diff --git a/src/musikcube/app/layout/LyricsLayout.cpp b/src/musikcube/app/layout/LyricsLayout.cpp
index 7e83e3539..5a7e4a996 100644
--- a/src/musikcube/app/layout/LyricsLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/musikcube/app/layout/LyricsLayout.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ bool LyricsLayout::KeyPress(const std::string& kn) {
         this->LoadLyricsForCurrentTrack();
         return true;
     }
+    else if (kn == " ") { /* ugh... need to generalize this maybe */
+        playback.PauseOrResume();
+        return true;
+    }
     return LayoutBase::KeyPress(kn);
 }