diff --git a/dom/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp b/dom/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
index 3441630fd900..8bf2a20af823 100644
--- a/dom/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
+++ b/dom/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
@@ -6017,6 +6017,48 @@ HTMLMediaElement::IsAllowedToPlay()
   return true;
 }
 
+static const char* VisibilityString(Visibility aVisibility) {
+  switch(aVisibility) {
+    case Visibility::UNTRACKED: {
+      return "UNTRACKED";
+    }
+    case Visibility::APPROXIMATELY_NONVISIBLE: {
+      return "APPROXIMATELY_NONVISIBLE";
+    }
+    case Visibility::APPROXIMATELY_VISIBLE: {
+      return "APPROXIMATELY_VISIBLE";
+    }
+  }
+
+  return "NAN";
+}
+
+void
+HTMLMediaElement::OnVisibilityChange(Visibility aNewVisibility)
+{
+  LOG(LogLevel::Debug, ("OnVisibilityChange(): %s\n",
+      VisibilityString(aNewVisibility)));
+
+  if (!mDecoder) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  switch (aNewVisibility) {
+    case Visibility::UNTRACKED: {
+        MOZ_ASSERT_UNREACHABLE("Shouldn't notify for untracked visibility");
+        break;
+    }
+    case Visibility::APPROXIMATELY_NONVISIBLE: {
+      mDecoder->NotifyOwnerActivityChanged(false);
+      break;
+    }
+    case Visibility::APPROXIMATELY_VISIBLE: {
+      mDecoder->NotifyOwnerActivityChanged(true);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
 #ifdef MOZ_EME
 MediaKeys*
 HTMLMediaElement::GetMediaKeys() const
diff --git a/dom/interfaces/html/nsIDOMHTMLMediaElement.idl b/dom/interfaces/html/nsIDOMHTMLMediaElement.idl
index d7012347f28e..d362cef42629 100644
--- a/dom/interfaces/html/nsIDOMHTMLMediaElement.idl
+++ b/dom/interfaces/html/nsIDOMHTMLMediaElement.idl
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@
 #ifdef GetCurrentTime
 #undef GetCurrentTime
 #endif
+#include "Visibility.h"
 %}
 
+native Visibility(mozilla::Visibility);
+
 [uuid(c041d76c-15ce-47ad-b61d-e8755a6db638)]
 interface nsIDOMHTMLMediaElement : nsISupports
 {
@@ -129,4 +132,13 @@ interface nsIDOMHTMLMediaElement : nsISupports
   // * onmozinterruptend - called when the interruption is concluded
 
   [notxpcom] boolean isVideo();
+
+  /**
+   * Called by layout to announce when the frame associated with this content
+   * has changed its visibility state.
+   *
+   * @param aOldVisibility    The previous visibility state.
+   * @param aNewVisibility    The new visibility state.
+   */
+  [noscript, notxpcom] void onVisibilityChange(in Visibility aNewVisibility);
 };