diff --git a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-session.c b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-session.c
index a9b861e8d..859d9328a 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-session.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-session.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ struct _MetaScreenCastSession
   GList *streams;
 
   MetaScreenCastSessionHandle *handle;
+
+  gboolean disable_animations;
 };
 
 static void
@@ -167,6 +169,13 @@ meta_screen_cast_session_get_screen_cast (MetaScreenCastSession *session)
   return session->screen_cast;
 }
 
+void
+meta_screen_cast_session_set_disable_animations (MetaScreenCastSession *session,
+                                                 gboolean               disable_animations)
+{
+  session->disable_animations = disable_animations;
+}
+
 char *
 meta_screen_cast_session_get_object_path (MetaScreenCastSession *session)
 {
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-session.h b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-session.h
index ee02e4e2d..3bab3486b 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-session.h
+++ b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-session.h
@@ -64,4 +64,7 @@ MetaScreenCastStream * meta_screen_cast_session_get_stream (MetaScreenCastSessio
 
 MetaScreenCast * meta_screen_cast_session_get_screen_cast (MetaScreenCastSession *session);
 
+void meta_screen_cast_session_set_disable_animations (MetaScreenCastSession *session,
+                                                      gboolean               disable_animations);
+
 #endif /* META_SCREEN_CAST_SESSION_H */
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast.c b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast.c
index 063fffd8e..b473aa8eb 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #define META_SCREEN_CAST_DBUS_SERVICE "org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast"
 #define META_SCREEN_CAST_DBUS_PATH "/org/gnome/Mutter/ScreenCast"
-#define META_SCREEN_CAST_API_VERSION 2
+#define META_SCREEN_CAST_API_VERSION 3
 
 struct _MetaScreenCast
 {
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ handle_create_session (MetaDBusScreenCast    *skeleton,
   const char *session_path;
   const char *client_dbus_name;
   char *remote_desktop_session_id = NULL;
+  gboolean disable_animations;
   MetaScreenCastSessionType session_type;
 
   g_variant_lookup (properties, "remote-desktop-session-id", "s",
@@ -160,6 +161,13 @@ handle_create_session (MetaDBusScreenCast    *skeleton,
         }
     }
 
+  if (g_variant_lookup (properties, "disable-animations", "b",
+                        &disable_animations))
+    {
+      meta_screen_cast_session_set_disable_animations (session,
+                                                       disable_animations);
+    }
+
   client_dbus_name = g_dbus_method_invocation_get_sender (invocation);
   meta_dbus_session_watcher_watch_session (screen_cast->session_watcher,
                                            client_dbus_name,
diff --git a/src/org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast.xml b/src/org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast.xml
index 0e83747f5..1d9fa598e 100644
--- a/src/org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast.xml
+++ b/src/org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 					   Remote desktop driven screen casts
 					   are started and stopped by the remote
 					   desktop session.
+	* "disable-animations" (b): Set to "true" if the screen cast application
+				    would prefer animations to be globally
+				    disabled, while the session is running. Default
+				    is "false". Available since version 3.
     -->
     <method name="CreateSession">
       <arg name="properties" type="a{sv}" direction="in" />