diff --git a/src/lib/evas/Evas.h b/src/lib/evas/Evas.h
index b0f8eeca6d..fe8ee81648 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/Evas.h
+++ b/src/lib/evas/Evas.h
@@ -824,6 +824,7 @@ typedef struct _Evas_Event_Multi_Move    Evas_Event_Multi_Move; /**< Event struc
 typedef struct _Evas_Event_Key_Down      Evas_Event_Key_Down; /**< Event structure for #EVAS_CALLBACK_KEY_DOWN event callbacks */
 typedef struct _Evas_Event_Key_Up        Evas_Event_Key_Up; /**< Event structure for #EVAS_CALLBACK_KEY_UP event callbacks */
 typedef struct _Evas_Event_Hold          Evas_Event_Hold; /**< Event structure for #EVAS_CALLBACK_HOLD event callbacks */
+typedef struct _Evas_Event_Render_Post   Evas_Event_Render_Post; /**< Event structure that may come with #EVAS_CALLBACK_RENDER_POST event callbacks @since 1.8 */
 
 typedef enum _Evas_Load_Error
 {
@@ -1192,6 +1193,11 @@ struct _Evas_Event_Key_Up /** Key release event */
    Evas_Device     *dev;
 };
 
+struct _Evas_Event_Render_Post /** Send when the frame rendering is done @since 1.8 */
+{
+   Eina_List *updated_area; /**< A list of rectangle that were updated in the canvas */
+};
+
 struct _Evas_Event_Hold /** Hold change event */
 {
    int              hold; /**< The hold flag */
diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_render.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_render.c
index e818459325..aa0576308c 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_render.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_render.c
@@ -1931,7 +1931,12 @@ evas_render_updates_internal(Evas *eo_e,
    evas_module_clean();
 
    if (!do_async)
-      evas_event_callback_call(eo_e, EVAS_CALLBACK_RENDER_POST, NULL);
+     {
+        Evas_Event_Render_Post post;
+
+        post.updated_area = e->render.updates;
+        evas_event_callback_call(eo_e, EVAS_CALLBACK_RENDER_POST, e->render.updates ? &post : NULL);
+     }
 
    RD("---]\n");
 
@@ -1960,6 +1965,7 @@ _drop_texts_ref(const void *container EINA_UNUSED, void *data, void *fdata EINA_
 static void
 evas_render_wakeup(Evas *eo_e)
 {
+   Evas_Event_Render_Post post;
    Render_Updates *ru;
    Eina_Bool haveup = EINA_FALSE;
    Eina_List *ret_updates = NULL;
@@ -1975,10 +1981,7 @@ evas_render_wakeup(Evas *eo_e)
            ru->area->x, ru->area->y, ru->area->w, ru->area->h,
            EVAS_RENDER_MODE_ASYNC_END);
 
-        if (e->render.updates_cb)
-           ret_updates = eina_list_append(ret_updates, ru->area);
-        else
-           eina_rectangle_free(ru->area);
+        ret_updates = eina_list_append(ret_updates, ru->area);
         evas_cache_image_drop(ru->surface);
         free(ru);
         haveup = EINA_TRUE;
@@ -2017,9 +2020,11 @@ evas_render_wakeup(Evas *eo_e)
    e->render.data = NULL;
    e->rendering = EINA_FALSE;
 
-   evas_event_callback_call(eo_e, EVAS_CALLBACK_RENDER_POST, NULL);
+   post.updated_area = ret_updates;
+   evas_event_callback_call(eo_e, EVAS_CALLBACK_RENDER_POST, &post);
 
    if (up_cb) up_cb(up_data, eo_e, ret_updates);
+   else evas_render_updates_free(ret_updates);
 
    eo_unref(eo_e);
 }