diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index acdfd8cfc9..4053485d59 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2013,6 +2013,7 @@ void Application::setActiveFaceTracker() {
 #ifdef HAVE_DDE
     bool isUsingDDE = Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::UseCamera);
     Menu::getInstance()->getActionForOption(MenuOption::BinaryEyelidControl)->setVisible(isUsingDDE);
+    Menu::getInstance()->getActionForOption(MenuOption::CoupleEyelids)->setVisible(isUsingDDE);
     Menu::getInstance()->getActionForOption(MenuOption::UseAudioForMouth)->setVisible(isUsingDDE);
     Menu::getInstance()->getActionForOption(MenuOption::VelocityFilter)->setVisible(isUsingDDE);
     Menu::getInstance()->getActionForOption(MenuOption::CalibrateCamera)->setVisible(isUsingDDE);
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.cpp b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
index 1cbe127857..2d4fafe605 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ Menu::Menu() {
     faceTrackingMenu->addSeparator();
     QAction* binaryEyelidControl = addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::BinaryEyelidControl, 0, true);
     binaryEyelidControl->setVisible(true);  // DDE face tracking is on by default
+    QAction* coupleEyelids = addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::CoupleEyelids, 0, true);
+    coupleEyelids->setVisible(true);  // DDE face tracking is on by default
     QAction* useAudioForMouth = addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::UseAudioForMouth, 0, true);
     useAudioForMouth->setVisible(true);  // DDE face tracking is on by default
     QAction* ddeFiltering = addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::VelocityFilter, 0, true);
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.h b/interface/src/Menu.h
index 62a1ae3b0f..bd6c982d70 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.h
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ namespace MenuOption {
     const QString ControlWithSpeech = "Control With Speech";
     const QString CopyAddress = "Copy Address to Clipboard";
     const QString CopyPath = "Copy Path to Clipboard";
+    const QString CoupleEyelids = "Couple Eyelids";
     const QString DebugAmbientOcclusion = "Debug Ambient Occlusion";
     const QString DecreaseAvatarSize = "Decrease Avatar Size";
     const QString DeleteBookmark = "Delete Bookmark...";
diff --git a/interface/src/devices/DdeFaceTracker.cpp b/interface/src/devices/DdeFaceTracker.cpp
index c9170bd413..396539c3cf 100644
--- a/interface/src/devices/DdeFaceTracker.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/devices/DdeFaceTracker.cpp
@@ -564,6 +564,13 @@ void DdeFaceTracker::decodePacket(const QByteArray& buffer) {
             eyeCoefficients[1] = _filteredEyeBlinks[1];
         }
 
+        // Couple eyelid values if configured - use the most "open" value for both
+        if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::CoupleEyelids)) {
+            float eyeCoefficient = std::min(eyeCoefficients[0], eyeCoefficients[1]);
+            eyeCoefficients[0] = eyeCoefficient;
+            eyeCoefficients[1] = eyeCoefficient;
+        }
+
         // Use EyeBlink values to control both EyeBlink and EyeOpen
         if (eyeCoefficients[0] > 0) {
             _coefficients[_leftBlinkIndex] = eyeCoefficients[0];