diff --git a/client/common/cmdline.c b/client/common/cmdline.c
index 5b8fd5b2aae6..4f135f879855 100644
--- a/client/common/cmdline.c
+++ b/client/common/cmdline.c
@@ -2245,6 +2245,15 @@ static int parse_gfx_options(rdpSettings* settings, const COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENT_
 							rc = COMMAND_LINE_ERROR;
 					}
 				}
+				else if (option_starts_with("frame-ack", val))
+				{
+					const PARSE_ON_OFF_RESULT bval = parse_on_off_option(val);
+					if (bval == PARSE_FAIL)
+						rc = COMMAND_LINE_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_VALUE;
+					else if (!freerdp_settings_set_bool(settings, FreeRDP_GfxSuspendFrameAck,
+					                                    bval != PARSE_OFF))
+						rc = COMMAND_LINE_ERROR;
+				}
 			}
 
 			if ((rc == CHANNEL_RC_OK) && codecSelected)
diff --git a/client/common/cmdline.h b/client/common/cmdline.h
index 7bfb33726a6a..ad46ee7219f3 100644
--- a/client/common/cmdline.h
+++ b/client/common/cmdline.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static const COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENT_A global_cmd_args[] = {
 	{ "gfx", COMMAND_LINE_VALUE_OPTIONAL,
 	  "[[progressive[:on|off]|RFX[:on|off]|AVC420[:on|off]AVC444[:on|off]],mask:<value>,small-"
 	  "cache[:on|off],thin-client[:on|off],progressive[:on|"
-	  "off]]",
+	  "off],frame-ack[:on|off]]",
 	  NULL, NULL, -1, NULL, "RDP8 graphics pipeline" },
 #if defined(WITH_FREERDP_DEPRECATED_COMMANDLINE)
 	{ "gfx-h264", COMMAND_LINE_VALUE_OPTIONAL, "[[AVC420|AVC444],mask:<value>]", NULL, NULL, -1,