diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/extended_video_player.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/extended_video_player.jsx
index 66e5dee16..603f005f9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/extended_video_player.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/extended_video_player.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
 const ExtendedVideoPlayer = React.createClass({
 
   propTypes: {
-    src: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired
+    src: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    controls: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+    muted: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired
   },
 
   mixins: [PureRenderMixin],
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ const ExtendedVideoPlayer = React.createClass({
   render () {
     return (
       <div>
-        <video src={this.props.src} autoPlay muted loop />
+        <video src={this.props.src} autoPlay muted={this.props.muted} controls={this.props.controls} loop />
       </div>
     );
   },
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status.jsx
index c4d5f829b..d2d2aaf20 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status.jsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const Status = React.createClass({
     onReblog: React.PropTypes.func,
     onDelete: React.PropTypes.func,
     onOpenMedia: React.PropTypes.func,
+    onOpenVideo: React.PropTypes.func,
     onBlock: React.PropTypes.func,
     me: React.PropTypes.number,
     boostModal: React.PropTypes.bool,
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ const Status = React.createClass({
 
     if (status.get('media_attachments').size > 0 && !this.props.muted) {
       if (status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0, 'type']) === 'video') {
-        media = <VideoPlayer media={status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0])} sensitive={status.get('sensitive')} />;
+        media = <VideoPlayer media={status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0])} sensitive={status.get('sensitive')} onOpenVideo={this.props.onOpenVideo} />;
       } else {
         media = <MediaGallery media={status.get('media_attachments')} sensitive={status.get('sensitive')} height={110} onOpenMedia={this.props.onOpenMedia} />;
       }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/video_player.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/video_player.jsx
index ab21ca9cd..f019664cf 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/video_player.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/video_player.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import { isIOS } from '../is_mobile';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   toggle_sound: { id: 'video_player.toggle_sound', defaultMessage: 'Toggle sound' },
-  toggle_visible: { id: 'video_player.toggle_visible', defaultMessage: 'Toggle visibility' }
+  toggle_visible: { id: 'video_player.toggle_visible', defaultMessage: 'Toggle visibility' },
+  expand_video: { id: 'video_player.expand', defaultMessage: 'Expand video' }
 });
 
 const videoStyle = {
@@ -61,6 +62,15 @@ const spoilerButtonStyle = {
   zIndex: '100'
 };
 
+const expandButtonStyle = {
+  position: 'absolute',
+  bottom: '6px',
+  right: '8px',
+  color: 'white',
+  textShadow: "0px 1px 1px black, 1px 0px 1px black",
+  zIndex: '100'
+};
+
 const VideoPlayer = React.createClass({
   propTypes: {
     media: ImmutablePropTypes.map.isRequired,
@@ -68,7 +78,8 @@ const VideoPlayer = React.createClass({
     height: React.PropTypes.number,
     sensitive: React.PropTypes.bool,
     intl: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-    autoplay: React.PropTypes.bool
+    autoplay: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    onOpenVideo: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
   },
 
   getDefaultProps () {
@@ -116,6 +127,13 @@ const VideoPlayer = React.createClass({
     });
   },
 
+  handleExpand () {
+    const node = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).querySelector('video');
+    node.pause();
+
+    this.props.onOpenVideo(this.props.media);
+  },
+
   setRef (c) {
     this.video = c;
   },
@@ -159,6 +177,12 @@ const VideoPlayer = React.createClass({
       </div>
     );
 
+    let expandButton = (
+      <div style={expandButtonStyle} >
+        <IconButton title={intl.formatMessage(messages.expand_video)} icon='expand' onClick={this.handleExpand} />
+      </div>
+    );
+
     let muteButton = '';
 
     if (this.state.hasAudio) {
@@ -202,6 +226,7 @@ const VideoPlayer = React.createClass({
       <div style={{ cursor: 'default', marginTop: '8px', overflow: 'hidden', width: `${width}px`, height: `${height}px`, boxSizing: 'border-box', background: '#000', position: 'relative' }}>
         {spoilerButton}
         {muteButton}
+        {expandButton}
         <video ref={this.setRef} src={media.get('url')} autoPlay={!isIOS()} loop={true} muted={this.state.muted} style={videoStyle} onClick={this.handleVideoClick} />
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/containers/status_container.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/containers/status_container.jsx
index fedf80fbf..d68acd96a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/containers/status_container.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/containers/status_container.jsx
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
     dispatch(openModal('MEDIA', { media, index }));
   },
 
+  onOpenVideo (media) {
+    dispatch(openModal('VIDEO', { media }));
+  },
+
   onBlock (account) {
     dispatch(blockAccount(account.get('id')));
   },
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/components/detailed_status.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/components/detailed_status.jsx
index 2da57252e..ceafc1a32 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/components/detailed_status.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/components/detailed_status.jsx
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ const DetailedStatus = React.createClass({
 
   propTypes: {
     status: ImmutablePropTypes.map.isRequired,
-    onOpenMedia: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
+    onOpenMedia: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    onOpenVideo: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   },
 
   mixins: [PureRenderMixin],
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ const DetailedStatus = React.createClass({
 
     if (status.get('media_attachments').size > 0) {
       if (status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0, 'type']) === 'video') {
-        media = <VideoPlayer sensitive={status.get('sensitive')} media={status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0])} width={300} height={150} autoplay />;
+        media = <VideoPlayer sensitive={status.get('sensitive')} media={status.getIn(['media_attachments', 0])} width={300} height={150} onOpenVideo={this.props.onOpenVideo} autoplay />;
       } else {
         media = <MediaGallery sensitive={status.get('sensitive')} media={status.get('media_attachments')} height={300} onOpenMedia={this.props.onOpenMedia} />;
       }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/index.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/index.jsx
index 48fea658d..b30d991e4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/index.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/index.jsx
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ const Status = React.createClass({
     this.props.dispatch(openModal('MEDIA', { media, index }));
   },
 
+  handleOpenVideo (media) {
+    this.props.dispatch(openModal('VIDEO', { media }));
+  },
+
   handleReport (status) {
     this.props.dispatch(initReport(status.get('account'), status));
   },
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ const Status = React.createClass({
           <div className='scrollable'>
             {ancestors}
 
-            <DetailedStatus status={status} me={me} onOpenMedia={this.handleOpenMedia} />
+            <DetailedStatus status={status} me={me} onOpenVideo={this.handleOpenVideo} onOpenMedia={this.handleOpenMedia} />
             <ActionBar status={status} me={me} onReply={this.handleReplyClick} onFavourite={this.handleFavouriteClick} onReblog={this.handleReblogClick} onDelete={this.handleDeleteClick} onMention={this.handleMentionClick} onReport={this.handleReport} />
 
             {descendants}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/media_modal.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/media_modal.jsx
index 35eb2cb0c..130f48b46 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/media_modal.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/media_modal.jsx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ const MediaModal = React.createClass({
     if (attachment.get('type') === 'image') {
       content = <ImageLoader src={url} imgProps={{ style: { display: 'block' } }} />;
     } else if (attachment.get('type') === 'gifv') {
-      content = <ExtendedVideoPlayer src={url} />;
+      content = <ExtendedVideoPlayer src={url} muted={true} controls={false} />;
     }
 
     return (
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
index e7ac02dde..74eb50039 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
 import MediaModal from './media_modal';
+import VideoModal from './video_modal';
 import BoostModal from './boost_modal';
 import { TransitionMotion, spring } from 'react-motion';
 
 const MODAL_COMPONENTS = {
   'MEDIA': MediaModal,
+  'VIDEO': VideoModal,
   'BOOST': BoostModal
 };
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/video_modal.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/video_modal.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa222d7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/components/video_modal.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import LoadingIndicator from '../../../components/loading_indicator';
+import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
+import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
+import ExtendedVideoPlayer from '../../../components/extended_video_player';
+import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
+import IconButton from '../../../components/icon_button';
+
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  close: { id: 'lightbox.close', defaultMessage: 'Close' }
+});
+
+const closeStyle = {
+  position: 'absolute',
+  zIndex: '100',
+  top: '4px',
+  right: '4px'
+};
+
+const VideoModal = React.createClass({
+
+  propTypes: {
+    media: ImmutablePropTypes.map.isRequired,
+    onClose: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    intl: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired
+  },
+
+  mixins: [PureRenderMixin],
+
+  render () {
+    const { media, intl, onClose } = this.props;
+
+    const url = media.get('url');
+
+    return (
+      <div className='modal-root__modal media-modal'>
+        <div>
+          <IconButton title={intl.formatMessage(messages.close)} icon='times' onClick={onClose} size={16} style={closeStyle} />
+          <ExtendedVideoPlayer src={url} muted={false} controls={true} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+});
+
+export default injectIntl(VideoModal);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/locales/en.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/locales/en.jsx
index 1834567f1..19a981d1d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/locales/en.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/locales/en.jsx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ const en = {
   "upload_progress.label": "Uploading...",
   "video_player.toggle_sound": "Toggle sound",
   "video_player.toggle_visible": "Toggle visibility",
+  "video_player.expand": "Expand video",
 };
 
 export default en;