diff --git a/ext/gl/gstgldownloadelement.c b/ext/gl/gstgldownloadelement.c
index 31bf814..053da30 100644
--- a/ext/gl/gstgldownloadelement.c
+++ b/ext/gl/gstgldownloadelement.c
@@ -750,6 +750,11 @@
   params.align = blitter ? 0 : 127;
   alignment.stride_align[0] = params.align;
   gst_video_info_align (&dl->export_info, &alignment);
+  if (blitter) {
+    /* Always tightly pack. */
+    dl->export_info.stride[0] = dl->export_info.width *
+        GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_INFO_PSTRIDE (dl->export_info.finfo, 0);
+  }
   export_caps = gst_video_info_to_caps (&dl->export_info);
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (dl, "export_caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, export_caps);
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (dl, "src_caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, src_caps);
@@ -760,8 +765,6 @@
   gst_buffer_pool_config_set_params (config, export_caps,
       dl->export_info.size, 0, 3);
   gst_buffer_pool_config_add_option (config,
-      GST_BUFFER_POOL_OPTION_VIDEO_META);
-  gst_buffer_pool_config_add_option (config,
     GST_BUFFER_POOL_OPTION_VIDEO_ALIGNMENT);
   gst_buffer_pool_config_set_video_alignment (config, &alignment);
   gst_buffer_pool_config_set_allocator (config,
@@ -866,6 +869,7 @@
   GstMemory *memory = gst_buffer_peek_memory (inbuf, 0);
   GstGLContext *context = GST_GL_BASE_MEMORY_CAST (memory)->context;
   GstBuffer *export_buf = NULL, *src_buf = NULL, *outbuf = NULL;
+  GstVideoMeta *export_meta = NULL;
   GstGLColorConvert *glconverter = NULL;
   struct ExportParams params = { 0 };
 
@@ -960,6 +964,18 @@
     goto beach;
   }
 
+  /* If we're packing RGB data more tightly than GStreamer normally does
+     we must manually set our stride on the meta. */
+  export_meta = gst_buffer_get_video_meta (export_buf);
+  if (G_LIKELY (!export_meta)) {
+    gst_buffer_add_video_meta_full (export_buf, GST_VIDEO_FRAME_FLAG_NONE,
+        dl->export_info.finfo->format, dl->export_info.width,
+        dl->export_info.height, dl->export_info.finfo->n_planes,
+        dl->export_info.offset, dl->export_info.stride);
+  } else {
+    export_meta->stride[0] = dl->export_info.stride[0];
+  }
+
   if (dl->converter) {
     GstVideoFrame in_frame, out_frame;
     GstClockTime ts;