diff --git a/gfx/video_context_driver.c b/gfx/video_context_driver.c
index f9613e4b8a..c724aba461 100644
--- a/gfx/video_context_driver.c
+++ b/gfx/video_context_driver.c
@@ -477,6 +477,16 @@ bool gfx_ctx_ctl(enum gfx_ctx_ctl_state state, void *data)
       case GFX_CTL_SET_VIDEO_CONTEXT_DATA:
          video_context_data = data;
          break;
+      case GFX_CTL_GET_FLAGS:
+         {
+            gfx_ctx_flags_t *flags = (gfx_ctx_flags_t*)data;
+            if (!flags)
+               return false;
+            if (!current_video_context || !current_video_context->get_flags)
+               return false;
+            flags->flags = current_video_context->get_flags(video_context_data);
+         }
+         break;
       case GFX_CTL_NONE:
       default:
          break;
diff --git a/gfx/video_context_driver.h b/gfx/video_context_driver.h
index 4cd0b13a13..d6cdfe7544 100644
--- a/gfx/video_context_driver.h
+++ b/gfx/video_context_driver.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ enum gfx_ctx_ctl_state
    GFX_CTL_SWAP_INTERVAL,
    GFX_CTL_PROC_ADDRESS_GET,
    GFX_CTL_TRANSLATE_ASPECT,
+   GFX_CTL_GET_FLAGS,
    GFX_CTL_GET_METRICS,
    GFX_CTL_INPUT_DRIVER,
    GFX_CTL_SUPPRESS_SCREENSAVER,
@@ -199,6 +200,11 @@ typedef struct gfx_ctx_driver
    void *(*get_context_data)(void *data);
 } gfx_ctx_driver_t;
 
+typedef struct gfx_ctx_flags
+{
+   uint32_t flags;
+} gfx_ctx_flags_t;
+
 typedef struct gfx_ctx_size
 {
    bool *quit;