diff --git a/crates/pptx/src/read.rs b/crates/pptx/src/read.rs
index 4ee3c4d32..47f6229c3 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/src/read.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/src/read.rs
@@ -1351,6 +1351,7 @@ fn read_show(sp: &El, shows: &HashMap<String, String>) -> ShowSettings {
         without_narration: sp.bool("showNarration") == Some(false),
         without_animation: sp.bool("showAnimation") == Some(false),
         use_timings: sp.bool("useTimings").unwrap_or(true),
+        show_media_controls: sp.find("showMediaCtrls").and_then(|e| e.bool("val")).unwrap_or(true),
         ..Default::default()
     };
     if sp.child("browse").is_some() {
diff --git a/crates/pptx/src/write.rs b/crates/pptx/src/write.rs
index 3d80adef1..e4c0858c9 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/src/write.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/src/write.rs
@@ -1206,6 +1206,14 @@ fn pres_props_xml(p: &Presentation) -> Vec<u8> {
     w.open0("p:penClr");
     w.val("a:srgbClr", s.pen_color.hex());
     w.close("p:penClr");
+    if !s.show_media_controls {
+        // "Show media controls" is PowerPoint's p14 extension; absent means shown.
+        w.open0("p:extLst");
+        w.open("p:ext", A::new().a("uri", "{2FDB2607-1784-4EEB-B798-7EB5836EED8A}"));
+        w.empty("p14:showMediaCtrls", A::new().a("xmlns:p14", NS_P14).a("val", 0));
+        w.close("p:ext");
+        w.close("p:extLst");
+    }
     w.close("p:showPr");
     w.close("p:presentationPr");
     w.finish()
diff --git a/crates/pptx/tests/it/roundtrip.rs b/crates/pptx/tests/it/roundtrip.rs
index ee8f2bc5d..f44b0c152 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/tests/it/roundtrip.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/tests/it/roundtrip.rs
@@ -2258,6 +2258,34 @@ fn default_durations_match_powerpoint() {
     }
 }
 
+/// Show media controls is PowerPoint's `p14:showMediaCtrls` extension inside `p:showPr`: off is
+/// written there, under its extension uri and with the p14 namespace declared on the element;
+/// on (the default) writes nothing.
+#[test]
+fn hidden_media_controls_survive_save_and_reopen() {
+    let props = |p: &Presentation| {
+        let bytes = deckcraft_pptx::export(p).expect("export");
+        let mut zip = zip::ZipArchive::new(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes)).expect("zip");
+        let mut x = String::new();
+        std::io::Read::read_to_string(&mut zip.by_name("ppt/presProps.xml").expect("presProps"), &mut x).expect("read");
+        x
+    };
+    let mut p = Presentation::default();
+    p.show.show_media_controls = false;
+    let xml = props(&p);
+    let show = xml.split("<p:showPr").nth(1).and_then(|r| r.split("</p:showPr>").next()).expect("p:showPr");
+    assert!(
+        show.contains(
+            "<p:ext uri=\"{2FDB2607-1784-4EEB-B798-7EB5836EED8A}\"><p14:showMediaCtrls xmlns:p14=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/2010/main\" val=\"0\"/></p:ext>"
+        ),
+        "{xml}"
+    );
+    assert!(!round(&p).show.show_media_controls);
+    let default = Presentation::default();
+    assert!(!props(&default).contains("showMediaCtrls"));
+    assert!(round(&default).show.show_media_controls);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn reflection_angles_and_skews_out_of_range_are_written_inside_the_schema() {
     let mut p = Presentation::default();