diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
index 4fe489c53..7b4bdb8c0 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <neutrino.h>
 #include <system/debug.h>
 #include "luainstance.h"
+#include <video.h>
 
 /* the magic color that tells us we are using one of the palette colors */
 #define MAGIC_COLOR 0x42424200
@@ -457,6 +458,9 @@ const luaL_Reg CLuaInstance::methods[] =
 	{ "getRenderWidth", CLuaInstance::getRenderWidth },
 	{ "GetSize", CLuaInstance::GetSize },
 	{ "DisplayImage", CLuaInstance::DisplayImage },
+	{ "setBlank", CLuaInstance::setBlank },
+	{ "ShowPicture", CLuaInstance::ShowPicture },
+	{ "StopPicture", CLuaInstance::StopPicture },
 	{ "Blit", CLuaInstance::Blit },
 	{ "GetLanguage", CLuaInstance::GetLanguage },
 	{ "runScript", CLuaInstance::runScriptExt },
@@ -618,6 +622,29 @@ int CLuaInstance::DisplayImage(lua_State *L)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+extern cVideo * videoDecoder;
+
+int CLuaInstance::setBlank(lua_State *L)
+{
+	int enable = 1;
+	enable = luaL_checkint(L, 2);
+	videoDecoder->setBlank((enable==1)?true:false);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int CLuaInstance::ShowPicture(lua_State *L)
+{
+	const char *fname = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+	videoDecoder->ShowPicture(fname);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int CLuaInstance::StopPicture(lua_State */*L*/)
+{
+	videoDecoder->StopPicture();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int CLuaInstance::PlayFile(lua_State *L)
 {
 	printf("CLuaInstance::%s %d\n", __func__, lua_gettop(L));
diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.h b/src/gui/luainstance.h
index 1104f729e..83117aa85 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.h
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.h
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ private:
 	static int runScriptExt(lua_State *L);
 	static int GetSize(lua_State *L);
 	static int DisplayImage(lua_State *L);
+	static int setBlank(lua_State *L);
+	static int ShowPicture(lua_State *L);
+	static int StopPicture(lua_State *L);
 	static int PlayFile(lua_State *L);
 
 	static int strFind(lua_State *L);