diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3002d10d2f..c827acd891 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         "jquery": "3.7.1",
         "jstree": "3.3.17",
         "libarchive.js": "2.0.2",
+        "libpgs": "0.6.0",
         "lodash-es": "4.17.21",
         "markdown-it": "14.1.0",
         "material-design-icons-iconfont": "6.7.0",
@@ -14913,6 +14914,12 @@
         "comlink": "^4.4.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/libpgs": {
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/libpgs/-/libpgs-0.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-k8ic6VTJTCun8Ump8iAe+tZi3pa1ZhDlq1v4hmZOmYQzSQ44QpZoClMXuSfJ1B91eRWOO6q50rXhyCPuB9dXbg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/lie": {
       "version": "3.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lie/-/lie-3.1.1.tgz",
@@ -36350,6 +36357,11 @@
         "comlink": "^4.4.1"
       }
     },
+    "libpgs": {
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/libpgs/-/libpgs-0.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-k8ic6VTJTCun8Ump8iAe+tZi3pa1ZhDlq1v4hmZOmYQzSQ44QpZoClMXuSfJ1B91eRWOO6q50rXhyCPuB9dXbg=="
+    },
     "lie": {
       "version": "3.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lie/-/lie-3.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1033cf2c1e..f459b07f45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
     "jquery": "3.7.1",
     "jstree": "3.3.17",
     "libarchive.js": "2.0.2",
+    "libpgs": "0.6.0",
     "lodash-es": "4.17.21",
     "markdown-it": "14.1.0",
     "material-design-icons-iconfont": "6.7.0",
diff --git a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
index 5e55adfd51..da548a747c 100644
--- a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
+++ b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ function loadForm(context, user, userSettings, appearanceSettings, apiClient) {
         context.querySelector('#sliderVerticalPosition').value = appearanceSettings.verticalPosition;
 
         context.querySelector('#selectSubtitleBurnIn').value = appSettings.get('subtitleburnin') || '';
+        context.querySelector('#chkSubtitleRenderPgs').checked = appSettings.get('subtitlerenderpgs') === 'true';
+
+        context.querySelector('#selectSubtitleBurnIn').dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('change', {}));
 
         onAppearanceFieldChange({
             target: context.querySelector('#selectTextSize')
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ function save(instance, context, userId, userSettings, apiClient, enableSaveConf
     loading.show();
 
     appSettings.set('subtitleburnin', context.querySelector('#selectSubtitleBurnIn').value);
+    appSettings.set('subtitlerenderpgs', context.querySelector('#chkSubtitleRenderPgs').checked);
 
     apiClient.getUser(userId).then(function (user) {
         saveUser(context, user, userSettings, instance.appearanceKey, apiClient).then(function () {
@@ -111,6 +115,14 @@ function onSubtitleModeChange(e) {
     view.querySelector('.subtitles' + this.value + 'Help').classList.remove('hide');
 }
 
+function onSubtitleBurnInChange(e) {
+    const view = dom.parentWithClass(e.target, 'subtitlesettings');
+    const fieldRenderPgs = view.querySelector('.fldRenderPgs');
+
+    // Pgs option is only available if burn-in mode is set to 'auto' (empty string)
+    fieldRenderPgs.classList.toggle('hide', !!this.value);
+}
+
 function onAppearanceFieldChange(e) {
     const view = dom.parentWithClass(e.target, 'subtitlesettings');
 
@@ -166,6 +178,7 @@ function embed(options, self) {
     options.element.querySelector('form').addEventListener('submit', self.onSubmit.bind(self));
 
     options.element.querySelector('#selectSubtitlePlaybackMode').addEventListener('change', onSubtitleModeChange);
+    options.element.querySelector('#selectSubtitleBurnIn').addEventListener('change', onSubtitleBurnInChange);
     options.element.querySelector('#selectTextSize').addEventListener('change', onAppearanceFieldChange);
     options.element.querySelector('#selectTextWeight').addEventListener('change', onAppearanceFieldChange);
     options.element.querySelector('#selectDropShadow').addEventListener('change', onAppearanceFieldChange);
diff --git a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
index 5f1f14ae9d..003a2a4e22 100644
--- a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
+++ b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
             </select>
             <div class="fieldDescription">${BurnSubtitlesHelp}</div>
         </div>
+
+        <div class="checkboxContainer checkboxContainer-withDescription fldRenderPgs hide">
+            <label>
+                <input is="emby-checkbox" type="checkbox" id="chkSubtitleRenderPgs" />
+                <span>${RenderPgsSubtitle}</span>
+            </label>
+            <div class="fieldDescription checkboxFieldDescription">${RenderPgsSubtitleHelp}</div>
+        </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="verticalSection subtitleAppearanceSection hide">
diff --git a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
index 83e247eb83..46a3062a11 100644
--- a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function enableNativeTrackSupport(mediaSource, track) {
 
     if (track) {
         const format = (track.Codec || '').toLowerCase();
-        if (format === 'ssa' || format === 'ass') {
+        if (format === 'ssa' || format === 'ass' || format === 'pgssub') {
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
      * @type {any | null | undefined}
      */
     #currentAssRenderer;
+    /**
+     * @type {any | null | undefined}
+     */
+    #currentPgsRenderer;
     /**
      * @type {number | undefined}
      */
@@ -590,6 +594,9 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
         if (this.#currentAssRenderer) {
             this.updateCurrentTrackOffset(offsetValue);
             this.#currentAssRenderer.timeOffset = (this._currentPlayOptions.transcodingOffsetTicks || 0) / 10000000 + offsetValue;
+        } else if (this.#currentPgsRenderer) {
+            this.updateCurrentTrackOffset(offsetValue);
+            this.#currentPgsRenderer.timeOffset = (this._currentPlayOptions.transcodingOffsetTicks || 0) / 10000000 + offsetValue;
         } else {
             const trackElements = this.getTextTracks();
             // if .vtt currently rendering
@@ -1172,6 +1179,12 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
             octopus.dispose();
         }
         this.#currentAssRenderer = null;
+
+        const pgsRenderer = this.#currentPgsRenderer;
+        if (pgsRenderer) {
+            pgsRenderer.dispose();
+        }
+        this.#currentPgsRenderer = null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1316,6 +1329,21 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
+    renderPgs(videoElement, track, item) {
+        import('libpgs').then((libpgs) => {
+            const options = {
+                video: videoElement,
+                subUrl: getTextTrackUrl(track, item),
+                workerUrl: `${appRouter.baseUrl()}/libraries/libpgs.worker.js`,
+                timeOffset: (this._currentPlayOptions.transcodingOffsetTicks || 0) / 10000000
+            };
+            this.#currentPgsRenderer = new libpgs.PgsRenderer(options);
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
          * @private
          */
@@ -1434,6 +1462,10 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
                 this.renderSsaAss(videoElement, track, item);
                 return;
             }
+            if (format === 'pgssub') {
+                this.renderPgs(videoElement, track, item);
+                return;
+            }
 
             if (this.requiresCustomSubtitlesElement()) {
                 this.renderSubtitlesWithCustomElement(videoElement, track, item, targetTextTrackIndex);
diff --git a/src/scripts/browserDeviceProfile.js b/src/scripts/browserDeviceProfile.js
index 4a52433553..7dea81298b 100644
--- a/src/scripts/browserDeviceProfile.js
+++ b/src/scripts/browserDeviceProfile.js
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ function supportsTextTracks() {
     return _supportsTextTracks;
 }
 
+let _supportsCanvas2D;
+function supportsCanvas2D() {
+    if (_supportsCanvas2D == null) {
+        _supportsCanvas2D = document.createElement('canvas').getContext('2d') != null;
+    }
+
+    return _supportsCanvas2D;
+}
+
 let _canPlayHls;
 function canPlayHls() {
     if (_canPlayHls == null) {
@@ -1424,6 +1433,7 @@ export default function (options) {
     // External vtt or burn in
     profile.SubtitleProfiles = [];
     const subtitleBurninSetting = appSettings.get('subtitleburnin');
+    const subtitleRenderPgsSetting = appSettings.get('subtitlerenderpgs') === 'true';
     if (subtitleBurninSetting !== 'all') {
         if (supportsTextTracks()) {
             profile.SubtitleProfiles.push({
@@ -1441,6 +1451,14 @@ export default function (options) {
                 Method: 'External'
             });
         }
+
+        if (supportsCanvas2D() && options.enablePgsRender !== false && !options.isRetry && subtitleRenderPgsSetting
+            && subtitleBurninSetting !== 'allcomplexformats' && subtitleBurninSetting !== 'onlyimageformats') {
+            profile.SubtitleProfiles.push({
+                Format: 'pgssub',
+                Method: 'External'
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     profile.ResponseProfiles = [];
diff --git a/src/strings/en-us.json b/src/strings/en-us.json
index 7c50de723f..a43a7bd8cc 100644
--- a/src/strings/en-us.json
+++ b/src/strings/en-us.json
@@ -1393,6 +1393,8 @@
     "Remixer": "Remixer",
     "RemoveFromCollection": "Remove from collection",
     "RemoveFromPlaylist": "Remove from playlist",
+    "RenderPgsSubtitle": "Experimental PGS subtitle rendering",
+    "RenderPgsSubtitleHelp": "Determine if the client should render PGS subtitles instead of using burned in subtitles. This can avoid server-side transcoding in exchange of client-side rendering performance.",
     "Repeat": "Repeat",
     "RepeatAll": "Repeat all",
     "RepeatEpisodes": "Repeat episodes",
diff --git a/webpack.common.js b/webpack.common.js
index b58058f53f..61fe394830 100644
--- a/webpack.common.js
+++ b/webpack.common.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ const Assets = [
     '@jellyfin/libass-wasm/dist/js/subtitles-octopus-worker.js',
     '@jellyfin/libass-wasm/dist/js/subtitles-octopus-worker.wasm',
     '@jellyfin/libass-wasm/dist/js/subtitles-octopus-worker-legacy.js',
-    'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.js'
+    'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.js',
+    'libpgs/dist/libpgs.worker.js'
 ];
 
 const DEV_MODE = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';