diff --git a/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift b/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
index 959bb956..213186c2 100644
--- a/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
+++ b/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ extension AXUIElement {
                         worldOfWarcraft(runningApp, role) ||
                         battleNetBootstrapper(runningApp, role) ||
                         firefoxFullscreenVideo(runningApp, role) ||
+                        vlcFullscreenVideo(runningApp, role) ||
                         androidEmulator(runningApp, title) ||
                         sanGuoShaAirWD(runningApp) ||
                         dvdFab(runningApp) ||
@@ -150,6 +151,11 @@ extension AXUIElement {
         return (runningApp.bundleIdentifier?.hasPrefix("org.mozilla.firefox") ?? false) && role == kAXWindowRole
     }
 
+    private func vlcFullscreenVideo(_ runningApp: NSRunningApplication, _ role: String?) -> Bool {
+        // VLC fullscreen video have subrole == AXUnknown if fullscreen'ed
+        return (runningApp.bundleIdentifier?.hasPrefix("org.videolan.vlc") ?? false) && role == kAXWindowRole
+    }
+
     private func androidEmulator(_ runningApp: NSRunningApplication, _ title: String?) -> Bool {
         // android emulator small vertical menu is a "window" with empty title; we exclude it
         return title != "" && Applications.isAndroidEmulator(runningApp)