diff --git a/media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav/files/gst-plugins-libav-1.2.4-fix-memory-leak.patch b/media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav/files/gst-plugins-libav-1.2.4-fix-memory-leak.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6745e800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav/files/gst-plugins-libav-1.2.4-fix-memory-leak.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+--- ext/libav/gstavviddec.c
++++ ext/libav/gstavviddec.c
+@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ open_failed:
+ 
+ typedef struct
+ {
++  GstFFMpegVidDec *ffmpegdec;
+   GstVideoCodecFrame *frame;
+   gboolean mapped;
+   GstVideoFrame vframe;
+@@ -530,13 +531,17 @@ typedef struct
+ } GstFFMpegVidDecVideoFrame;
+ 
+ static GstFFMpegVidDecVideoFrame *
+-gst_ffmpegviddec_video_frame_new (GstVideoCodecFrame * frame)
++gst_ffmpegviddec_video_frame_new (GstFFMpegVidDec * ffmpegdec,
++    GstVideoCodecFrame * frame)
+ {
+   GstFFMpegVidDecVideoFrame *dframe;
+ 
+   dframe = g_slice_new0 (GstFFMpegVidDecVideoFrame);
++  dframe->ffmpegdec = ffmpegdec;
+   dframe->frame = frame;
+ 
++  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ffmpegdec, "new video frame %p", dframe);
++
+   return dframe;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -544,6 +549,8 @@ static void
+ gst_ffmpegviddec_video_frame_free (GstFFMpegVidDec * ffmpegdec,
+     GstFFMpegVidDecVideoFrame * frame)
+ {
++  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ffmpegdec, "free video frame %p", frame);
++
+   if (frame->mapped)
+     gst_video_frame_unmap (&frame->vframe);
+   gst_video_decoder_release_frame (GST_VIDEO_DECODER (ffmpegdec), frame->frame);
+@@ -551,6 +558,14 @@ gst_ffmpegviddec_video_frame_free (GstFFMpegVidDec * ffmpegdec,
+   g_slice_free (GstFFMpegVidDecVideoFrame, frame);
+ }
+ 
++static void
++dummy_free_buffer (void *opaque, uint8_t * data)
++{
++  GstFFMpegVidDecVideoFrame *frame = opaque;
++
++  gst_ffmpegviddec_video_frame_free (frame->ffmpegdec, frame);
++}
++
+ /* called when ffmpeg wants us to allocate a buffer to write the decoded frame
+  * into. We try to give it memory from our pool */
+ static int
+@@ -589,7 +604,8 @@ gst_ffmpegviddec_get_buffer (AVCodecContext * context, AVFrame * picture)
+     goto duplicate_frame;
+ 
+   /* GstFFMpegVidDecVideoFrame receives the frame ref */
+-  picture->opaque = dframe = gst_ffmpegviddec_video_frame_new (frame);
++  picture->opaque = dframe =
++      gst_ffmpegviddec_video_frame_new (ffmpegdec, frame);
+ 
+   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (ffmpegdec, "storing opaque %p", dframe);
+ 
+@@ -695,12 +711,20 @@ invalid_frame:
+ fallback:
+   {
+     int c;
++    gboolean first = TRUE;
+     int ret = avcodec_default_get_buffer (context, picture);
+ 
+     GST_LOG_OBJECT (ffmpegdec, "performing fallback alloc");
+-    for (c = 0; c < AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS; c++)
++    for (c = 0; c < AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS; c++) {
+       ffmpegdec->stride[c] = picture->linesize[c];
+ 
++      if (picture->buf[c] == NULL && first) {
++        picture->buf[c] =
++            av_buffer_create (NULL, 0, dummy_free_buffer, dframe, 0);
++        first = FALSE;
++      }
++    }
++
+     return ret;
+   }
+ duplicate_frame:
+@@ -1684,8 +1718,8 @@ gst_ffmpegviddec_decide_allocation (GstVideoDecoder * decoder, GstQuery * query)
+     avcodec_align_dimensions2 (ffmpegdec->context, &width, &height,
+         linesize_align);
+     edge =
+-        ffmpegdec->context->
+-        flags & CODEC_FLAG_EMU_EDGE ? 0 : avcodec_get_edge_width ();
++        ffmpegdec->
++        context->flags & CODEC_FLAG_EMU_EDGE ? 0 : avcodec_get_edge_width ();
+     /* increase the size for the padding */
+     width += edge << 1;
+     height += edge << 1;
diff --git a/media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav/gst-plugins-libav-1.2.4.ebuild b/media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav/gst-plugins-libav-1.2.4.ebuild
index b9d19f44..8ebe512c 100644
--- a/media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav/gst-plugins-libav-1.2.4.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav/gst-plugins-libav-1.2.4.ebuild
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 			   -e 's/ CodecID/ AVCodecID/g' \
 			   ext/libav/*.{c,h} || die
 		epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-ffmpeg2.patch"
+		epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-memory-leak.patch"
 	fi
 }