diff --git a/src/libguac/Makefile.am b/src/libguac/Makefile.am
index 8fc95a6d..e53e71a1 100644
--- a/src/libguac/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libguac/Makefile.am
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ libguac_la_CFLAGS = \
 libguac_la_LDFLAGS =    \
     -version-info 9:0:0 \
     @CAIRO_LIBS@        \
+    @JPEG_LIBS@         \
     @PNG_LIBS@          \
     @PTHREAD_LIBS@      \
     @UUID_LIBS@         \
-    @VORBIS_LIBS@	\
-    @JPEG_LIBS@
+    @VORBIS_LIBS@
 
 libguac_la_LIBADD = \
     @LIBADD_DLOPEN@ 
diff --git a/src/libguac/guacamole/protocol.h b/src/libguac/guacamole/protocol.h
index be78ce33..16ea70a3 100644
--- a/src/libguac/guacamole/protocol.h
+++ b/src/libguac/guacamole/protocol.h
@@ -637,11 +637,15 @@ int guac_protocol_send_png(guac_socket* socket, guac_composite_mode mode,
  * @param surface
  *     A cairo surface containing the image data to send.
  * 
+ * @param quality
+ *     JPEG image quality.
+ * 
  * @return
  *     Zero on success, non-zero on error.
  */
 int guac_protocol_send_jpeg(guac_socket* socket, guac_composite_mode mode,
-        const guac_layer* layer, int x, int y, cairo_surface_t* surface);
+        const guac_layer* layer, int x, int y, cairo_surface_t* surface,
+        int quality);
 
 /**
  * Sends a pop instruction over the given guac_socket connection.
diff --git a/src/libguac/protocol.c b/src/libguac/protocol.c
index 6ea7e920..eec27d5a 100644
--- a/src/libguac/protocol.c
+++ b/src/libguac/protocol.c
@@ -85,10 +85,14 @@ ssize_t __guac_socket_write_length_double(guac_socket* socket, double d) {
  * @param surface
  *     A cairo surface containing the image data to send. 
  * 
+ * @param quality
+ *     JPEG image quality.
+ * 
  * @return
  *     Zero on success, non-zero on error.
  */
-static int __guac_socket_write_length_jpeg(guac_socket* socket, cairo_surface_t* surface) {
+static int __guac_socket_write_length_jpeg(guac_socket* socket, 
+        cairo_surface_t* surface, int quality) {
 
     /* Get image surface properties and data */
     cairo_format_t format = cairo_image_surface_get_format(surface);
@@ -99,7 +103,6 @@ static int __guac_socket_write_length_jpeg(guac_socket* socket, cairo_surface_t*
         return -1;
     }
 
-    int quality = 80; /* JPEG compression quality setting */
     int width = cairo_image_surface_get_width(surface);
     int height = cairo_image_surface_get_height(surface);
     int stride = cairo_image_surface_get_stride(surface);
@@ -1181,7 +1184,8 @@ int guac_protocol_send_pipe(guac_socket* socket, const guac_stream* stream,
 }
 
 int guac_protocol_send_jpeg(guac_socket* socket, guac_composite_mode mode,
-        const guac_layer* layer, int x, int y, cairo_surface_t* surface) {
+        const guac_layer* layer, int x, int y, cairo_surface_t* surface,
+        int quality) {
 
     int ret_val;
 
@@ -1196,7 +1200,7 @@ int guac_protocol_send_jpeg(guac_socket* socket, guac_composite_mode mode,
         || guac_socket_write_string(socket, ",")
         || __guac_socket_write_length_int(socket, y)
         || guac_socket_write_string(socket, ",")
-        || __guac_socket_write_length_jpeg(socket, surface)
+        || __guac_socket_write_length_jpeg(socket, surface, quality)
         || guac_socket_write_string(socket, ";");
 
     guac_socket_instruction_end(socket);