diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b406d749c1d6186e875021204be636304c187427..61ac0351c9e13cfb36f5ed8f40a1510a53577b50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^16.1.1",
     "react-intl": "^2.4.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^4.2.2",
+    "screenfull": "^3.3.2",
     "super-hands": "https://github.com/infinitelee/aframe-super-hands-component#mr-social-client/master",
     "uuid": "^3.2.1",
     "webrtc-adapter": "^6.0.2"
diff --git a/src/react-components/ui-root.js b/src/react-components/ui-root.js
index 0e4cee3172d51575c7b431162b46a237d0c4a00f..f796214e2f4fc1a656063bbd16655684e1c165ac 100644
--- a/src/react-components/ui-root.js
+++ b/src/react-components/ui-root.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import MobileDetect from "mobile-detect";
 import { IntlProvider, FormattedMessage, addLocaleData } from "react-intl";
 import en from "react-intl/locale-data/en";
 import MovingAverage from "moving-average";
+import screenfull from "screenfull";
 
 import AutoExitWarning from "./auto-exit-warning";
 import { TwoDEntryButton, GenericEntryButton, GearVREntryButton, DaydreamEntryButton } from "./entry-buttons.js";
@@ -248,6 +249,10 @@ class UIRoot extends Component {
   };
 
   performDirectEntryFlow = async enterInVR => {
+    if (mobiledetect.mobile() && !enterInVR && screenfull.enabled) {
+      screenfull.request();
+    }
+
     this.setState({ enterInVR });
 
     const hasGrantedMic = await this.hasGrantedMicPermissions();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1b58fdb1c3518400c38f068f2f3c2284a1623079..e5c31ecf62fbf0ad61324d60bd9c9ff235fd295a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7106,6 +7106,10 @@ scoped-regex@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scoped-regex/-/scoped-regex-1.0.0.tgz#a346bb1acd4207ae70bd7c0c7ca9e566b6baddb8"
 
+screenfull@^3.3.2:
+  version "3.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/screenfull/-/screenfull-3.3.2.tgz#a6adf3b3f5556da812725385880600f5b39fbf25"
+
 scss-tokenizer@^0.2.3:
   version "0.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scss-tokenizer/-/scss-tokenizer-0.2.3.tgz#8eb06db9a9723333824d3f5530641149847ce5d1"