diff --git a/assets/js/watch.js b/assets/js/watch.js
index a26cb505..107050e1 100644
--- a/assets/js/watch.js
+++ b/assets/js/watch.js
@@ -356,6 +356,11 @@ function get_youtube_comments(retries) {
     xhr.send();
 }
 
+function read_more_description(srcButton) {
+    document.getElementById('descriptionWrapper').style.height = "unset";
+    srcButton.style.display = "none";
+}
+
 function get_youtube_replies(target, load_more) {
     var continuation = target.getAttribute('data-continuation');
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
index 00a493af..d31416cd 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
@@ -187,7 +187,18 @@ var video_data = {
             </p>
 
             <div>
-                <%= video.description_html %>
+                <% if video.description.size < 200 %>
+                    <%= video.description_html %>
+                <% else %>
+                    <div style="overflow: hidden;height: 8.3em;" id="descriptionWrapper">
+                        <%= video.description_html %>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="pure-u-23-24">
+                        <p>
+                            <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="read_more_description(this)"><%= translate(locale, "Read more") %></a>
+                        </p>
+                    </div>
+                <% end %>
             </div>
 
             <hr>