diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp.go b/rtmp/rtmp.go
index 71564606..669a658d 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp.go
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ var (
 	av__result                          = AVC("_result")
 	av_secureToken                      = AVC("secureToken")
 	av_createStream                     = AVC("createStream")
+	av_releaseStream                    = AVC("releaseStream")
 	av_play                             = AVC("play")
 	av_publish                          = AVC("publish")
 	av_onBWDone                         = AVC("onBWDone")
@@ -1942,7 +1943,6 @@ func C_HandleClientBW(r *C.RTMP, packet *C.RTMPPacket) {
 
 // int HandleInvoke(RTMP* r, const char* body, unsigned int nBodySize);
 // rtmp.c +2912
-// TODO port AV_erase (rtmp.c +2393)
 // TODO port SendReleaseStream (rtmp.c +1816)
 // TODO port SendFCPublish (rtmp.c +1846)
 // TODO port RTMP_SendCreateStream (rtmp.c +1725)
@@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@ func C_HandleInvoke(r *C.RTMP, body *byte, nBodySize uint32) int32 {
 					*/
 					if (r.Link.protocol & RTMP_FEATURE_WRITE) != 0 {
 						log.Println("2.3")
-						C.SendReleaseStream(r)
+						C_SendReleaseStream(r)
 						C.SendFCPublish(r)
 					} /* NOTE This code doesn't run in our use case
 					else {
@@ -2239,6 +2239,40 @@ leave:
 	return ret
 }
 
+// int SendReleaseStream(RTMP* r);
+// rtmp.c +1816
+func C_SendReleaseStream(r *C.RTMP) int32 {
+	var packet C.RTMPPacket
+	var pbuf [1024]byte
+	var pend *byte = (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&pbuf[0])) +
+		unsafe.Sizeof(pbuf)))
+	var enc *byte
+
+	packet.m_nChannel = 0x03 /* control channel (invoke) */
+	packet.m_headerType = RTMP_PACKET_SIZE_MEDIUM
+	packet.m_packetType = RTMP_PACKET_TYPE_INVOKE
+	packet.m_nTimeStamp = 0
+	packet.m_nInfoField2 = 0
+	packet.m_hasAbsTimestamp = 0
+	packet.m_body = (*C.char)(incBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(&pbuf[0]),
+		int(RTMP_MAX_HEADER_SIZE)))
+
+	enc = (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(packet.m_body))
+	enc = C_AMF_EncodeString(enc, pend, &av_releaseStream)
+	r.m_numInvokes++
+	enc = C_AMF_EncodeNumber(enc, pend, float64(r.m_numInvokes))
+	*enc = AMF_NULL
+	enc = (*byte)(incBytePtr(unsafe.Pointer(enc), 1))
+	enc = C_AMF_EncodeString(enc, pend, &r.Link.playpath)
+	if enc == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	packet.m_nBodySize = C.uint32_t(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(enc)) - uintptr(
+		unsafe.Pointer(packet.m_body)))
+
+	return int32(C_RTMP_SendPacket(r, &packet, 0))
+}
+
 // #define AVMATCH(a1,a2)
 // amf.h +63
 func C_AVMATCH(a1, a2 *C.AVal) int32 {