diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libva/patches/libva-patch-surface_empty.patch b/packages/multimedia/libva/patches/libva-patch-surface_empty.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b5bb590d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libva/patches/libva-patch-surface_empty.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/va/va.h b/va/va.h
+index d9e4c7e..dc0f092 100644
+--- a/va/va.h
++++ b/va/va.h
+@@ -1905,6 +1905,8 @@ VAStatus vaSyncSurface (
+     VASurfaceID render_target
+ );
+ 
++#define HAVE_VA_SURFACE_STATUS_EMPTY 1
++
+ typedef enum
+ {
+     VASurfaceRendering	= 1, /* Rendering in progress */ 
+@@ -1912,7 +1914,8 @@ typedef enum
+                              /* this status is useful if surface is used as the source */
+                              /* of an overlay */
+     VASurfaceReady	= 4, /* not being rendered or displayed */
+-    VASurfaceSkipped	= 8  /* Indicate a skipped frame during encode */
++    VASurfaceSkipped	= 8, /* Indicate a skipped frame during encode */
++    VASurfaceEmpty	= 16 /* contains no actual data */
+ } VASurfaceStatus;
+ 
+ /*