diff --git a/scripts/developer/libraries/utils.js b/scripts/developer/libraries/utils.js
index f39f4d7913..0da9703c87 100644
--- a/scripts/developer/libraries/utils.js
+++ b/scripts/developer/libraries/utils.js
@@ -311,3 +311,6 @@ clamp = function(val, min, max){
      return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, val))
  } 
 
+easeIn = function(t) {
+    return Math.pow(t / 1, 5);
+}
diff --git a/scripts/system/audioMuteOverlay.js b/scripts/system/audioMuteOverlay.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf07402d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/system/audioMuteOverlay.js
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+"use strict";
+/* jslint vars: true, plusplus: true, forin: true*/
+/* globals Tablet, Script, AvatarList, Users, Entities, MyAvatar, Camera, Overlays, Vec3, Quat, Controller, print, getControllerWorldLocation */
+/* eslint indent: ["error", 4, { "outerIIFEBody": 0 }] */
+//
+// audioMuteOverlay.js
+//
+// client script that creates an overlay to provide mute feedback
+//
+// Created by Triplelexx on 17/03/09
+// Copyright 2017 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+// Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+(function() { // BEGIN LOCAL_SCOPE
+    var utilsPath = Script.resolvePath('../developer/libraries/utils.js');
+    Script.include(utilsPath);
+
+    var TWEEN_SPEED = 0.025;
+    var MIX_AMOUNT = 0.25;
+
+    var overlayPosition = Vec3.ZERO;
+    var tweenPosition = 0;
+    var startColor = {
+        red: 170,
+        green: 170,
+        blue: 170
+    };
+    var endColor = {
+        red: 255,
+        green: 0,
+        blue: 0
+    };
+    var overlayID;
+
+    Script.update.connect(update);
+    Script.scriptEnding.connect(cleanup);
+
+    function update(dt) {
+        if (!AudioDevice.getMuted()) {
+            if (hasOverlay()) {
+                deleteOverlay();
+            }
+        } else if (!hasOverlay()) {
+            createOverlay();
+        } else {
+            updateOverlay();
+        }    
+    }
+
+    function getOffsetPosition() {
+        return Vec3.sum(Camera.position, Quat.getFront(Camera.orientation));
+    }
+
+    function createOverlay() {
+        overlayPosition = getOffsetPosition();
+        overlayID = Overlays.addOverlay("sphere", {
+            position: overlayPosition,
+            rotation: Camera.orientation,
+            alpha: 0.9,
+            dimensions: 0.1,
+            solid: true,
+            ignoreRayIntersection: true
+        });
+    }
+
+    function hasOverlay() {
+       return Overlays.getProperty(overlayID, "position") !== undefined;
+    }
+
+    function updateOverlay() {
+        // increase by TWEEN_SPEED until completion
+        if (tweenPosition < 1) {
+            tweenPosition += TWEEN_SPEED;
+        } else {
+            // after tween completion reset to zero and flip values to ping pong 
+            tweenPosition = 0;
+            for (var component in startColor) {
+                var storedColor = startColor[component];
+                startColor[component] = endColor[component];
+                endColor[component] = storedColor;
+            }
+        }
+        // mix previous position with new and mix colors
+        overlayPosition = Vec3.mix(overlayPosition, getOffsetPosition(), MIX_AMOUNT);
+        Overlays.editOverlay(overlayID, {
+            color: colorMix(startColor, endColor, easeIn(tweenPosition)),
+            position: overlayPosition,
+            rotation: Camera.orientation
+        });
+    }
+
+    function deleteOverlay() {
+        Overlays.deleteOverlay(overlayID);
+    }
+
+    function cleanup() {
+        deleteOverlay();
+        AudioDevice.muteToggled.disconnect(onMuteToggled);
+        Script.update.disconnect(update);
+    }
+}()); // END LOCAL_SCOPE