diff --git a/cfg-common.h b/cfg-common.h
index 7201f847bc..eeec5b3a4c 100644
--- a/cfg-common.h
+++ b/cfg-common.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
 	{"nounicode", &sub_unicode, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 1, 0, NULL},
 	{"utf8", &sub_utf8, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
 	{"noutf8", &sub_utf8, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 1, 0, NULL},
+	{"forcedsubsonly", &forced_subs_only, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
 	// specify IFO file for VOBSUB subtitle
 	{"ifo", &spudec_ifo, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 	// enable Closed Captioning display
diff --git a/cfg-mplayer.h b/cfg-mplayer.h
index 50d2b6d932..2d65a3e98c 100644
--- a/cfg-mplayer.h
+++ b/cfg-mplayer.h
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ m_option_t mplayer_opts[]={
 	// these should be moved to -common, and suppot in mencoder too
 	{"vobsub", &vobsub_name, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"vobsubid", &vobsub_id, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 31, NULL},
-        {"forcedsubsonly", &forced_subs_only,CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
 
 	{"sstep", &step_sec, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_MIN, 0, 0, NULL},
 
diff --git a/mencoder.c b/mencoder.c
index 1782701faf..5b5035aab3 100644
--- a/mencoder.c
+++ b/mencoder.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static uint32_t lavc_find_atag(char *codec);
 int vo_doublebuffering=0;
 int vo_directrendering=0;
 int vo_config_count=0;
+int forced_subs_only=0;
 
 //--------------------------
 
@@ -611,6 +612,8 @@ vo_spudec=spudec_new_scaled(stream->type==STREAMTYPE_DVD?((dvd_priv_t *)(stream-
   }
 #endif	
 
+// Apply current settings for forced subs
+spudec_set_forced_subs_only(vo_spudec,forced_subs_only);
 
 // set up output file:
 muxer_f=fopen(out_filename,"wb");