diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 2d528a52..acc74646 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---version 2.0.4 yet to be released---
+08-mar-2009 - adelikat - Lua - added FCEU.lagged() function
 08-mar-2009 - adelikat - Lua - added zapper.read() function
 07-mar-2009 - adelikat - Lua - added FCEU.lagcount() function
 04-mar-2009 - adelikat - win32 - Fix bug so that Escape can now be assigned as a hotkey
diff --git a/src/lua-engine.cpp b/src/lua-engine.cpp
index 8910b910..da472aea 100644
--- a/src/lua-engine.cpp
+++ b/src/lua-engine.cpp
@@ -689,6 +689,12 @@ int fceu_lagcount(lua_State *L) {
 	return 1;
 }
 
+int fceu_lagged (lua_State *L) {
+
+	bool Lag_Frame = FCEUI_GetLagged();
+	lua_pushboolean(L, Lag_Frame);
+	return 1;
+}
 
 // string movie.mode()
 //
@@ -1570,6 +1576,7 @@ static const struct luaL_reg fceulib [] = {
 	{"setrenderplanes", fceu_setrenderplanes},
 	{"message", fceu_message},
 	{"lagcount", fceu_lagcount},
+	{"lagged", fceu_lagged},
 	{NULL,NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/movie.cpp b/src/movie.cpp
index 8da780bc..899dc60f 100644
--- a/src/movie.cpp
+++ b/src/movie.cpp
@@ -426,6 +426,12 @@ int FCEUI_GetLagCount(void)
 	return lagCounter;
 }
 
+bool FCEUI_GetLagged(void)
+{
+	if (lagFlag) return true;
+	else return false;
+}
+
 bool FCEUMOV_ShouldPause(void)
 {
 	if(pauseframe && currFrameCounter == pauseframe)
diff --git a/src/movie.h b/src/movie.h
index 07e7526f..0583f5d7 100644
--- a/src/movie.h
+++ b/src/movie.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ inline bool FCEUMOV_IsRecording() { return FCEUMOV_Mode(MOVIEMODE_RECORD); }
 bool FCEUMOV_ShouldPause(void);
 int FCEUMOV_GetFrame(void);
 int FCEUI_GetLagCount(void);
+bool FCEUI_GetLagged(void);
 
 int FCEUMOV_WriteState(std::ostream* os);
 bool FCEUMOV_ReadState(std::istream* is, uint32 size);