diff --git a/src/card.ts b/src/card.ts
index f73a3937..6c589271 100644
--- a/src/card.ts
+++ b/src/card.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
 
     // Manually set hass in the menu, elements and image. This is to allow these
     // to update, without necessarily re-rendering the entire card (re-rendering
-    // interrupts clip playing).
+    // is expensive).
     if (this._hass) {
       if (this._menu) {
         this._menu.hass = this._hass;
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
         this._image.hass = this._hass;
       }
     }
+
+    // Dark mode may depend on HASS.
+    this._setLightOrDarkMode();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -648,6 +651,7 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
     this._view = undefined;
     this._message = null;
     this._generateConditionState();
+    this._setLightOrDarkMode();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -685,10 +689,6 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
         });
         this._generateConditionState();
 
-        // The default view has been loaded, so can abandon any running
-        // 'screensaver' timer.
-        this._clearInteractionTimer();
-
         // Restart the update timer, so the default view is refreshed at a fixed
         // interval from now (if so configured).
         this._startUpdateTimer();
@@ -699,6 +699,22 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set the light or dark mode.
+   */
+  protected _setLightOrDarkMode(): void {
+    const needDarkMode =
+      this._config.view.dark_mode === 'on' ||
+      (this._config.view.dark_mode === 'auto' &&
+        (!this._interactionTimerID || this._hass?.themes.darkMode));
+
+    if (needDarkMode) {
+      this.setAttribute('dark', '');
+    } else {
+      this.removeAttribute('dark');
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Handle a change view event.
    * @param e The change view event.
@@ -965,8 +981,11 @@ export class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
     if (this._getConfig().view.timeout_seconds) {
       this._interactionTimerID = window.setTimeout(() => {
         this._changeView();
+        this._clearInteractionTimer();
+        this._setLightOrDarkMode();
       }, this._getConfig().view.timeout_seconds * 1000);
     }
+    this._setLightOrDarkMode();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/scss/card.scss b/src/scss/card.scss
index 34f29ce7..f74a82a0 100644
--- a/src/scss/card.scss
+++ b/src/scss/card.scss
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
   position: relative;
 }
 
+:host([dark]) {
+  filter: brightness(50%);
+}
+
 .container {
   position: relative;
   overflow: auto;
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index df87f2cf..ad4a12e4 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   MoreInfoActionConfig,
   NavigateActionConfig,
   NoActionConfig,
+  Themes,
   ToggleActionConfig,
   UrlActionConfig,
 } from 'custom-card-helpers';
@@ -402,6 +403,7 @@ const viewConfigDefault = {
   update_seconds: 0,
   update_force: false,
   update_cycle_camera: false,
+  dark_mode: 'off' as const,
 };
 const viewConfigSchema = z
   .object({
@@ -417,6 +419,7 @@ const viewConfigSchema = z
     update_cycle_camera: z.boolean().default(viewConfigDefault.update_cycle_camera),
     update_entities: z.string().array().optional(),
     render_entities: z.string().array().optional(),
+    dark_mode: z.enum(['on', 'off', 'auto']).optional(),
   })
   .merge(actionsSchema)
   .default(viewConfigDefault);
@@ -931,6 +934,9 @@ const menuButtonSchema = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
 export type MenuButton = z.infer<typeof menuButtonSchema>;
 export interface ExtendedHomeAssistant {
   hassUrl(path?): string;
+  themes: Themes & {
+    darkMode?: boolean
+  };
 }
 
 export interface BrowseMediaQueryParametersBase {