diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
index 7df28b1934..b5410a40f6 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
@@ -1857,6 +1857,20 @@ void HTMLMediaElement::reject_pending_play_promises(ReadonlySpan<JS::NonnullGCPt
     environment_settings.clean_up_after_running_script();
 }
 
+WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> HTMLMediaElement::handle_keydown(Badge<Web::EventHandler>, KeyCode key)
+{
+    switch (key) {
+    case KeyCode::Key_Space:
+        TRY(toggle_playback());
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
+
 void HTMLMediaElement::set_layout_display_time(Badge<Painting::MediaPaintable>, Optional<double> display_time)
 {
     if (display_time.has_value() && !m_display_time.has_value()) {
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.h
index 0819892e2e..5fb4a1765f 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <AK/Optional.h>
 #include <AK/Time.h>
 #include <AK/Variant.h>
+#include <Kernel/API/KeyCode.h>
 #include <LibGfx/Rect.h>
 #include <LibJS/Heap/MarkedVector.h>
 #include <LibJS/SafeFunction.h>
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ public:
     JS::NonnullGCPtr<AudioTrackList> audio_tracks() const { return *m_audio_tracks; }
     JS::NonnullGCPtr<VideoTrackList> video_tracks() const { return *m_video_tracks; }
 
+    WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> handle_keydown(Badge<Web::EventHandler>, KeyCode);
+
     enum class MouseTrackingComponent {
         Timeline,
         Volume,
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
index 6929489897..6389e76cdd 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
@@ -745,6 +745,11 @@ bool EventHandler::handle_keydown(KeyCode key, unsigned modifiers, u32 code_poin
         }
     }
 
+    if (auto* element = m_browsing_context->active_document()->focused_element(); is<HTML::HTMLMediaElement>(element)) {
+        auto& media_element = static_cast<HTML::HTMLMediaElement&>(*element);
+        media_element.handle_keydown({}, key).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
+    }
+
     if (m_browsing_context->cursor_position().is_valid() && m_browsing_context->cursor_position().node()->is_editable()) {
         if (key == KeyCode::Key_Backspace) {
             if (!m_browsing_context->decrement_cursor_position_offset()) {