diff --git a/ipywebrtc/webrtc.py b/ipywebrtc/webrtc.py
index b6ce13a..e6f9c95 100644
--- a/ipywebrtc/webrtc.py
+++ b/ipywebrtc/webrtc.py
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
     from urllib.request import urlopen  # py3
 from traitlets import (
     observe,
-    Bool, Bytes, Dict, Instance, Int, List, TraitError, Unicode, validate,
+    Bool, Bytes, Dict, Instance, Int, List, TraitError, CUnicode, Unicode, validate,
     Undefined
 )
-from ipywidgets import DOMWidget, Image, Video, Audio, register, widget_serialization
+from ipywidgets import (
+    DOMWidget, Image, Video, Audio, register, widget_serialization, link
+)
 from ipython_genutils.py3compat import string_types
 import ipywebrtc._version
 import traitlets
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ class ImageStream(MediaStream):
         Image,
         help="An ipywidgets.Image instance that will be the source of the media stream."
     ).tag(sync=True, **widget_serialization)
+    width = CUnicode(help="Width of the video in pixels.").tag(sync=True)
+    height = CUnicode(help="Height of the video in pixels.").tag(sync=True)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_file(cls, filename, **kwargs):
@@ -131,6 +135,20 @@ def from_download(cls, url, **kwargs):
         image = Image(value=urlopen(url).read(), format=format)
         return cls(image=image, **kwargs)
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(ImageStream, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._width_link = link((self, "width"), (self.image, "width"))
+        self._height_link = link((self, "height"), (self.image, "height"))
+
+    @observe('image')
+    def _update_links(self, change):
+        if (not hasattr(self, "_width_link")):
+            return
+        self._width_link.unlink()
+        self._width_link = link((self, "width"), (change.new, "width"))
+        self._height_link.unlink()
+        self._height_link = link((self, "height"), (change.new, "height"))
+
 
 @register
 class VideoStream(MediaStream):
@@ -143,6 +161,8 @@ class VideoStream(MediaStream):
         help="An ipywidgets.Video instance that will be the source of the media stream."
     ).tag(sync=True, **widget_serialization)
     playing = Bool(True, help='Plays the videostream or pauses it.').tag(sync=True)
+    width = CUnicode(help="Width of the video in pixels.").tag(sync=True)
+    height = CUnicode(help="Height of the video in pixels.").tag(sync=True)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_file(cls, filename, **kwargs):
@@ -193,6 +213,20 @@ def from_download(cls, url, **kwargs):
         video = Video(value=urlopen(url).read(), format=format, autoplay=False, controls=False)
         return cls(video=video, **kwargs)
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(VideoStream, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._width_link = link((self, "width"), (self.video, "width"))
+        self._height_link = link((self, "height"), (self.video, "height"))
+
+    @observe('video')
+    def _update_links(self, change):
+        if (not hasattr(self, "_width_link")):
+            return
+        self._width_link.unlink()
+        self._width_link = link((self, "width"), (change.new, "width"))
+        self._height_link.unlink()
+        self._height_link = link((self, "height"), (change.new, "height"))
+
 
 @register
 class AudioStream(MediaStream):
diff --git a/js/src/webrtc.js b/js/src/webrtc.js
index 5fc404a..3a2c80b 100644
--- a/js/src/webrtc.js
+++ b/js/src/webrtc.js
@@ -57,6 +57,43 @@ export class MediaStreamView extends widgets.DOMWidgetView {
             text.innerHTML = 'Error creating view for mediastream: ' + error.message;
             this.el.appendChild(text);
         });
+
+        this.model.on("change:width", this._update_width, this);
+        this.model.on("change:height", this._update_height, this);
+    }
+
+    _update_width() {
+        let width = this.model.get('width');
+        if (width !== undefined && width.length > 0) {
+            this.video.setAttribute('width', width);
+        } else {
+            this.video.removeAttribute('width');
+        }
+
+        // When resized, the source video restarts, and we need to call capture
+        // again
+        this._capture();
+    }
+
+    _update_height() {
+        let height = this.model.get('height');
+        if (height !== undefined && height.length > 0) {
+            this.video.setAttribute('height', height);
+        } else {
+            this.video.removeAttribute('height');
+        }
+
+        // When resized, the source video restarts, and we need to call capture
+        // again
+        this._capture();
+    }
+
+    _capture() {
+        this.capturePromise = this.model.captureStream();
+        this.capturePromise.then((stream) => {
+            this.video.srcObject = stream;
+            this.video.play();
+        });
     }
 
     remove() {
@@ -79,6 +116,8 @@ export class ImageStreamModel extends MediaStreamModel {
         return {...super.defaults(),
             _model_name: 'ImageStreamModel',
             image: null,
+            width: null,
+            height: null,
         };
     }
 
@@ -182,6 +221,8 @@ export class VideoStreamModel extends StreamModel {
         return { ...super.defaults(),
             _model_name: 'VideoStreamModel',
             video: null,
+            width: null,
+            height: null,
         };
     }