diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/media_gallery.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/media_gallery.js
index 85ee79e11f0..9754c73dc36 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/media_gallery.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/media_gallery.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class Item extends React.PureComponent {
     onClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     displayWidth: PropTypes.number,
     visible: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+    autoplay: PropTypes.bool,
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -68,9 +69,13 @@ class Item extends React.PureComponent {
     }
   }
 
+  getAutoPlay() {
+    return this.props.autoplay || autoPlayGif;
+  }
+
   hoverToPlay () {
     const { attachment } = this.props;
-    return !autoPlayGif && attachment.get('type') === 'gifv';
+    return !this.getAutoPlay() && attachment.get('type') === 'gifv';
   }
 
   handleClick = (e) => {
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ class Item extends React.PureComponent {
         </a>
       );
     } else if (attachment.get('type') === 'gifv') {
-      const autoPlay = !isIOS() && autoPlayGif;
+      const autoPlay = !isIOS() && this.getAutoPlay();
 
       thumbnail = (
         <div className={classNames('media-gallery__gifv', { autoplay: autoPlay })}>
@@ -271,6 +276,7 @@ class MediaGallery extends React.PureComponent {
     defaultWidth: PropTypes.number,
     cacheWidth: PropTypes.func,
     visible: PropTypes.bool,
+    autoplay: PropTypes.bool,
     onToggleVisibility: PropTypes.func,
   };
 
@@ -328,7 +334,7 @@ class MediaGallery extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   render () {
-    const { media, intl, sensitive, letterbox, fullwidth, defaultWidth } = this.props;
+    const { media, intl, sensitive, letterbox, fullwidth, defaultWidth, autoplay } = this.props;
     const { visible } = this.state;
     const size     = media.take(4).size;
     const uncached = media.every(attachment => attachment.get('type') === 'unknown');
@@ -350,9 +356,9 @@ class MediaGallery extends React.PureComponent {
     }
 
     if (this.isStandaloneEligible()) {
-      children = <Item standalone onClick={this.handleClick} attachment={media.get(0)} displayWidth={width} visible={visible} />;
+      children = <Item standalone autoplay={autoplay} onClick={this.handleClick} attachment={media.get(0)} displayWidth={width} visible={visible} />;
     } else {
-      children = media.take(4).map((attachment, i) => <Item key={attachment.get('id')} onClick={this.handleClick} attachment={attachment} index={i} size={size} letterbox={letterbox} displayWidth={width} visible={visible || uncached} />);
+      children = media.take(4).map((attachment, i) => <Item key={attachment.get('id')} autoplay={autoplay} onClick={this.handleClick} attachment={attachment} index={i} size={size} letterbox={letterbox} displayWidth={width} visible={visible || uncached} />);
     }
 
     if (uncached) {