diff --git a/components/video/PauseMenu.bs b/components/video/PauseMenu.bs
index cd8bf6f39..dc3a4fc15 100644
--- a/components/video/PauseMenu.bs
+++ b/components/video/PauseMenu.bs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ sub init()
     m.videoPlayPause = m.top.findNode("videoPlayPause")
 
     m.top.observeField("visible", "onVisibleChanged")
+    m.top.observeField("hasFocus", "onFocusChanged")
     m.top.observeField("playbackState", "onPlaybackStateChanged")
     m.top.observeField("itemTitleText", "onItemTitleTextChanged")
 
@@ -73,6 +74,20 @@ sub onVisibleChanged()
     m.inactivityTimer.control = "stop"
 end sub
 
+' onFocusChanged: Handler for changes to the focus of this pause menu.
+'
+sub onFocusChanged()
+    if m.top.hasfocus
+        focusedButton = m.optionControls.getChild(m.focusedButtonIndex)
+        if focusedButton.focus
+            m.optionControls.setFocus(true)
+            return
+        end if
+
+        m.videoControls.setFocus(true)
+    end if
+end sub
+
 ' inactiveCheck: Checks if the time since last keypress is greater than or equal to the allowed inactive time of the pause menu.
 '
 sub inactiveCheck()
diff --git a/components/video/PauseMenu.xml b/components/video/PauseMenu.xml
index 33e4e7789..899165927 100644
--- a/components/video/PauseMenu.xml
+++ b/components/video/PauseMenu.xml
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@
     <field id="playbackState" type="string" alwaysNotify="true" />
     <field id="action" type="string" alwaysNotify="true" />
     <field id="showChapterList" type="boolean" alwaysNotify="true" />
+    <field id="hasFocus" type="boolean" alwaysNotify="true" />
   </interface>
 </component>
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diff --git a/components/video/VideoPlayerView.brs b/components/video/VideoPlayerView.brs
index 39ce72ecd..b59dbdd72 100644
--- a/components/video/VideoPlayerView.brs
+++ b/components/video/VideoPlayerView.brs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ sub handleHideAction(resume as boolean)
     m.chapterList.visible = false
     m.pauseMenu.showChapterList = false
     m.chapterList.setFocus(false)
+    m.pauseMenu.hasFocus = false
     m.pauseMenu.setFocus(false)
     m.top.setFocus(true)
     if resume
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ sub handleChapterListAction()
 
     m.chapterMenu.jumpToItem = getCurrentChapterIndex()
 
+    m.pauseMenu.hasFocus = false
     m.pauseMenu.setFocus(false)
     m.chapterMenu.setFocus(true)
 end sub
@@ -561,6 +563,7 @@ function onKeyEvent(key as string, press as boolean) as boolean
             m.chapterList.visible = false
             m.pauseMenu.showChapterList = false
             m.chapterMenu.setFocus(false)
+            m.pauseMenu.hasFocus = true
             m.pauseMenu.setFocus(true)
             return true
         end if
@@ -608,6 +611,7 @@ function onKeyEvent(key as string, press as boolean) as boolean
         if not m.LoadMetaDataTask.isIntro
             ' Show pause menu, but don't pause video
             m.pauseMenu.visible = true
+            m.pauseMenu.hasFocus = true
             m.pauseMenu.setFocus(true)
             return true
         end if
@@ -627,6 +631,7 @@ function onKeyEvent(key as string, press as boolean) as boolean
             ' Pause video and show pause menu
             m.top.control = "pause"
             m.pauseMenu.visible = true
+            m.pauseMenu.hasFocus = true
             m.pauseMenu.setFocus(true)
             return true
         end if