diff --git a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
index 51edce015241ae720b59587bbd0ab122f5249a38..610787d91ee1c71cd6e0a3aba925980008c0fc52 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
@@ -1342,6 +1342,29 @@ static int mkv_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static int mkv_write_flush_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
+{
+    MatroskaMuxContext *mkv = s->priv_data;
+    AVIOContext *pb;
+    if (s->pb->seekable)
+        pb = s->pb;
+    else
+        pb = mkv->dyn_bc;
+    if (!pkt) {
+        if (mkv->cluster_pos) {
+            av_log(s, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Flushing cluster at offset %" PRIu64
+                   " bytes\n", avio_tell(pb));
+            end_ebml_master(pb, mkv->cluster);
+            mkv->cluster_pos = 0;
+            if (mkv->dyn_bc)
+                mkv_flush_dynbuf(s);
+            avio_flush(s->pb);
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return mkv_write_packet(s, pkt);
+}
+
 static int mkv_write_trailer(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     MatroskaMuxContext *mkv = s->priv_data;
@@ -1458,10 +1481,10 @@ AVOutputFormat ff_matroska_muxer = {
     .video_codec       = CONFIG_LIBX264_ENCODER ?
                          AV_CODEC_ID_H264 : AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG4,
     .write_header      = mkv_write_header,
-    .write_packet      = mkv_write_packet,
+    .write_packet      = mkv_write_flush_packet,
     .write_trailer     = mkv_write_trailer,
     .flags             = AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER | AVFMT_VARIABLE_FPS |
-                         AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT,
+                         AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT | AVFMT_ALLOW_FLUSH,
     .codec_tag         = (const AVCodecTag* const []){
          ff_codec_bmp_tags, ff_codec_wav_tags, 0
     },
@@ -1488,10 +1511,10 @@ AVOutputFormat ff_webm_muxer = {
     .audio_codec       = AV_CODEC_ID_VORBIS,
     .video_codec       = AV_CODEC_ID_VP8,
     .write_header      = mkv_write_header,
-    .write_packet      = mkv_write_packet,
+    .write_packet      = mkv_write_flush_packet,
     .write_trailer     = mkv_write_trailer,
     .flags             = AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER | AVFMT_VARIABLE_FPS |
-                         AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT,
+                         AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT | AVFMT_ALLOW_FLUSH,
     .priv_class        = &webm_class,
 };
 #endif
@@ -1513,9 +1536,10 @@ AVOutputFormat ff_matroska_audio_muxer = {
                          AV_CODEC_ID_VORBIS : AV_CODEC_ID_AC3,
     .video_codec       = AV_CODEC_ID_NONE,
     .write_header      = mkv_write_header,
-    .write_packet      = mkv_write_packet,
+    .write_packet      = mkv_write_flush_packet,
     .write_trailer     = mkv_write_trailer,
-    .flags             = AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER | AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT,
+    .flags             = AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER | AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT |
+                         AVFMT_ALLOW_FLUSH,
     .codec_tag         = (const AVCodecTag* const []){ ff_codec_wav_tags, 0 },
     .priv_class        = &mka_class,
 };
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 73fb7c119678fa6ec692f8043372bbc36f43e2eb..ac675ce953996e26166b8924885be9922a0fc17d 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR 55
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR  2
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR  3
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR, \