diff --git a/src/libug.cpp b/src/libug.cpp
index 81d7d901b..f977a41b9 100644
--- a/src/libug.cpp
+++ b/src/libug.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ void exit_uv(int status) {
         LOG(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING) << "Requested exit with code " << status << ".\n";
 }
 
+static_assert(static_cast<int>(UG_RGBA) == static_cast<int>(RGBA));
+static_assert(static_cast<int>(UG_I420) == static_cast<int>(I420));
+static_assert(static_cast<int>(UG_CUDA_RGBA) == static_cast<int>(CUDA_RGBA));
+
 ////////////////////////////////////
 //             SENDER
 ////////////////////////////////////
@@ -221,6 +225,10 @@ struct ug_receiver *ug_receiver_start(struct ug_receiver_parameters *init_params
                 commandline_params["decoder-use-codec"] = get_codec_name((codec_t) init_params->decompress_to);
         }
 
+        if (init_params->force_gpu_decoding) {
+                commandline_params["decompress"] = "gpujpeg";
+        }
+
         if (initialize_video_display(&s->root_module, display, display_cfg, 0, nullptr, &s->display) != 0) {
                 LOG(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR) << "Unable to initialize VRG display!\n";
                 delete s;
diff --git a/src/libug.h b/src/libug.h
index a6adb48dc..056a61275 100644
--- a/src/libug.h
+++ b/src/libug.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define UG_LIB_87DD87FE_8111_4485_B05F_805029047F81
 
 #if ! defined __cplusplus
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #else
 #include <cstddef>
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ typedef void (*render_packet_received_callback_t)(void *udata, struct RenderPack
 typedef enum {
         UG_RGBA = 1,     ///< RGBA 8-bit
         UG_I420 = 29,    ///< planar YUV 4:2:0 in one buffer
+        UG_CUDA_RGBA = 31, ///< RGBA 8-bit in CUDA buffer (Unified Memory pointer also possible)
 } libug_pixfmt_t;
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ struct ug_receiver_parameters {
         int tx_port;                             ///< TX port for RTCP (optional, unused if sender unset, default 5004)
         int rx_port;                             ///< RX port for RTCP (optional, unused if sender unset, default 5004)
         libug_pixfmt_t decompress_to;            ///< optional - pixel format to decompress to
+        bool force_gpu_decoding;                 ///< force GPU decoding (decode with GPUJPEG)
 };
 LIBUG_DLL struct ug_receiver *ug_receiver_start(struct ug_receiver_parameters *init_params);
 LIBUG_DLL void ug_receiver_done(struct ug_receiver *state);