diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index 8502b551af..96268a51d9 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -1112,6 +1112,52 @@ class PlaybackManager {
             }
         };
 
+        self.increasePlaybackRate = function (player) {
+            player = player || self._currentPlayer;
+            if (player) {
+                let current = self.getPlaybackRate(player);
+                let supported = self.getSupportedPlaybackRates(player);
+
+                let index = -1;
+                for (let i = 0, length = supported.length; i < length; i++) {
+                    if (supported[i].id === current) {
+                        index = i;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                index = Math.min(index + 1, supported.length - 1);
+                self.setPlaybackRate(supported[index].id, player);
+            }
+        };
+
+        self.decreasePlaybackRate = function (player) {
+            player = player || self._currentPlayer;
+            if (player) {
+                let current = self.getPlaybackRate(player);
+                let supported = self.getSupportedPlaybackRates(player);
+
+                let index = -1;
+                for (let i = 0, length = supported.length; i < length; i++) {
+                    if (supported[i].id === current) {
+                        index = i;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                index = Math.max(index - 1, 0);
+                self.setPlaybackRate(supported[index].id, player);
+            }
+        };
+
+        self.getSupportedPlaybackRates = function (player) {
+            player = player || self._currentPlayer;
+            if (player && player.getSupportedPlaybackRates) {
+                return player.getSupportedPlaybackRates();
+            }
+            return [];
+        };
+
         let brightnessOsdLoaded;
         self.setBrightness = function (val, player) {
             player = player || self._currentPlayer;
@@ -3697,6 +3743,9 @@ class PlaybackManager {
             case 'SetAspectRatio':
                 this.setAspectRatio(cmd.Arguments.AspectRatio, player);
                 break;
+            case 'PlaybackRate':
+                this.setPlaybackRate(cmd.Arguments.PlaybackRate, player);
+                break;
             case 'SetBrightness':
                 this.setBrightness(cmd.Arguments.Brightness, player);
                 break;
diff --git a/src/components/playback/playersettingsmenu.js b/src/components/playback/playersettingsmenu.js
index 71dd7a86ff..cd227afcb4 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playersettingsmenu.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playersettingsmenu.js
@@ -149,6 +149,28 @@ function showAspectRatioMenu(player, btn) {
     });
 }
 
+function showPlaybackRateMenu(player, btn) {
+    // each has a name and id
+    const currentId = playbackManager.getPlaybackRate(player);
+    const menuItems = playbackManager.getSupportedPlaybackRates(player).map(i => ({
+        id: i.id,
+        name: i.name,
+        selected: i.id === currentId
+    }));
+
+    return actionsheet.show({
+        items: menuItems,
+        positionTo: btn
+    }).then(function (id) {
+        if (id) {
+            playbackManager.setPlaybackRate(id, player);
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        }
+
+        return Promise.reject();
+    });
+}
+
 function showWithUser(options, player, user) {
     var supportedCommands = playbackManager.getSupportedCommands(player);
 
@@ -166,6 +188,17 @@ function showWithUser(options, player, user) {
         });
     }
 
+    if (supportedCommands.indexOf('PlaybackRate') !== -1) {
+        const currentPlaybackRateId = playbackManager.getPlaybackRate(player);
+        const currentPlaybackRate = playbackManager.getSupportedPlaybackRates(player).filter(i => i.id === currentPlaybackRateId)[0];
+
+        menuItems.push({
+            name: globalize.translate('PlaybackRate'),
+            id: 'playbackrate',
+            asideText: currentPlaybackRate ? currentPlaybackRate.name : null
+        });
+    }
+
     if (user && user.Policy.EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding) {
         var secondaryQualityText = getQualitySecondaryText(player);
 
@@ -230,6 +263,8 @@ function handleSelectedOption(id, options, player) {
             return showQualityMenu(player, options.positionTo);
         case 'aspectratio':
             return showAspectRatioMenu(player, options.positionTo);
+        case 'playbackrate':
+            return showPlaybackRateMenu(player, options.positionTo);
         case 'repeatmode':
             return showRepeatModeMenu(player, options.positionTo);
         case 'stats':
diff --git a/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js b/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
index 73540cd636..ea84b9c3f5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
@@ -1243,6 +1243,12 @@ import 'css!assets/css/videoosd';
                     }
                     break;
                 }
+                case '>':
+                    playbackManager.increasePlaybackRate(currentPlayer);
+                    break;
+                case '<':
+                    playbackManager.decreasePlaybackRate(currentPlayer);
+                    break;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
index ba497729bb..33f15a741f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
@@ -1634,6 +1634,31 @@ function tryRemoveElement(elem) {
         return null;
     }
 
+    getSupportedPlaybackRates() {
+        return [{
+            name: '0.5x',
+            id: 0.5
+        }, {
+            name: '0.75x',
+            id: 0.75
+        }, {
+            name: '1x',
+            id: 1.0
+        }, {
+            name: '1.25x',
+            id: 1.25
+        }, {
+            name: '1.5x',
+            id: 1.5
+        }, {
+            name: '1.75x',
+            id: 1.75
+        }, {
+            name: '2x',
+            id: 2.0
+        }];
+    }
+
     setVolume(val) {
         const mediaElement = this.#mediaElement;
         if (mediaElement) {
diff --git a/src/scripts/inputManager.js b/src/scripts/inputManager.js
index 077af39bf7..baa3deb0aa 100644
--- a/src/scripts/inputManager.js
+++ b/src/scripts/inputManager.js
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ import appHost from 'apphost';
             'changezoom': () => {
                 playbackManager.toggleAspectRatio();
             },
+            'increaseplaybackrate': () => {
+                playbackManager.increasePlaybackRate();
+            },
+            'decreaseplaybackrate': () => {
+                playbackManager.decreasePlaybackRate();
+            },
             'changeaudiotrack': () => {
                 playbackManager.changeAudioStream();
             },
diff --git a/src/strings/en-us.json b/src/strings/en-us.json
index 0f37014b76..38b79613e2 100644
--- a/src/strings/en-us.json
+++ b/src/strings/en-us.json
@@ -1220,6 +1220,7 @@
     "Play": "Play",
     "PlayAllFromHere": "Play all from here",
     "PlaybackData": "Playback Data",
+    "PlaybackRate": "Playback Rate",
     "PlayCount": "Play count",
     "PlayFromBeginning": "Play from beginning",
     "PlayNext": "Play next",