diff --git a/app/src/cli.c b/app/src/cli.c
index 9c791fbf..ec161e41 100644
--- a/app/src/cli.c
+++ b/app/src/cli.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ scrcpy_print_usage(const char *arg0) {
         "    --always-on-top\n"
         "        Make scrcpy window always on top (above other windows).\n"
         "\n"
+        "    --auto-turn-on\n"
+        "        Turn on device screen when scrcpy window become active.\n"
+        "\n"
         "    -b, --bit-rate value\n"
         "        Encode the video at the given bit-rate, expressed in bits/s.\n"
         "        Unit suffixes are supported: 'K' (x1000) and 'M' (x1000000).\n"
@@ -651,11 +654,13 @@ guess_record_format(const char *filename) {
 #define OPT_DISABLE_SCREENSAVER    1020
 #define OPT_SHORTCUT_MOD           1021
 #define OPT_NO_KEY_REPEAT          1022
+#define OPT_AUTO_TURN_ON           1023
 
 bool
 scrcpy_parse_args(struct scrcpy_cli_args *args, int argc, char *argv[]) {
     static const struct option long_options[] = {
         {"always-on-top",          no_argument,       NULL, OPT_ALWAYS_ON_TOP},
+        {"auto-turn-on",           no_argument,       NULL, OPT_AUTO_TURN_ON},
         {"bit-rate",               required_argument, NULL, 'b'},
         {"codec-options",          required_argument, NULL, OPT_CODEC_OPTIONS},
         {"crop",                   required_argument, NULL, OPT_CROP},
@@ -856,6 +861,9 @@ scrcpy_parse_args(struct scrcpy_cli_args *args, int argc, char *argv[]) {
                     return false;
                 }
                 break;
+            case OPT_AUTO_TURN_ON:
+                opts->auto_turn_on = true;
+                break;
             default:
                 // getopt prints the error message on stderr
                 return false;
diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index 45068cbb..75966995 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -191,6 +191,17 @@ handle_event(SDL_Event *event, const struct scrcpy_options *options) {
         case SDL_WINDOWEVENT:
             screen_handle_window_event(&screen, &event->window);
             break;
+        case SDL_ACTIVEEVENT:
+            if (options->auto_turn_on && event->gain == 1) {
+                struct control_msg msg;
+                msg.type = CONTROL_MSG_TYPE_SET_SCREEN_POWER_MODE;
+                msg.set_screen_power_mode.mode = SCREEN_POWER_MODE_NORMAL;
+
+                if (!controller_push_msg(&controller, &msg)) {
+                    LOGW("Could not request 'set screen power mode'");
+                }
+            }
+            break;
         case SDL_TEXTINPUT:
             if (!options->control) {
                 break;
@@ -422,7 +433,7 @@ scrcpy(const struct scrcpy_options *options) {
                                    options->window_y, options->window_width,
                                    options->window_height,
                                    options->window_borderless,
-                                   options->rotation, options-> mipmaps)) {
+                                   options->rotation, options->mipmaps)) {
             goto end;
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.h b/app/src/scrcpy.h
index 86a2b57b..89821cd0 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.h
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct scrcpy_options {
     bool force_adb_forward;
     bool disable_screensaver;
     bool forward_key_repeat;
+    bool auto_turn_on;
 };
 
 #define SCRCPY_OPTIONS_DEFAULT { \
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ struct scrcpy_options {
     .force_adb_forward = false, \
     .disable_screensaver = false, \
     .forward_key_repeat = true, \
+    .auto_turn_on = false, \
 }
 
 bool