diff --git a/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c b/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
index 0869f9c52f..072d680be8 100644
--- a/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/pango/gstbasetextoverlay.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
+#include <gst/video/gstvideometa.h>
 
 #include "gstbasetextoverlay.h"
 #include "gsttextoverlay.h"
@@ -1232,8 +1233,10 @@ gst_base_text_overlay_set_composition (GstBaseTextOverlay * overlay)
   gst_base_text_overlay_get_pos (overlay, &xpos, &ypos);
 
   if (overlay->text_image) {
+    gst_buffer_add_video_meta (overlay->text_image, GST_VIDEO_FRAME_FLAG_NONE,
+        GST_VIDEO_OVERLAY_COMPOSITION_FORMAT_RGB,
+        overlay->image_width, overlay->image_height);
     rectangle = gst_video_overlay_rectangle_new_argb (overlay->text_image,
-        overlay->image_width, overlay->image_height, 4 * overlay->image_width,
         xpos, ypos, overlay->image_width, overlay->image_height,
         GST_VIDEO_OVERLAY_FORMAT_FLAG_PREMULTIPLIED_ALPHA);