -1573,6 +1573,14 @@ if(sh_audio && !demuxer2){
 
 } // while(!at_eof)
 
+/* Emit the remaining frames in the video system */
+/*TODO emit frmaes delayed by decoder lag*/
+    if(sh_video && sh_video->vfilter){ 
+        mp_msg(MSGT_FIXME, MSGL_FIXME, "\nFlushing video frames\n");
+        ((vf_instance_t *)sh_video->vfilter)->control(sh_video->vfilter,
+                                                    VFCTRL_FLUSH_FRAMES, 0);
+    }
+
 #ifdef HAVE_MP3LAME
 // fixup CBR mp3 audio header:
 if(sh_audio && mux_a->codec==ACODEC_VBRMP3 && !lame_param_vbr){