diff --git a/redditbot.py b/redditbot.py
index 8e0565d..39dadc7 100644
--- a/redditbot.py
+++ b/redditbot.py
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ async def main():
                 except TypeError:
                     # (for now) telethon doesn't easily support attributes for grouped media
                     mimetype = ''
+                thumb = None
                 if mimetype.startswith('video/'):
                     try:
                         data = await _get_video_data(k)
@@ -227,7 +228,14 @@ async def main():
                         logging.exception('Exception when getting video data')
                     else:
                         attributes.append(DocumentAttributeVideo(duration, w, h, supports_streaming=mimetype == 'video/mp4' or None))
-                await client.send_message(chat, j, file=k, link_preview=False, attributes=attributes)
+                    dn, _ = os.path.split(k)
+                    try:
+                        nthumb = os.path.join(dn, f'{time.time()}.jpg')
+                        if await _make_thumbnail(nthumb, k):
+                            thumb = nthumb
+                    except Exception:
+                        logging.exception('Exception while making thumbnail')
+                await client.send_message(chat, j, file=k, link_preview=False, attributes=attributes, thumb=thumb)
 
     async def _get_video_data(filename):
         proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec('ffprobe', '-show_format', '-show_streams', '-print_format', 'json', filename, stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE)
@@ -242,6 +250,21 @@ async def main():
                     data['format']['duration'] = ndata['format']['duration']
         return data
 
+    async def _make_thumbnail(filename, video):
+        data = await _get_video_data(video)
+        if not data.get('format'):
+            return False
+        if data['format'].get('duration') is None:
+            return False
+        for i in (0, 5, 10, 15):
+            if i and data['format']['duration'] > i:
+                continue
+            proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec('ffmpeg', '-an', '-sn', '-ss', str(i), '-i', video, '-frames:v', '1', filename)
+            await proc.communicate()
+            if not proc.returncode:
+                return True
+        return False
+
     async def _download_file(filename, url):
         print(url)
         async with session.get(url) as resp: