diff --git a/include/lua/internal.hpp b/include/lua/internal.hpp
index eb520e1a..815c5e1f 100644
--- a/include/lua/internal.hpp
+++ b/include/lua/internal.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
 #include "library/luabase.hpp"
+#include "library/lua-framebuffer.hpp"
 
 extern lua_state lsnes_lua_state;
 extern lua_function_group lua_func_bit;
@@ -21,4 +22,7 @@ extern bool lua_booted_flag;
 extern uint64_t lua_idle_hook_time;
 extern uint64_t lua_timer_hook_time;
 
+extern void* synchronous_paint_ctx;
+void lua_renderq_run(lua_render_context* ctx, void* synchronous_paint_ctx);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/lua.lyx b/lua.lyx
index 3e7e39ea..1c62cf05 100644
--- a/lua.lyx
+++ b/lua.lyx
@@ -1452,6 +1452,18 @@ Syntax: none gui.repaint()
 Request on_repaint() to happen as soon as possible.
 \end_layout
 
+\begin_layout Subsection
+gui.synchronous_repaint: Paint screen now
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+Syntax: none gui.synchronous_repaint(RENDERQUEUE queue)
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Paints specified render queue on screen right there and then.
+\end_layout
+
 \begin_layout Subsection
 gui.subframe_update: Enable/Disable subframe updates
 \end_layout
diff --git a/lua.pdf b/lua.pdf
index 8b9c6f7c..47773ab0 100644
Binary files a/lua.pdf and b/lua.pdf differ
diff --git a/src/lua/gui-rqueue.cpp b/src/lua/gui-rqueue.cpp
index e19c13cf..fae9e778 100644
--- a/src/lua/gui-rqueue.cpp
+++ b/src/lua/gui-rqueue.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "core/framebuffer.hpp"
 #include "lua/internal.hpp"
 #include "library/framebuffer.hpp"
 
@@ -50,6 +51,20 @@ namespace
 		return 0;
 	});
 
+	function_ptr_luafun gui_srepaint(lua_func_misc, "gui.synchronous_repaint", [](lua_state& L,
+		const std::string& fname) -> int {
+		if(lua_class<render_queue_obj>::is(L, 1)) {
+			lua_class<render_queue_obj>::get(L, 1, fname.c_str());
+			auto q = lua_class<render_queue_obj>::pin(L, 1, fname.c_str());
+			synchronous_paint_ctx = q->object();
+			redraw_framebuffer();
+		} else {
+			L.pushstring("Expected RENDERCTX as argument 1 for gui.renderq_run.");
+			L.error();
+		}
+		return 0;
+	});
+
 	function_ptr_luafun gui_rq_clear(lua_func_misc, "gui.renderq_clear", [](lua_state& L,
 		const std::string& fname) -> int {
 		if(lua_class<render_queue_obj>::is(L, 1)) {
@@ -102,3 +117,18 @@ namespace
 }
 
 DECLARE_LUACLASS(render_queue_obj, "RENDERCTX");
+
+void lua_renderq_run(lua_render_context* ctx, void* _sctx)
+{
+	render_queue_obj* sctx = (render_queue_obj*)_sctx;
+	lua_render_context* ptr = sctx->get();
+	if(ptr->top_gap != std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max())
+		ctx->top_gap = ptr->top_gap;
+	if(ptr->right_gap != std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max())
+		ctx->right_gap = ptr->right_gap;
+	if(ptr->bottom_gap != std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max())
+		ctx->bottom_gap = ptr->bottom_gap;
+	if(ptr->left_gap != std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max())
+		ctx->left_gap = ptr->left_gap;
+	ctx->queue->copy_from(*ptr->queue);
+}
diff --git a/src/lua/lua.cpp b/src/lua/lua.cpp
index 11296ad4..23d72ac3 100644
--- a/src/lua/lua.cpp
+++ b/src/lua/lua.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ uint64_t lua_timer_hook_time = 0x7EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL;
 bool* lua_veto_flag = NULL;
 bool* lua_kill_frame = NULL;
 extern const char* lua_sysrc_script;
+void* synchronous_paint_ctx;
 
 lua_state lsnes_lua_state;
 lua_function_group lua_func_bit;
@@ -235,6 +236,13 @@ namespace
 		do_eval_lua(L, lua_sysrc_script);
 	}
 
+	void run_synchronous_paint(struct lua_render_context* ctx)
+	{
+		if(!synchronous_paint_ctx)
+			return;
+		lua_renderq_run(ctx, synchronous_paint_ctx);
+	}
+
 #define DEFINE_CB(X) lua_state::lua_callback_list on_##X (lsnes_lua_state, #X , "on_" #X )
 
 	DEFINE_CB(paint);
@@ -267,6 +275,7 @@ namespace
 
 void lua_callback_do_paint(struct lua_render_context* ctx, bool non_synthetic) throw()
 {
+	run_synchronous_paint(ctx);
 	run_callback(on_paint, lua_state::store_tag(lua_render_ctx, ctx), lua_state::boolean_tag(non_synthetic));
 }