diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e02c8815..320fbcda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+ * Add `FrameGrabber.grabAtFrameRate()` to simulate a device or stream when reading from files ([pull #1659](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/pull/1659))
  * Update `FFmpegFrameGrabber` and `FFmpegFrameRecorder` with new `avcodec` API ([issue #1498](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/issues/1498))
  * Add new `Similarity` sample with PSNR and MSSIM ([pull #1622](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/pull/1622))
  * Avoid crash in `FFmpegFrameRecorder.stop()` by moving `av_write_trailer()` out of `flush()` ([issue #1616](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/issues/1616))
diff --git a/platform/src/test/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FrameGrabberTest.java b/platform/src/test/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FrameGrabberTest.java
index 700c07b9..5d24322d 100644
--- a/platform/src/test/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FrameGrabberTest.java
+++ b/platform/src/test/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FrameGrabberTest.java
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ public void testFFmpegFrameGrabber() {
 
             int n = 0, m = 0;
             Frame frame2;
-            while ((frame2 = grabber.grab()) != null) {
+            long startTime = System.nanoTime();
+            while ((frame2 = grabber.grabAtFrameRate()) != null) {
                 Frame clone2 = frame2.clone();
                 if (frame2.image != null) {
                     Frame frame = frames[n++];
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ public void testFFmpegFrameGrabber() {
                 }
                 clone2.close();
             }
+            long stopTime = System.nanoTime();
+            assertEquals(n, (stopTime - startTime) * grabber.getFrameRate() / 1_000_000_000, 10.0);
             assertEquals(frames.length, n);
             assertEquals(null, grabber.grab());
             grabber.restart();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FrameGrabber.java b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FrameGrabber.java
index b15f34fb..1c77ea60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FrameGrabber.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FrameGrabber.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 public abstract class FrameGrabber implements Closeable {
 
     public static final List<String> list = new LinkedList<String>(Arrays.asList(new String[] {
-		"DC1394", "FlyCapture", "FlyCapture2", "OpenKinect", "OpenKinect2", "RealSense", "RealSense2", "PS3Eye", "VideoInput", "OpenCV", "FFmpeg", "IPCamera" }));
+        "DC1394", "FlyCapture", "FlyCapture2", "OpenKinect", "OpenKinect2", "RealSense", "RealSense2", "PS3Eye", "VideoInput", "OpenCV", "FFmpeg", "IPCamera" }));
     public static void init() {
         for (String name : list) {
             try {
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ public static enum SampleMode {
     protected int frameNumber = 0;
     protected long timestamp = 0;
     protected int maxDelay = -1;
+    protected long startTime = 0;
 
     public int getVideoStream() {
         return videoStream;
@@ -724,4 +725,27 @@ public void release() throws Exception {
     public Array createArray(FrameGrabber[] frameGrabbers) {
         return new Array(frameGrabbers);
     }
+
+    /** Returns {@code frame = grab()} after {@code waitForTimestamp(frame)}. */
+    public Frame grabAtFrameRate() throws Exception, InterruptedException {
+        Frame frame = grab();
+        if (frame != null) {
+            waitForTimestamp(frame);
+        }
+        return frame;
+    }
+
+    /** Returns true if {@code Thread.sleep()} had to be called. */
+    public boolean waitForTimestamp(Frame frame) throws InterruptedException {
+        if (startTime == 0) {
+            startTime = System.nanoTime() / 1000 - frame.timestamp;
+        } else {
+            long delay = frame.timestamp - (System.nanoTime() / 1000 - startTime);
+            if (delay > 0) {
+                Thread.sleep(delay / 1000, (int)(delay % 1000) * 1000);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }