diff --git a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitleappearancehelper.js b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitleappearancehelper.js
index 52a84bc2dc..6cd5440ea6 100644
--- a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitleappearancehelper.js
+++ b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitleappearancehelper.js
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ function getTextStyles(settings, preview) {
             break;
     }
 
+    switch (settings.textWeight || '') {
+        case 'bold':
+            list.push({ name: 'font-weight', value: 'bold' });
+            break;
+        case 'normal':
+        default:
+            list.push({ name: 'font-weight', value: 'normal' });
+            break;
+    }
+
     switch (settings.dropShadow || '') {
         case 'raised':
             list.push({ name: 'text-shadow', value: '-1px -1px white, 0px -1px white, -1px 0px white, 1px 1px black, 0px 1px black, 1px 0px black' });
diff --git a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
index 0342dddf4c..067d8f9e40 100644
--- a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
+++ b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function getSubtitleAppearanceObject(context) {
     const appearanceSettings = {};
 
     appearanceSettings.textSize = context.querySelector('#selectTextSize').value;
+    appearanceSettings.textWeight = context.querySelector('#selectTextWeight').value;
     appearanceSettings.dropShadow = context.querySelector('#selectDropShadow').value;
     appearanceSettings.font = context.querySelector('#selectFont').value;
     appearanceSettings.textBackground = context.querySelector('#inputTextBackground').value;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ function loadForm(context, user, userSettings, appearanceSettings, apiClient) {
         context.querySelector('#selectSubtitlePlaybackMode').dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('change', {}));
 
         context.querySelector('#selectTextSize').value = appearanceSettings.textSize || '';
+        context.querySelector('#selectTextWeight').value = appearanceSettings.textWeight || 'normal';
         context.querySelector('#selectDropShadow').value = appearanceSettings.dropShadow || '';
         context.querySelector('#inputTextBackground').value = appearanceSettings.textBackground || 'transparent';
         context.querySelector('#inputTextColor').value = appearanceSettings.textColor || '#ffffff';
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ function embed(options, self) {
 
     options.element.querySelector('#selectSubtitlePlaybackMode').addEventListener('change', onSubtitleModeChange);
     options.element.querySelector('#selectTextSize').addEventListener('change', onAppearanceFieldChange);
+    options.element.querySelector('#selectTextWeight').addEventListener('change', onAppearanceFieldChange);
     options.element.querySelector('#selectDropShadow').addEventListener('change', onAppearanceFieldChange);
     options.element.querySelector('#selectFont').addEventListener('change', onAppearanceFieldChange);
     options.element.querySelector('#inputTextColor').addEventListener('change', onAppearanceFieldChange);
diff --git a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
index 7c41fcdad2..941cd937d9 100644
--- a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
+++ b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@
             </select>
         </div>
 
+        <div class="selectContainer">
+            <select is="emby-select" id="selectTextWeight" label="${LabelTextWeight}">
+                <option value="normal">${Normal}</option>
+                <option value="bold">${Bold}</option>
+            </select>
+        </div>
+
         <div class="selectContainer">
             <select is="emby-select" id="selectFont" label="${LabelFont}">
                 <option value="">${Default}</option>
diff --git a/src/strings/en-gb.json b/src/strings/en-gb.json
index c8cba6cc50..c0bc233d68 100644
--- a/src/strings/en-gb.json
+++ b/src/strings/en-gb.json
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@
     "LabelTime": "Time:",
     "LabelTheme": "Theme:",
     "LabelTextSize": "Text size:",
+    "LabelTextWeight": "Text weight:",
     "LabelSportsCategories": "Sports categories:",
     "LabelSortTitle": "Sort title:",
     "LabelSortOrder": "Sort order:",
diff --git a/src/strings/en-us.json b/src/strings/en-us.json
index 35539d2685..59abbb5d55 100644
--- a/src/strings/en-us.json
+++ b/src/strings/en-us.json
@@ -918,6 +918,8 @@
     "LabelTextBackgroundColor": "Text background color:",
     "LabelTextColor": "Text color:",
     "LabelTextSize": "Text size:",
+    "LabelTextWeight": "Text weight:",
+    "Bold": "Bold",
     "LabelTheme": "Theme:",
     "LabelTime": "Time:",
     "LabelTimeLimitHours": "Time limit (hours):",