diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/stylesheets/whiteboard.less b/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/stylesheets/whiteboard.less
index 938b262a4c..84fc219d4e 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/stylesheets/whiteboard.less
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/stylesheets/whiteboard.less
@@ -192,6 +192,28 @@
   }
 }
 
+.raiseHandButton {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  &, &:hover {
+    background-color: transparent;
+  }
+  i {
+    color: black;
+  }
+  @media @desktop-portrait, @landscape {
+    height: 50px;
+    width: 50px;
+  }
+  @media @mobile-portrait-with-keyboard, @mobile-portrait {
+    height: 100px;
+    width: 10%;
+  }
+}
+
 .exitFullscreenButton {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/views/whiteboard/whiteboard.coffee b/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/views/whiteboard/whiteboard.coffee
index a07c3cf596..7efadf877b 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/views/whiteboard/whiteboard.coffee
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/views/whiteboard/whiteboard.coffee
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ Template.whiteboard.events
       document.mozCancelFullScreen()
     else if document.webkitExitFullscreen
       document.webkitExitFullscreen()
+
+  'click .raiseHand': (event) ->
+    BBB.raiseHand(BBB.getMeetingId(), getInSession('userId'), getInSession('userId'), getInSession('authToken'))
+
+  'click .lowerHand': (event) ->
+    BBB.lowerHand(BBB.getMeetingId(), getInSession('userId'), getInSession('userId'), getInSession('authToken'))
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/views/whiteboard/whiteboard.html b/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/views/whiteboard/whiteboard.html
index 8acdbb59b2..5999d80b12 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/views/whiteboard/whiteboard.html
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/app/client/views/whiteboard/whiteboard.html
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
     <div id="whiteboard-container" class="{{whiteboardSize}}">
       <div id="whiteboard-paper">
       </div>
+      {{#if isCurrentUserRaisingHand}}
+        {{> makeButton btn_class="lowerHand raiseHandButton" i_class="ion-android-hand"}}
+      {{else}}
+        {{> makeButton btn_class="raiseHand raiseHandButton" i_class="ion-android-hand"}}
+      {{/if}}
       {{#if isMobile}}
         {{> makeButton btn_class="fullscreenButton whiteboardFullscreenButton" i_class="ion-arrow-expand"}}
       {{/if}}