diff --git a/ext/gl/Makefile.am b/ext/gl/Makefile.am
index 6ac3f65d12..87f217c8a0 100644
--- a/ext/gl/Makefile.am
+++ b/ext/gl/Makefile.am
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ endif
 if HAVE_GRAPHENE
 libgstopengl_la_SOURCES += \
 	gstgltransformation.c \
-	gstgltransformation.h
+	gstglvideoflip.c
+
+noinst_HEADERS += \
+	gstgltransformation.h \
+	gstglvideoflip.h
 endif
 
 if HAVE_JPEG
diff --git a/ext/gl/gstglvideoflip.c b/ext/gl/gstglvideoflip.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd0df2dae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/gl/gstglvideoflip.c
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+/*
+ * GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Matthew Waters <matthew@centricular.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:element-glvideo_flip
+ *
+ * Transforms video on the GPU.
+ *
+ * <refsect2>
+ * <title>Examples</title>
+ * |[
+ * gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! glupload ! glvideoflip method=clockwise ! glimagesinkelement
+ * ]| This pipeline flips the test image 90 degrees clockwise.
+ * </refsect2>
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gstglvideoflip.h"
+
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_gl_video_flip_debug
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (GST_CAT_DEFAULT);
+
+#define DEFAULT_METHOD GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_IDENTITY
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_METHOD,
+};
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate _sink_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
+    GST_PAD_SINK,
+    GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("video/x-raw(" GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_GL_MEMORY "), "
+        "format = (string) RGBA, "
+        "width = " GST_VIDEO_SIZE_RANGE ", "
+        "height = " GST_VIDEO_SIZE_RANGE ", "
+        "framerate = " GST_VIDEO_FPS_RANGE ", "
+        "texture-target = (string) 2D"));
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate _src_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
+    GST_PAD_SRC,
+    GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("video/x-raw(" GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_GL_MEMORY "), "
+        "format = (string) RGBA, "
+        "width = " GST_VIDEO_SIZE_RANGE ", "
+        "height = " GST_VIDEO_SIZE_RANGE ", "
+        "framerate = " GST_VIDEO_FPS_RANGE ", "
+        "texture-target = (string) 2D"));
+
+#define GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD (gst_video_flip_method_get_type())
+static const GEnumValue video_flip_methods[] = {
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_IDENTITY, "Identity (no rotation)", "none"},
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90R, "Rotate clockwise 90 degrees", "clockwise"},
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_180, "Rotate 180 degrees", "rotate-180"},
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90L, "Rotate counter-clockwise 90 degrees",
+      "counterclockwise"},
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_HORIZ, "Flip horizontally", "horizontal-flip"},
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_VERT, "Flip vertically", "vertical-flip"},
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UL_LR,
+      "Flip across upper left/lower right diagonal", "upper-left-diagonal"},
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UR_LL,
+      "Flip across upper right/lower left diagonal", "upper-right-diagonal"},
+  {GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_AUTO,
+      "Select flip method based on image-orientation tag", "automatic"},
+  {0, NULL, NULL},
+};
+
+static GType
+gst_video_flip_method_get_type (void)
+{
+  static GType video_flip_method_type = 0;
+
+  if (!video_flip_method_type) {
+    video_flip_method_type = g_enum_register_static ("GstGLVideoFlipMethod",
+        video_flip_methods);
+  }
+  return video_flip_method_type;
+}
+
+#define gst_gl_video_flip_parent_class parent_class
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstGLVideoFlip, gst_gl_video_flip,
+    GST_TYPE_BIN, GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (GST_CAT_DEFAULT,
+        "glvideoflip", 0, "glvideoflip element");
+    );
+
+static void gst_gl_video_flip_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+static void gst_gl_video_flip_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn _input_sink_probe (GstPad * pad,
+    GstPadProbeInfo * info, gpointer user_data);
+static GstPadProbeReturn _trans_src_probe (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info,
+    gpointer user_data);
+
+static void
+gst_gl_video_flip_class_init (GstGLVideoFlipClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+  GstElementClass *element_class;
+
+  gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
+  element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->set_property = gst_gl_video_flip_set_property;
+  gobject_class->get_property = gst_gl_video_flip_get_property;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_METHOD,
+      g_param_spec_enum ("method", "method", "method",
+          GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD, DEFAULT_METHOD,
+          GST_PARAM_CONTROLLABLE | G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT |
+          G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&_src_template));
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&_sink_template));
+
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "OpenGL video flip filter",
+      "Filter/Effect/Video", "Flip video on the GPU",
+      "Matthew Waters <matthew@centricular.com>");
+}
+
+static void
+gst_gl_video_flip_init (GstGLVideoFlip * flip)
+{
+  gboolean res = TRUE;
+  GstPad *pad;
+
+  flip->input_capsfilter = gst_element_factory_make ("capsfilter", NULL);
+  res &= gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (flip), flip->input_capsfilter);
+
+  flip->transformation = gst_element_factory_make ("gltransformation", NULL);
+  g_object_set (flip->transformation, "ortho", TRUE, NULL);
+  res &= gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (flip), flip->transformation);
+
+  flip->output_capsfilter = gst_element_factory_make ("capsfilter", NULL);
+  res &= gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (flip), flip->output_capsfilter);
+
+  res &=
+      gst_element_link_pads (flip->input_capsfilter, "src",
+      flip->transformation, "sink");
+  res &=
+      gst_element_link_pads (flip->transformation, "src",
+      flip->output_capsfilter, "sink");
+
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (flip->input_capsfilter, "sink");
+  if (!pad) {
+    res = FALSE;
+  } else {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (flip, "setting target sink pad %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, pad);
+    flip->sinkpad = gst_ghost_pad_new ("sink", pad);
+    flip->sink_probe = gst_pad_add_probe (flip->sinkpad,
+        GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM |
+        GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_QUERY_DOWNSTREAM,
+        (GstPadProbeCallback) _input_sink_probe, flip, NULL);
+    gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (flip), flip->sinkpad);
+    gst_object_unref (pad);
+  }
+
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (flip->transformation, "src");
+  flip->src_probe = gst_pad_add_probe (pad,
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_QUERY_DOWNSTREAM,
+      (GstPadProbeCallback) _trans_src_probe, flip, NULL);
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (flip->output_capsfilter, "src");
+  if (!pad) {
+    res = FALSE;
+  } else {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (flip, "setting target sink pad %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, pad);
+    flip->srcpad = gst_ghost_pad_new ("src", pad);
+    gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (flip), flip->srcpad);
+    gst_object_unref (pad);
+  }
+
+  if (!res) {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (flip, "Failed to add/connect the necessary machinery");
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (GstGLVideoFlip * vf, GstGLVideoFlipMethod method,
+    gboolean from_tag)
+{
+  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (vf);
+  /* Store updated method */
+  if (from_tag)
+    vf->tag_method = method;
+  else
+    vf->method = method;
+
+  /* Get the new method */
+  if (vf->method == GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_AUTO)
+    method = vf->tag_method;
+  else
+    method = vf->method;
+
+  if (method != vf->active_method) {
+    vf->active_method = method;
+    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (vf);
+
+    g_object_set (vf->transformation, "rotation-x", 0., "rotation-y", 0.,
+        "rotation-z", 0., "scale-x", 1., "scale-y", 1., NULL);
+    switch (method) {
+      case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_IDENTITY:
+        break;
+      case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90R:
+        g_object_set (vf->transformation, "rotation-z", 90., NULL);
+        break;
+      case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_180:
+        g_object_set (vf->transformation, "rotation-z", 180., NULL);
+        break;
+      case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90L:
+        g_object_set (vf->transformation, "rotation-z", 270., NULL);
+        break;
+      case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_HORIZ:
+        g_object_set (vf->transformation, "scale-x", -1., NULL);
+        break;
+      case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UR_LL:
+        g_object_set (vf->transformation, "scale-x", -1., "rotation-z", 90.,
+            NULL);
+        break;
+      case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_VERT:
+        g_object_set (vf->transformation, "scale-x", -1., "rotation-z", 180.,
+            NULL);
+        break;
+      case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UL_LR:
+        g_object_set (vf->transformation, "scale-x", -1., "rotation-z", 270.,
+            NULL);
+        break;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  } else {
+    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (vf);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_gl_video_flip_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstGLVideoFlip *vf = GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_METHOD:
+      gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf, g_value_get_enum (value), FALSE);
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_gl_video_flip_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstGLVideoFlip *vf = GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_METHOD:
+      g_value_set_enum (value, vf->method);
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Caps negotiation happens like this:
+ *
+ * 1. caps/accept-caps queries bypass the capsfilters on either side of the
+ *    transformation element so the fixed caps don't get in the way.
+ * 2. Receiving a caps event on the sink pad will set fixed caps on either side
+ *    of the transformation element.
+ */
+static GstCaps *
+_transform_caps (GstGLVideoFlip * vf, GstPadDirection direction, GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  GstCaps *output = gst_caps_copy (caps);
+  gint i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < gst_caps_get_size (output); i++) {
+    GstStructure *structure = gst_caps_get_structure (output, i);
+    gint width, height;
+    gint par_n, par_d;
+
+    if (gst_structure_get_int (structure, "width", &width) &&
+        gst_structure_get_int (structure, "height", &height)) {
+
+      switch (vf->active_method) {
+        case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90R:
+        case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90L:
+        case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UL_LR:
+        case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UR_LL:
+          gst_structure_set (structure, "width", G_TYPE_INT, height,
+              "height", G_TYPE_INT, width, NULL);
+          if (gst_structure_get_fraction (structure, "pixel-aspect-ratio",
+                  &par_n, &par_d)) {
+            if (par_n != 1 || par_d != 1) {
+              GValue val = { 0, };
+
+              g_value_init (&val, GST_TYPE_FRACTION);
+              gst_value_set_fraction (&val, par_d, par_n);
+              gst_structure_set_value (structure, "pixel-aspect-ratio", &val);
+              g_value_unset (&val);
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_IDENTITY:
+        case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_180:
+        case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_HORIZ:
+        case GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_VERT:
+          break;
+        default:
+          g_assert_not_reached ();
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return output;
+}
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+_input_sink_probe (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info, gpointer user_data)
+{
+  GstGLVideoFlip *vf = GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP (user_data);
+
+  if (GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_TYPE (info) & GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM) {
+    GstEvent *event = GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_EVENT (info);
+
+    switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
+      case GST_EVENT_TAG:{
+        GstTagList *taglist;
+        gchar *orientation;
+
+        gst_event_parse_tag (event, &taglist);
+
+        if (gst_tag_list_get_string (taglist, "image-orientation",
+                &orientation)) {
+          if (!g_strcmp0 ("rotate-0", orientation))
+            gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf, GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_IDENTITY,
+                TRUE);
+          else if (!g_strcmp0 ("rotate-90", orientation))
+            gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf, GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90R,
+                TRUE);
+          else if (!g_strcmp0 ("rotate-180", orientation))
+            gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf, GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_180,
+                TRUE);
+          else if (!g_strcmp0 ("rotate-270", orientation))
+            gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf, GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90L,
+                TRUE);
+          else if (!g_strcmp0 ("flip-rotate-0", orientation))
+            gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf,
+                GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_HORIZ, TRUE);
+          else if (!g_strcmp0 ("flip-rotate-90", orientation))
+            gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf,
+                GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UR_LL, TRUE);
+          else if (!g_strcmp0 ("flip-rotate-180", orientation))
+            gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf,
+                GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_VERT, TRUE);
+          else if (!g_strcmp0 ("flip-rotate-270", orientation))
+            gst_gl_video_flip_set_method (vf,
+                GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UL_LR, TRUE);
+
+          g_free (orientation);
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case GST_EVENT_CAPS:{
+        GstCaps *caps, *output, *templ;
+        GstPad *srcpad;
+
+        gst_event_parse_caps (event, &caps);
+
+        output = _transform_caps (vf, GST_PAD_SINK, caps);
+
+        /* allow overriding the output caps */
+        srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (vf->transformation, "src");
+        templ = gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (srcpad);
+        gst_caps_append (output, gst_caps_ref (templ));
+        gst_object_unref (srcpad);
+
+        g_object_set (vf->input_capsfilter, "caps", gst_caps_copy (caps), NULL);
+        g_object_set (vf->output_capsfilter, "caps", output, NULL);
+        break;
+      }
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  } else if (GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_TYPE (info) &
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_QUERY_DOWNSTREAM) {
+    GstQuery *query = GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_QUERY (info);
+
+    switch (GST_QUERY_TYPE (query)) {
+        /* bypass the capsfilter */
+      case GST_QUERY_CAPS:
+      case GST_QUERY_ACCEPT_CAPS:{
+        GstPad *pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (vf->transformation, "sink");
+        if (gst_pad_query (pad, query)) {
+          gst_object_unref (pad);
+          return GST_PAD_PROBE_HANDLED;
+        } else {
+          gst_object_unref (pad);
+          return GST_PAD_PROBE_DROP;
+        }
+      }
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+_trans_src_probe (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info, gpointer user_data)
+{
+  GstGLVideoFlip *vf = GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP (user_data);
+
+  if (GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_TYPE (info) & GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_QUERY_DOWNSTREAM) {
+    GstQuery *query = GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_QUERY (info);
+
+    switch (GST_QUERY_TYPE (query)) {
+        /* bypass the capsfilter */
+      case GST_QUERY_CAPS:
+      case GST_QUERY_ACCEPT_CAPS:{
+        if (gst_pad_peer_query (vf->srcpad, query))
+          return GST_PAD_PROBE_HANDLED;
+        else
+          return GST_PAD_PROBE_DROP;
+      }
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
diff --git a/ext/gl/gstglvideoflip.h b/ext/gl/gstglvideoflip.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70039d5fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/gl/gstglvideoflip.h
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Matthew Waters <matthew@centricular.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_H_
+#define _GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_H_
+
+#include <gst/gl/gl.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP            (gst_gl_video_flip_get_type())
+#define GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj),GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP,GstGLVideoFlip))
+#define GST_IS_GL_VIDEO_FLIP(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj),GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP))
+#define GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass) ,GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP,GstGLVideoFlipClass))
+#define GST_IS_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass) ,GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP))
+#define GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS((obj) ,GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP,GstGLVideoFlipClass))
+
+/**
+ * GstVideoFlipMethod:
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_IDENTITY: Identity (no rotation)
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90R: Rotate clockwise 90 degrees
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_180: Rotate 180 degrees
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90L: Rotate counter-clockwise 90 degrees
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_HORIZ: Flip horizontally
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_VERT: Flip vertically
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UL_LR: Flip across upper left/lower right diagonal
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UR_LL: Flip across upper right/lower left diagonal
+ * @GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_AUTO: Select flip method based on image-orientation tag
+ *
+ * The different flip methods.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_IDENTITY,
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90R,
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_180,
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_90L,
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_HORIZ,
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_VERT,
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UL_LR,
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_FLIP_UR_LL,
+  GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_METHOD_AUTO,
+} GstGLVideoFlipMethod;
+
+typedef struct _GstGLVideoFlip GstGLVideoFlip;
+typedef struct _GstGLVideoFlipClass GstGLVideoFlipClass;
+
+struct _GstGLVideoFlip
+{
+  GstBin        bin;
+
+  GstPad       *srcpad;
+  GstPad       *sinkpad;
+
+  GstElement   *input_capsfilter;
+  GstElement   *transformation;
+  GstElement   *output_capsfilter;
+
+  gulong        sink_probe;
+  gulong        src_probe;
+
+  /* properties */
+  GstGLVideoFlipMethod method;
+  GstGLVideoFlipMethod tag_method;
+  GstGLVideoFlipMethod active_method;
+};
+
+struct _GstGLVideoFlipClass
+{
+  GstBinClass filter_class;
+};
+
+GType gst_gl_video_flip_get_type (void);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _GST_GL_VIDEO_FLIP_H_ */
diff --git a/ext/gl/gstopengl.c b/ext/gl/gstopengl.c
index 36dc5c6896..50676c4a1a 100644
--- a/ext/gl/gstopengl.c
+++ b/ext/gl/gstopengl.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 
 #if HAVE_GRAPHENE
 #include "gstgltransformation.h"
+#include "gstglvideoflip.h"
 #endif
 #if HAVE_JPEG
 #if HAVE_PNG
@@ -175,6 +176,11 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
           GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_GL_TRANSFORMATION)) {
     return FALSE;
   }
+
+  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "glvideoflip",
+          GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_GL_VIDEO_FLIP)) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
 #endif
 
   if (!gst_gl_effects_register_filters (plugin, GST_RANK_NONE)) {