diff --git a/src/auto-advance.js b/src/auto-advance.js
index 29ad2ae..d294832 100644
--- a/src/auto-advance.js
+++ b/src/auto-advance.js
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ const setup = (player, delay) => {
     player.playlist.autoadvance_.timeout = player.setTimeout(() => {
       reset(player);
       player.off('play', cancelOnPlay);
-      player.playlist.next();
+      // Poster should be suppressed when auto-advancing
+      player.playlist.next(true);
     }, delay * 1000);
   };
 
diff --git a/src/play-item.js b/src/play-item.js
index 1552e1c..d518e96 100644
--- a/src/play-item.js
+++ b/src/play-item.js
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ const clearTracks = (player) => {
  *
  * @param  {Object} item
  *         A source from the playlist.
+ * @param {boolean} [suppressPoster]
+ *         Should the native poster be suppressed? Defaults to false.
  *
  * @return {Player}
  *         The player that is now playing the item
  */
-const playItem = (player, item) => {
+const playItem = (player, item, suppressPoster = false) => {
   const replay = !player.paused() || player.ended();
 
   player.trigger('beforeplaylistitem', item.originalValue || item);
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ const playItem = (player, item) => {
     player.playlist.currentPlaylistItemId_ = item.playlistItemId_;
   }
 
-  player.poster(item.poster || '');
+  player.poster(suppressPoster ? '' : item.poster || '');
   player.src(item.sources);
   clearTracks(player);
 
diff --git a/src/playlist-maker.js b/src/playlist-maker.js
index 335813e..0856148 100644
--- a/src/playlist-maker.js
+++ b/src/playlist-maker.js
@@ -290,11 +290,13 @@ export default function factory(player, initialList, initialIndex = 0) {
    *
    * @param  {number} [index]
    *         If given as a valid value, plays the playlist item at that index.
+   * @param {boolean} [suppressPoster]
+   *         Should the native poster be suppressed? Defaults to false.
    *
    * @return {number}
    *         The current item index.
    */
-  playlist.currentItem = (index) => {
+  playlist.currentItem = (index, suppressPoster) => {
     // If the playlist is changing, only act as a getter.
     if (changing) {
       return playlist.currentIndex_;
@@ -310,19 +312,9 @@ export default function factory(player, initialList, initialIndex = 0) {
       playlist.currentIndex_ = index;
       playItem(
         playlist.player_,
-        list[playlist.currentIndex_]
+        list[playlist.currentIndex_],
+        suppressPoster
       );
-
-      // When playing multiple videos in a playlist the videojs PosterImage
-      // will be hidden using CSS. However, in some browsers the native poster
-      // attribute will briefly appear while the new source loads. Prevent
-      // this by hiding every poster after the first play list item. This
-      // doesn't cover every use case for showing/hiding the poster, but
-      // it will significantly improve the user experience.
-      if (index > 0) {
-        player.poster('');
-      }
-
       return playlist.currentIndex_;
     }
 
@@ -604,10 +596,12 @@ export default function factory(player, initialList, initialIndex = 0) {
   /**
    * Plays the next item in the playlist.
    *
+   * @param {boolean} [suppressPoster]
+   *         Should the native poster be suppressed? Defaults to false.
    * @return {Object|undefined}
    *         Returns undefined and has no side effects if on last item.
    */
-  playlist.next = () => {
+  playlist.next = (suppressPoster = false) => {
     if (changing) {
       return;
     }
@@ -615,7 +609,7 @@ export default function factory(player, initialList, initialIndex = 0) {
     const index = playlist.nextIndex();
 
     if (index !== playlist.currentIndex_) {
-      const newItem = playlist.currentItem(index);
+      const newItem = playlist.currentItem(index, suppressPoster);
 
       return list[newItem].originalValue || list[newItem];
     }
diff --git a/test/playlist-maker.test.js b/test/playlist-maker.test.js
index 26ae9ef..27c0d63 100644
--- a/test/playlist-maker.test.js
+++ b/test/playlist-maker.test.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ QUnit.test('playlist.currentItem() works as expected', function(assert) {
   assert.equal(playlist.currentItem(-Infinity), 2, 'cannot change to an invalid item');
 });
 
-QUnit.test('playlist.currentItem() shows the poster for the first video', function(assert) {
+QUnit.test('playlist.currentItem() shows a poster by default', function(assert) {
   const player = playerProxyMaker();
   const playlist = playlistMaker(player, videoList);
 
@@ -175,14 +175,12 @@ QUnit.test('playlist.currentItem() shows the poster for the first video', functi
   assert.notEqual(player.poster(), '', 'poster is shown for playlist index 0');
 });
 
-QUnit.test('playlist.currentItem() hides the poster for all videos after the first', function(assert) {
+QUnit.test('playlist.currentItem() will hide the poster if suppressPoster param is true', function(assert) {
   const player = playerProxyMaker();
   const playlist = playlistMaker(player, videoList);
 
-  for (let i = 1; i <= playlist.lastIndex(); i++) {
-    playlist.currentItem(i);
-    assert.equal(player.poster(), '', 'poster is hidden for playlist index ' + i);
-  }
+  playlist.currentItem(1, true);
+  assert.equal(player.poster(), '', 'poster is suppressed');
 });
 
 QUnit.test('playlist.currentItem() returns -1 with an empty playlist', function(assert) {