diff --git a/includes/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc b/includes/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
index dc53757..8e36d1f 100644
--- a/includes/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
+++ b/includes/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
@@ -98,12 +98,17 @@ function media_youtube_preprocess_media_youtube_video(&$variables) {
   // For users with JavaScript, these object and embed tags will be replaced
   // by an iframe, so that we can support users without Flash.
   $variables['output'] = <<<OUTPUT
-    <object width="{$variables['width']}" height="{$variables['height']}">
-      <param name="movie" value="{$variables['url']}"></param>
+<!--[if !IE]> -->
+  <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="{$variables['url']}" width="{$variables['width']}" height="{$variables['height']}">
+<!-- <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE]>
+  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="{$variables['width']}" height="{$variables['height']}">
+    <param name="movie" value="{$variables['url']}" />
       <param name="allowFullScreen" value="{$variables['fullscreen']}"></param>
       <param name="wmode" value="{$variables['wmode']}" />
-      <embed src="{$variables['url']}" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="{$variables['width']}" height="{$variables['height']}" allowfullscreen="{$variables['fullscreen']}" wmode="{$variables['wmode']}"></embed>
-    </object>
+<!-->
+  </object>
+<!-- <![endif]-->
 OUTPUT;
 }