diff --git a/modules/API/API.js b/modules/API/API.js
index 55d3908b1..bd70017ae 100644
--- a/modules/API/API.js
+++ b/modules/API/API.js
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ import {
 import { isEnabled as isDropboxEnabled } from '../../react/features/dropbox';
 import { toggleE2EE } from '../../react/features/e2ee/actions';
 import { invite } from '../../react/features/invite';
-import { resizeLargeVideo, selectParticipantInLargeVideo } from '../../react/features/large-video/actions';
+import {
+    captureLargeVideoScreenshot,
+    resizeLargeVideo,
+    selectParticipantInLargeVideo
+} from '../../react/features/large-video/actions';
 import { toggleLobbyMode } from '../../react/features/lobby/actions.web';
 import { RECORDING_TYPES } from '../../react/features/recording/constants';
 import { getActiveSession } from '../../react/features/recording/functions';
@@ -339,6 +343,21 @@ function initCommands() {
         const { name } = request;
 
         switch (name) {
+        case 'capture-largevideo-screenshot' :
+            APP.store.dispatch(captureLargeVideoScreenshot())
+                .then(dataURL => {
+                    let error;
+
+                    if (!dataURL) {
+                        error = new Error('No large video found!');
+                    }
+
+                    callback({
+                        error,
+                        dataURL
+                    });
+                });
+            break;
         case 'invite': {
             const { invitees } = request;
 
diff --git a/modules/API/external/external_api.js b/modules/API/external/external_api.js
index 895b8a3a9..cac9525ab 100644
--- a/modules/API/external/external_api.js
+++ b/modules/API/external/external_api.js
@@ -636,6 +636,18 @@ export default class JitsiMeetExternalAPI extends EventEmitter {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Captures the screenshot of the large video.
+     *
+     * @returns {dataURL} - Base64 encoded image data of the screenshot if large
+     * video is detected, an error otherwise.
+     */
+    captureLargeVideoScreenshot() {
+        return this._transport.sendRequest({
+            name: 'capture-largevideo-screenshot'
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Removes the listeners and removes the Jitsi Meet frame.
      *
diff --git a/react/features/large-video/actions.js b/react/features/large-video/actions.js
index 9100403c4..f34a8e1f0 100644
--- a/react/features/large-video/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/large-video/actions.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { _handleParticipantError } from '../base/conference';
 import { MEDIA_TYPE } from '../base/media';
 import { getParticipants } from '../base/participants';
+import { getTrackByMediaTypeAndParticipant } from '../base/tracks';
 import { reportError } from '../base/util';
 import { shouldDisplayTileView } from '../video-layout';
 
@@ -20,12 +21,63 @@ import {
 
 declare var APP: Object;
 
+/**
+* Captures a screenshot of the video displayed on the large video.
+*
+* @returns {Function}
+*/
+export function captureLargeVideoScreenshot() {
+    return (dispatch: Dispatch<any>, getState: Function): Promise<Object> => {
+        const state = getState();
+        const largeVideo = state['features/large-video'];
+
+        if (!largeVideo) {
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        }
+        const tracks = state['features/base/tracks'];
+        const { jitsiTrack } = getTrackByMediaTypeAndParticipant(tracks, MEDIA_TYPE.VIDEO, largeVideo.participantId);
+        const videoStream = jitsiTrack.getOriginalStream();
+
+        // Create a HTML canvas and draw video from the track on to the canvas.
+        const [ track ] = videoStream.getVideoTracks();
+        const { height, width } = track.getSettings() ?? track.getConstraints();
+        const canvasElement = document.createElement('canvas');
+        const ctx = canvasElement.getContext('2d');
+        const videoElement = document.createElement('video');
+
+        videoElement.height = parseInt(height, 10);
+        videoElement.width = parseInt(width, 10);
+        videoElement.autoplay = true;
+        videoElement.srcObject = videoStream;
+        canvasElement.height = videoElement.height;
+        canvasElement.width = videoElement.width;
+
+        // Wait for the video to load before drawing on to the canvas.
+        const promise = new Promise(resolve => {
+            videoElement.onloadeddata = () => resolve();
+        });
+
+        return promise.then(() => {
+            ctx.drawImage(videoElement, 0, 0, videoElement.width, videoElement.height);
+            const dataURL = canvasElement.toDataURL('image/png', 1.0);
+
+            // Cleanup.
+            ctx.clearRect(0, 0, videoElement.width, videoElement.height);
+            videoElement.srcObject = null;
+            canvasElement.remove();
+            videoElement.remove();
+
+            return Promise.resolve(dataURL);
+        });
+    };
+}
+
 /**
  * Resizes the large video container based on the dimensions provided.
  *
  * @param {number} width - Width that needs to be applied on the large video container.
  * @param {number} height - Height that needs to be applied on the large video container.
- * @returns {void}
+ * @returns {Function}
  */
 export function resizeLargeVideo(width: number, height: number) {
     return (dispatch: Dispatch<any>, getState: Function) => {
@@ -72,7 +124,7 @@ export function selectParticipant() {
 
 /**
  * Action to select the participant to be displayed in LargeVideo based on the
- * participant id provided. If a partcipant id is not provided, the LargeVideo
+ * participant id provided. If a participant id is not provided, the LargeVideo
  * participant will be selected based on a variety of factors: If there is a
  * dominant or pinned speaker, or if there are remote tracks, etc.
  *