diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/activity/VideoPlayActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/activity/VideoPlayActivity.java
index 2b69783..3c6c3f5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/activity/VideoPlayActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/activity/VideoPlayActivity.java
@@ -199,4 +199,16 @@ public class VideoPlayActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         Log.v(TAG, "onStart()...");
     }
 
+    public void onBackPressed() {
+
+        SharedPreferences sharedPref = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
+        if (sharedPref.getBoolean("pref_back_pause", true)) {
+            VideoPlayerFragment videoPlayerFragment = (VideoPlayerFragment)
+                    getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.video_player_fragment);
+            assert videoPlayerFragment != null;
+            videoPlayerFragment.pauseVideo();
+        }
+        Log.v(TAG, "onBackPressed()...");
+        super.onBackPressed();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/fragment/VideoPlayerFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/fragment/VideoPlayerFragment.java
index 62e8d24..39e142d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/fragment/VideoPlayerFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/schueller/peertube/fragment/VideoPlayerFragment.java
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ public class VideoPlayerFragment extends Fragment implements VideoRendererEventL
             torrentStream.stopStream();
         }
     }
+    
+    public void pauseVideo() {
+        mService.player.setPlayWhenReady(false);
+    }
 
     public void stopVideo() {
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 9cefc3c..ef83c3a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
     <string name="pref_title_peertube_server">PeerTube Server</string>
     <string name="pref_title_background_play">Background Playback</string>
     <string name="pref_description_background_play">If enabled, continues to play video in background.</string>
+    <string name="pref_title_back_pause">Pause on back button</string>
+    <string name="pref_description_back_pause">Pause background play when pressing back during video playback.</string>
+
     <!-- languages -->
     <string name="ab">Abkhazian</string>
     <string name="aa">Afar</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_general.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_general.xml
index 3b1e6a1..a6d4e93 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_general.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/pref_general.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
         android:summary="@string/pref_description_language"
         android:title="@string/pref_language" />
 
+    <SwitchPreference
+        android:defaultValue="true"
+        android:key="pref_back_pause"
+        android:summary="@string/pref_description_back_pause"
+        android:title="@string/pref_title_back_pause" />
+
     <ListPreference
         android:title="@string/pref_title_app_theme"
         android:summary="@string/pref_description_app_theme"