diff --git a/js&css/web-accessible/functions.js b/js&css/web-accessible/functions.js
index 7cd679491..932a98f5e 100644
--- a/js&css/web-accessible/functions.js
+++ b/js&css/web-accessible/functions.js
@@ -773,7 +773,14 @@ ImprovedTube.createPlayerButton = function (options) {
 			tooltip.className = 'it-player-button--tooltip';
 			tooltip.textContent = this.dataset.title;
 
-			document.body.appendChild(tooltip);
+			// Fullscreen mode only paints the fullscreen element's subtree, so a tooltip
+			// appended to document.body would be hidden behind the video (issue #4294).
+			const fullscreenRoot = document.fullscreenElement ||
+				document.webkitFullscreenElement ||
+				document.mozFullScreenElement ||
+				document.body;
+
+			fullscreenRoot.appendChild(tooltip);
 
 			const tooltipWidth = tooltip.offsetWidth || tooltip.getBoundingClientRect().width;
 			const centerX = rect.left + (rect.width / 2);
diff --git a/tests/unit/tooltip-fullscreen-stacking.test.js b/tests/unit/tooltip-fullscreen-stacking.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41d48a978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/tooltip-fullscreen-stacking.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+// Behavioral tests for Issue #4294: tooltips hidden behind the video player.
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const vm = require('vm');
+
+class FakeElement {
+	constructor(tagName) {
+		this.tagName = tagName;
+		this.className = '';
+		this.textContent = '';
+		this.dataset = {};
+		this.style = {};
+		this.childNodes = [];
+		this.parentNode = null;
+		this.listeners = {};
+	}
+
+	addEventListener(type, listener) {
+		(this.listeners[type] ||= []).push(listener);
+	}
+
+	removeEventListener(type, listener) {
+		this.listeners[type] = (this.listeners[type] || []).filter(item => item !== listener);
+	}
+
+	emit(type) {
+		for (const listener of [...(this.listeners[type] || [])]) {
+			listener.call(this);
+		}
+	}
+
+	getBoundingClientRect() {
+		return {left: 40, top: 60, width: 80, height: 32};
+	}
+
+	appendChild(child) {
+		child.parentNode = this;
+		this.childNodes.push(child);
+		return child;
+	}
+
+	remove() {
+		if (this.parentNode) {
+			this.parentNode.childNodes = this.parentNode.childNodes.filter(item => item !== this);
+			this.parentNode = null;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+function extractCreatePlayerButton() {
+	const source = fs.readFileSync(
+		path.join(__dirname, '../../js&css/web-accessible/functions.js'),
+		'utf8'
+	);
+	const start = source.indexOf('ImprovedTube.createPlayerButton = function (options) {');
+	const openingBrace = source.indexOf('{', start);
+	let depth = 0;
+
+	if (start < 0 || openingBrace < 0) {
+		throw new Error('createPlayerButton was not found');
+	}
+
+	for (let index = openingBrace; index < source.length; index++) {
+		if (source[index] === '{') depth++;
+		if (source[index] === '}' && --depth === 0) {
+			return source.slice(start, index + 2);
+		}
+	}
+
+	throw new Error('createPlayerButton is not balanced');
+}
+
+function setup(fullscreenState) {
+	const createdElements = [];
+	const controls = Object.assign(new FakeElement('div'), {
+		insertBefore(node) {
+			this.appendChild(node);
+			return node;
+		}
+	});
+	const documentTarget = Object.assign(new FakeElement('#document'), {
+		createElement: tagName => {
+			const element = new FakeElement(tagName);
+
+			createdElements.push(element);
+			return element;
+		},
+		body: new FakeElement('body')
+	});
+	const context = {
+		document: Object.assign(documentTarget, fullscreenState),
+		window: {innerWidth: 1280},
+		ImprovedTube: {elements: {player_left_controls: controls}}
+	};
+
+	vm.createContext(context);
+	vm.runInContext(extractCreatePlayerButton(), context);
+
+	const button = context.ImprovedTube.createPlayerButton({title: 'Loop'});
+
+	button.emit('mouseover');
+
+	const tooltip = createdElements.find(element => element.className === 'it-player-button--tooltip');
+
+	expect(tooltip).toBeDefined();
+
+	return {context, button, tooltip};
+}
+
+describe('Player button tooltip stacking in fullscreen (#4294)', () => {
+	test('appends the tooltip inside the fullscreen element while fullscreen', () => {
+		const fullscreenElement = new FakeElement('div');
+		const {tooltip} = setup({fullscreenElement});
+
+		expect(tooltip.parentNode).toBe(fullscreenElement);
+	});
+
+	test('falls back to webkit and moz fullscreen flags before document.body', () => {
+		const webkitFullscreen = new FakeElement('div');
+		const {context, tooltip} = setup({
+			fullscreenElement: null,
+			webkitFullscreenElement: webkitFullscreen
+		});
+
+		expect(tooltip.parentNode).toBe(webkitFullscreen);
+
+		const mozFullscreen = new FakeElement('div');
+		const second = setup({
+			fullscreenElement: undefined,
+			webkitFullscreenElement: undefined,
+			mozFullScreenElement: mozFullscreen
+		});
+
+		expect(second.tooltip.parentNode).toBe(mozFullscreen);
+		expect(context.document.body.childNodes).toHaveLength(0);
+	});
+
+	test('appends the tooltip to document.body outside fullscreen', () => {
+		const {context, tooltip} = setup({fullscreenElement: null});
+
+		expect(tooltip.parentNode).toBe(context.document.body);
+	});
+
+	test('mouseleave still removes a reparented tooltip from the fullscreen element', () => {
+		const fullscreenElement = new FakeElement('div');
+		const {button, tooltip} = setup({fullscreenElement});
+
+		expect(tooltip.parentNode).toBe(fullscreenElement);
+
+		button.emit('mouseleave');
+
+		expect(tooltip.parentNode).toBeNull();
+		expect(fullscreenElement.childNodes).not.toContain(tooltip);
+	});
+});