diff --git a/doc/outdevs.texi b/doc/outdevs.texi
index bc94b9ed0c..2dadf6c6ba 100644
--- a/doc/outdevs.texi
+++ b/doc/outdevs.texi
@@ -388,19 +388,26 @@ For example, @code{dual-headed:0.1} would specify screen 1 of display
 Check the X11 specification for more detailed information about the
 display name format.
 
+@item window_id
+When set to non-zero value then device doesn't create new window,
+but uses existing one with provided @var{window_id}. By default
+this options is set to zero and device creates its own window.
+
 @item window_size
 Set the created window size, can be a string of the form
 @var{width}x@var{height} or a video size abbreviation. If not
 specified it defaults to the size of the input video.
+Ignored when @var{window_id} is set.
 
 @item window_x
 @item window_y
 Set the X and Y window offsets for the created window. They are both
 set to 0 by default. The values may be ignored by the window manager.
+Ignored when @var{window_id} is set.
 
 @item window_title
 Set the window title, if not specified default to the filename
-specified for the output device.
+specified for the output device. Ignored when @var{window_id} is set.
 @end table
 
 For more information about XVideo see @url{http://www.x.org/}.
diff --git a/libavdevice/xv.c b/libavdevice/xv.c
index 7f0e4ef6a5..ee74018b76 100644
--- a/libavdevice/xv.c
+++ b/libavdevice/xv.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
  *
  * TODO:
  * - add support to more formats
- * - add support to window id specification
  */
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ typedef struct {
     GC gc;
 
     Window window;
+    int64_t window_id;
     char *window_title;
     int window_width, window_height;
     int window_x, window_y;
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ static int xv_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                 xv->window_height = av_rescale(xv->window_height, sar.den, sar.num);
         }
     }
+    if (!xv->window_id) {
+    //TODO: reident
     xv->window = XCreateSimpleWindow(xv->display, DefaultRootWindow(xv->display),
                                      xv->window_x, xv->window_y,
                                      xv->window_width, xv->window_height,
@@ -156,6 +158,8 @@ static int xv_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     }
     XStoreName(xv->display, xv->window, xv->window_title);
     XMapWindow(xv->display, xv->window);
+    } else
+        xv->window = xv->window_id;
 
     if (XvQueryAdaptors(xv->display, DefaultRootWindow(xv->display), &num_adaptors, &ai) != Success) {
         ret = AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
@@ -315,6 +319,7 @@ static int xv_write_frame(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index, AVFrame **frame,
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(XVContext, x)
 static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "display_name", "set display name",       OFFSET(display_name), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL }, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
+    { "window_id",    "set existing window id", OFFSET(window_id),    AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64,  {.i64 = 0 }, 0, INT64_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
     { "window_size",  "set window forced size", OFFSET(window_width), AV_OPT_TYPE_IMAGE_SIZE, {.str = NULL}, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
     { "window_title", "set window title",       OFFSET(window_title), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL }, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
     { "window_x",     "set window x offset",    OFFSET(window_x),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,    {.i64 = 0 }, -INT_MAX, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },