diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/boost_spsc_queue.hpp b/plugins/GSdx/boost_spsc_queue.hpp
index c1104a5de7..cd595e95d9 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/boost_spsc_queue.hpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/boost_spsc_queue.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
 // ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+#include <atomic>
+
+// I don't like it
+using namespace std;
 
 template <typename T, size_t max_size>
 class ringbuffer_base
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ class ringbuffer_base
     char padding1[padding_size]; /* force read_index and write_index to different cache lines */
     atomic<size_t> read_index_;
 
+    size_t pending_pop_read_index;
+
     T *buffer;
 
     ringbuffer_base(ringbuffer_base const &) = delete;
@@ -123,6 +129,21 @@ public:
         return true;
     }
 
+    T& front()
+    {
+        pending_pop_read_index = read_index_.load(memory_order_relaxed); // only written from pop thread
+
+        return buffer[pending_pop_read_index];
+    }
+
+    void pop()
+    {
+        buffer[pending_pop_read_index].~T();
+
+        size_t next = next_index(pending_pop_read_index);
+        read_index_.store(next, memory_order_release);
+    }
+
     template <typename Functor>
     bool consume_one(Functor & f)
     {
@@ -169,6 +190,17 @@ public:
         return write_index_.is_lock_free() && read_index_.is_lock_free();
     }
 
+    size_t size() const
+    {
+        const size_t write_index =  write_index_.load(memory_order_relaxed);
+        const size_t read_index = read_index_.load(memory_order_relaxed);
+        if (read_index > write_index) {
+            return (write_index + max_size) - read_index;
+        } else {
+            return write_index - read_index;
+        }
+    }
+
 private:
     bool empty(size_t write_index, size_t read_index)
     {