diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ViewVideoFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ViewVideoFragment.kt
index 675256241..d9ae9ff45 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ViewVideoFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/fragment/ViewVideoFragment.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.os.Handler
 import android.os.Looper
-import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod
 import android.view.GestureDetector
 import android.view.Gravity
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
@@ -353,12 +352,11 @@ class ViewVideoFragment : ViewMediaFragment() {
         description: String?,
         showingDescription: Boolean
     ) {
-        binding.mediaDescription.text = description
-        binding.mediaDescription.visible(showingDescription)
-        binding.mediaDescription.movementMethod = ScrollingMovementMethod()
+        binding.mediaDescriptionTextView.text = description
+        binding.mediaDescriptionScrollView.visible(showingDescription)
 
         // Ensure the description is visible over the video
-        binding.mediaDescription.elevation = binding.videoView.elevation + 1
+        binding.mediaDescriptionScrollView.elevation = binding.videoView.elevation + 1
 
         binding.videoView.transitionName = url
 
@@ -383,16 +381,16 @@ class ViewVideoFragment : ViewMediaFragment() {
         val alpha = if (isDescriptionVisible) 1.0f else 0.0f
         if (isDescriptionVisible) {
             // If to be visible, need to make visible immediately and animate alpha
-            binding.mediaDescription.alpha = 0.0f
-            binding.mediaDescription.visible(isDescriptionVisible)
+            binding.mediaDescriptionScrollView.alpha = 0.0f
+            binding.mediaDescriptionScrollView.visible(isDescriptionVisible)
         }
 
-        binding.mediaDescription.animate().alpha(alpha)
+        binding.mediaDescriptionScrollView.animate().alpha(alpha)
             .setListener(object : AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
                 @SuppressLint("SyntheticAccessor")
                 override fun onAnimationEnd(animation: Animator) {
                     view ?: return
-                    binding.mediaDescription.visible(isDescriptionVisible)
+                    binding.mediaDescriptionScrollView.visible(isDescriptionVisible)
                     animation.removeListener(this)
                 }
             })
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_view_video.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_view_video.xml
index 728dda2b3..77a02598a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_view_video.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_view_video.xml
@@ -8,22 +8,6 @@
     android:clickable="true"
     android:focusable="true">
 
-    <TextView
-        android:id="@+id/mediaDescription"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
-        android:background="#60000000"
-        android:hyphenationFrequency="full"
-        android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.1"
-        android:padding="8dp"
-        android:textAlignment="center"
-        android:textColor="#eee"
-        android:textSize="?attr/status_text_medium"
-        android:scrollbars="vertical"
-        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
-        tools:text="Some media description" />
-
     <androidx.media3.ui.PlayerView
         android:id="@+id/videoView"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
@@ -38,6 +22,30 @@
         app:show_timeout="0"
         app:hide_on_touch="false" />
 
+    <ScrollView
+        android:id="@+id/mediaDescriptionScrollView"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="0dp"
+        android:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
+        android:layout_marginBottom="160dp"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent">
+
+        <TextView
+            android:id="@+id/mediaDescriptionTextView"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:background="#60000000"
+            android:hyphenationFrequency="full"
+            android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.1"
+            android:padding="8dp"
+            android:textAlignment="center"
+            android:textColor="#eee"
+            android:textSize="?attr/status_text_medium"
+            tools:text="Some media description" />
+
+    </ScrollView>
+
     <ProgressBar
         android:id="@+id/progressBar"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"