diff --git a/templates/channel.jade b/templates/channel.jade
index 128d7933..83edc37c 100644
--- a/templates/channel.jade
+++ b/templates/channel.jade
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ html(lang="en")
               #videocontrols.btn-group.pull-right
                 button#mediarefresh.btn.btn-sm.btn-default(title="Reload the video player")
                   span.glyphicon.glyphicon-retweet
+                button#fullscreenbtn.btn.btn-sm.btn-default(title="Make the video player fullscreen")
+                  span.glyphicon.glyphicon-fullscreen
                 button#getplaylist.btn.btn-sm.btn-default(title="Retrieve playlist links")
                   span.glyphicon.glyphicon-link
                 button#voteskip.btn.btn-sm.btn-default(title="Voteskip")
diff --git a/www/js/ui.js b/www/js/ui.js
index a9d8981f..1bc48136 100644
--- a/www/js/ui.js
+++ b/www/js/ui.js
@@ -792,3 +792,16 @@ $("#emotelist-alphabetical").change(function () {
     EMOTELIST.handleChange();
     EMOTELIST.loadPage(0);
 });
+
+$("#fullscreenbtn").click(function () {
+    var elem = document.querySelector("#videowrap .embed-responsive");
+    // this shit is why frontend web development sucks
+    var fn = elem.requestFullscreen ||
+        elem.mozRequestFullScreen || // Mozilla has to be different and use a capital 'S'
+        elem.webkitRequestFullscreen ||
+        elem.msRequestFullscreen;
+
+    if (fn) {
+        fn.call(elem);
+    }
+});