diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
index 146bd3856..66391862e 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
@@ -867,6 +867,10 @@ int FfmpegCamera::CaptureAndRecord( Image &image, timeval recording, char* event
       if ( packet.stream_index == mVideoStreamId ) {
         if ( keyframe ) {
           Debug(3, "Clearing queue");
+          if ( packetqueue->packet_count(mVideoStreamId) >= monitor->GetImageBufferCount() ) {
+            Warning("ImageBufferCount is too small.  Either increase it or decrease time between keyframes");
+          }
+
           packetqueue->clearQueue(monitor->GetPreEventCount(), mVideoStreamId);
           packetqueue->queuePacket(&packet);
         } else if ( packetqueue->size() ) {