diff --git a/includes/media_youtube.admin.inc b/includes/media_youtube.admin.inc
index 30a7119..2317657 100644
--- a/includes/media_youtube.admin.inc
+++ b/includes/media_youtube.admin.inc
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ function media_youtube_admin_form() {
     '#default_value' => media_youtube_variable_get('full_screen'),
     '#description' => t('Allow users to view video using the entire computer screen.'),
   );
+  $form['player']['player_options'][media_youtube_variable_name('autohide')] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#title' => t('Auto hide controls'),
+    '#default_value' => media_youtube_variable_get('autohide'),
+    '#description' => t('Hides the player controls.'),
+  );
   $form['player']['player_options'][media_youtube_variable_name('high_quality')] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkbox',
     '#title' => t('Use YouTube high quality content'),
diff --git a/includes/media_youtube.variables.inc b/includes/media_youtube.variables.inc
index ea74999..c07aeee 100644
--- a/includes/media_youtube.variables.inc
+++ b/includes/media_youtube.variables.inc
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ function media_youtube_variable_default($name = NULL) {
       'colors_color1' => MEDIA_YOUTUBE_COLOR1_DEFAULT,
       'colors_color2' => MEDIA_YOUTUBE_COLOR2_DEFAULT,
       'full_screen' => 1,
+      'autohide' => 0,
       'high_quality' => FALSE,
       'display_info' => FALSE,
       'enablejsapi' => TRUE,
diff --git a/themes/media-youtube-default-external.tpl.php b/themes/media-youtube-default-external.tpl.php
index 3442ab9..b5bf82c 100644
--- a/themes/media-youtube-default-external.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/media-youtube-default-external.tpl.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"/>
     <param name="quality" value="best"/>
     <param name="allowFullScreen" value="<?php print $fullscreen_value; ?>"/>
+    <param name="autohide" value="<?php print $autohide_value; ?>"/>
     <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/>
     <param name="scale" value="noScale"/>
     <param name="salign" value="TL"/>
diff --git a/themes/media-youtube-html5.tpl.php b/themes/media-youtube-html5.tpl.php
index 93b5c45..67f6e99 100644
--- a/themes/media-youtube-html5.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/media-youtube-html5.tpl.php
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
  *
  */
 ?>
-<iframe id="media-youtube-html5-<?php print $id; ?>" title="<?php print $iframe_title; ?>" class="<?php print $class; ?>" type="text/html" width="<?php print $width; ?>" height="<?php print $height; ?>" src="<?php echo $url; ?>?hd=1" frameborder="0"<?php if ($fullscreen_value == 'true') { print ' allowFullScreen'; } ?>></iframe>
+<iframe id="media-youtube-html5-<?php print $id; ?>" title="<?php print $iframe_title; ?>" class="<?php print $class; ?>" type="text/html" width="<?php print $width; ?>" height="<?php print $height; ?>" src="<?php echo $url; ?>?hd=1<?php if ($autohide_value == '1') { print '&amp;amp;autohide=1'; } ?>" frameborder="0"<?php if ($fullscreen_value == 'true') { print ' allowFullScreen'; } ?>></iframe>
diff --git a/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc b/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
index 02b2801..7b61d7e 100644
--- a/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
+++ b/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
@@ -33,13 +33,16 @@ function theme_media_youtube_video_upload_failed($message, $status = array()) {
 function template_preprocess_media_youtube_html5(&$variables) {
   // Merge in our default variables.
   $variables = array_merge($variables, $variables['variables']);
-
+  
+  $autohide = isset($variables['autohide']) ? $variables['autohide'] : media_youtube_variable_get('autohide');
+  
   $video_id = $variables['video_id'];
   $variables['url'] = isset($variables['url']) ? $variables['url'] : "http://www.youtube.com/v/$video_id";
   $variables['url'] = check_plain($variables['url']);
   $variables['width'] = check_plain($variables['width']);
   $variables['height'] = check_plain($variables['height']);
   $variables['fullscreen_value'] = check_plain($variables['fullscreen_value']);
+  $variables['autohide_value'] = check_plain($autohide);
   $variables['iframe_title'] = isset($variables['iframe_title']) ? check_plain($variables['iframe_title']) : t('@title', array('@title' => media_youtube_variable_get('iframe_title')));
   $variables['classes'] = isset($variables['classes']) ? $variables['classes'] : array('media-youtube-html5');
   $variables['class'] = check_plain(implode(' ', $variables['classes']));
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ function template_preprocess_media_youtube_default_external(&$variables) {
   $variables['width'] = check_plain($variables['width']);
   $variables['height'] = check_plain($variables['height']);
   $variables['fullscreen_value'] = check_plain($variables['fullscreen_value']);
+  $variables['autohide_value'] = check_plain($variables['autohide_value']);
   $variables['thumbnail'] = isset($variables['thumbnail']) ? $variables['thumbnail'] : theme('emvideo_video_thumbnail', $variables['field'], array('value' => $video_id, 'provider' => 'youtube'), 'thumbnail', $variables['node'], FALSE, array('width' => $variables['width'], 'height' => $variables['height'], 'link_url' => media_youtube_video_url($video_id)));
 }
 
@@ -124,6 +128,11 @@ function template_preprocess_media_youtube_flash(&$variables) {
     $fullscreen = isset($variables['fullscreen']) ? $variables['fullscreen'] : media_youtube_variable_get('full_screen');
     $fullscreen_value = $fullscreen ? "true" : "false";
     $fs = $fullscreen ? "&fs=$fullscreen" : "";
+    
+    // Set the Auto Hide option; if TRUE, then allow it.
+    $autohide = isset($variables['autohide']) ? $variables['autohide'] : media_youtube_variable_get('autohide');
+    $autohide_value = $autohide ? "1" : "0";
+    $ah = $autohide ? "&autohide=$autohide" : "";
 
     // Set the 'related videos' youtube option.
     $related = isset($variables['related']) ? $variables['related'] : media_youtube_variable_get('show_related_videos');
@@ -164,12 +173,12 @@ function template_preprocess_media_youtube_flash(&$variables) {
     // Create a URL from our options.
     if ($variables['item']['data']['playlist']) {
       $video_id = substr($video_id, 9);
-      $url = check_plain("http://www.youtube.com/p/$video_id&$related$autoplay_value$colors$border$high_quality$display_info$enablejsapi$fs");
+      $url = check_plain("http://www.youtube.com/p/$video_id&$related$autoplay_value$colors$border$high_quality$display_info$enablejsapi$fs$ah");
       // FLV Player doesn't support playlists, so we need to fall back.
       $variables['use_flv'] = FALSE;
     }
     else {
-      $url = check_plain("http://www.youtube.com/v/$video_id&$related$autoplay_value$colors$border$high_quality$display_info$enablejsapi$fs");
+      $url = check_plain("http://www.youtube.com/v/$video_id&$related$autoplay_value$colors$border$high_quality$display_info$enablejsapi$fs$ah");
     }
 
     // Find the path to the JW FLV Media Player.
@@ -214,6 +223,7 @@ function template_preprocess_media_youtube_flash(&$variables) {
       $params['height'] = $height;
       $params['div_id'] = $id;
       $params['allowFullScreen'] = $fullscreen_value;
+      $params['autohide'] = $autohide_value;
 
       // If we have been told to use a specific FLV Player Option from
       // that module, then use it here.
@@ -225,6 +235,7 @@ function template_preprocess_media_youtube_flash(&$variables) {
         $data['params']['height'] = $height;
         $data['flashvars']['autostart'] = $flashvars['autostart'];
         $data['params']['allowFullScreen'] = $fullscreen_value;
+        $data['params']['autohide'] = $autohide_value;
         $data['params']['wmode'] = 'transparent';
         $data['flashvars']['image'] = $flashvars['image'];
         $output = theme('flvmediaplayer_render_player', $url, $data['params'], $data['flashvars']);
@@ -242,6 +253,7 @@ function template_preprocess_media_youtube_flash(&$variables) {
       $params['height'] = $height;
       $params['div_id'] = $id;
       $params['allowFullScreen'] = $fullscreen_value;
+      $params['autohide'] = $autohide_value;
       $params['wmode'] = 'transparent';
       $output = theme('emfield_swfobject', $url, $params, $flashvars, $id);
     }
@@ -256,12 +268,12 @@ function template_preprocess_media_youtube_flash(&$variables) {
       // Use object tags rather than embed.
       // See http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay
       $output = <<<FLV
-<div id="$div_id"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="$flv_path" width="$width" height="$height" id="$id"><param name="movie" value="$flv_path" /><param name="flashvars" value="$flashvars" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="$fullscreen_value"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent" />$noembed</object></div>
+<div id="$div_id"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="$flv_path" width="$width" height="$height" id="$id"><param name="movie" value="$flv_path" /><param name="flashvars" value="$flashvars" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="$fullscreen_value"/><param name="autohide" value="$autohide_value"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent" />$noembed</object></div>
 FLV;
     }
     else {
       // The fallback is to display plain old vanilla youtube.
-      $output = theme('media_youtube_default_external', array('field' => $variables['field'], 'node' => $variables['node'], 'video_id' => $video_id, 'width' => $width, 'height' => $height, 'url' => $url, 'fullscreen_value' => $fullscreen_value, 'thumbnail' => $variables['thumbnail']));
+      $output = theme('media_youtube_default_external', array('field' => $variables['field'], 'node' => $variables['node'], 'video_id' => $video_id, 'width' => $width, 'height' => $height, 'url' => $url, 'fullscreen_value' => $fullscreen_value, 'autohide_value' => $autohide_value, 'thumbnail' => $variables['thumbnail']));
     }
   }
   $variables['class'] = isset($variables['class']) ? $variables['class'] : array('media-youtube');