diff --git a/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c b/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
index 265c466..3160b54 100644
--- a/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
+++ b/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@
   PROP_WINDOW_HEIGHT,
   PROP_DISPLAY,
   PROP_ALPHA,
-  PROP_ENABLE_TILE
+  PROP_ENABLE_TILE,
+  PROP_FULLSCREEN
 };
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gstwayland_debug);
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@
       g_param_spec_string ("display", "Wayland Display name", "Wayland "
           "display name to connect to, if not supplied via the GstContext",
           NULL, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  
+
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_ALPHA,
       g_param_spec_float ("alpha", "Wayland surface alpha", "Wayland "
           "surface alpha value, apply custom alpha value to wayland surface",
@@ -239,6 +240,12 @@
       g_param_spec_boolean ("enable-tile", "enable hantro tile",
       "When enabled, the sink propose VSI tile modifier to VPU", FALSE,
       G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT));
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_FULLSCREEN,
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("fullscreen", "Fullscreen",
+      "Configure internally created windows as fullscreen"
+      " (does not affect external windows)", TRUE,
+      G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -253,6 +260,7 @@
   sink->frame_showed = 0;
   sink->run_time = 0;
   sink->enable_tile = FALSE;
+  sink->fullscreen = TRUE;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -279,6 +287,9 @@
     case PROP_ENABLE_TILE:
       g_value_set_boolean (value, sink->enable_tile);
       break;
+    case PROP_FULLSCREEN:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, sink->fullscreen);
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
       break;
@@ -309,6 +320,9 @@
     case PROP_ENABLE_TILE:
       sink->enable_tile = g_value_get_boolean (value);
       break;
+    case PROP_FULLSCREEN:
+      sink->fullscreen = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
       break;
@@ -873,7 +887,7 @@
     if (!sink->window) {
       /* if we were not provided a window, create one ourselves */
       sink->window = gst_wl_window_new_toplevel (sink->display,
-          &sink->video_info, &sink->render_lock);
+          &sink->video_info, &sink->render_lock, sink->fullscreen);
     }
     gst_wl_window_set_alpha (sink->window, sink->alpha);
   }
diff --git a/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.h b/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.h
index 2288319..257fec7 100644
--- a/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.h
+++ b/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
   GstClockTime run_time;
 
   gboolean enable_tile;
+  gboolean fullscreen;
 };
 
 struct _GstWaylandSinkClass
diff --git a/ext/wayland/wlwindow.c b/ext/wayland/wlwindow.c
index e4d0a6d..3cc6db1 100644
--- a/ext/wayland/wlwindow.c
+++ b/ext/wayland/wlwindow.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 
 GstWlWindow *
 gst_wl_window_new_toplevel (GstWlDisplay * display, const GstVideoInfo * info,
-    GMutex * render_lock)
+    GMutex * render_lock, gboolean fullscreen)
 {
   GstWlWindow *window;
   gint width;
@@ -198,6 +198,13 @@
       gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round (info->width, info->par_n, info->par_d);
   gst_wl_window_set_render_rectangle (window, 0, 0, width / window->scale, info->height / window->scale);
 
+  if (fullscreen) {
+    /* this triggers handle_configure with the fullscreen dimensions */
+    wl_shell_surface_set_fullscreen (window->shell_surface,
+        WL_SHELL_SURFACE_FULLSCREEN_METHOD_DEFAULT,
+        0, NULL);
+  }
+
   return window;
 }
 
diff --git a/ext/wayland/wlwindow.h b/ext/wayland/wlwindow.h
index f9c9e0d..057ff3fd 100644
--- a/ext/wayland/wlwindow.h
+++ b/ext/wayland/wlwindow.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 GType gst_wl_window_get_type (void);
 
 GstWlWindow *gst_wl_window_new_toplevel (GstWlDisplay * display,
-        const GstVideoInfo * info, GMutex * render_lock);
+        const GstVideoInfo * info, GMutex * render_lock, gboolean fullscreen);
 GstWlWindow *gst_wl_window_new_in_surface (GstWlDisplay * display,
         struct wl_surface * parent, GMutex * render_lock);