diff --git a/ngx_http_vod_module.c b/ngx_http_vod_module.c
index 81f4da9e..340cf946 100644
--- a/ngx_http_vod_module.c
+++ b/ngx_http_vod_module.c
@@ -5219,6 +5219,7 @@ ngx_http_vod_map_media_set_apply(ngx_http_vod_ctx_t *ctx, ngx_str_t* mapping, in
 			sequence->language = mapped_media_set.sequences->language;
 			sequence->label = mapped_media_set.sequences->label;
 			sequence->with_accessibility = mapped_media_set.sequences->with_accessibility;
+			sequence->forced = mapped_media_set.sequences->forced;
 			sequence->id = mapped_media_set.sequences->id;
 			ngx_memcpy(sequence->bitrate, mapped_media_set.sequences->bitrate, sizeof(sequence->bitrate));
 			ngx_memcpy(sequence->avg_bitrate, mapped_media_set.sequences->avg_bitrate, sizeof(sequence->avg_bitrate));
diff --git a/ngx_http_vod_request_parse.c b/ngx_http_vod_request_parse.c
index c21f5898..9bba3921 100644
--- a/ngx_http_vod_request_parse.c
+++ b/ngx_http_vod_request_parse.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ ngx_http_vod_parse_uri_path(
 		cur_sequence->language = 0;
 		cur_sequence->label.len = 0;
 		cur_sequence->with_accessibility = FALSE;
+		cur_sequence->forced = FALSE;
 		cur_sequence->first_key_frame_offset = 0;
 		cur_sequence->key_frame_durations = NULL;
 		cur_sequence->drm_info = NULL;
diff --git a/vod/hls/m3u8_builder.c b/vod/hls/m3u8_builder.c
index f484fa12..1aea8baf 100644
--- a/vod/hls/m3u8_builder.c
+++ b/vod/hls/m3u8_builder.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #define M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_DEFAULT "AUTOSELECT=YES,DEFAULT=YES,"
 #define M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_AUTOSELECT "AUTOSELECT=YES,DEFAULT=NO,"
 #define M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_NON_DEFAULT "AUTOSELECT=NO,DEFAULT=NO,"
+#define M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_FORCED "FORCED=YES,"
+#define M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_NON_FORCED "FORCED=NO,"
 #define M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_AD "CHARACTERISTICS=\"public.accessibility.describes-video\","
 #define M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_SDH "CHARACTERISTICS=\"public.accessibility.describes-music-and-sound\","
 #define M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_URI "URI=\""
@@ -861,6 +863,18 @@ m3u8_builder_ext_x_media_tags_get_size(
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (media_type == MEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE)
+		{
+			if (cur_track->media_info.forced)
+			{
+				result += sizeof(M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_FORCED) - 1;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				result += sizeof(M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_NON_FORCED) - 1;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (base_url->len != 0)
 		{
 			result += vod_max(cur_track->file_info.uri.len, media_set->uri.len);
@@ -972,6 +986,18 @@ m3u8_builder_ext_x_media_tags_write(
 			p = vod_copy(p, M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_NON_DEFAULT, sizeof(M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_NON_DEFAULT) - 1);
 		}
 
+		if (media_type == MEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE)
+		{
+			if (tracks[media_type]->media_info.forced)
+			{
+				p = vod_copy(p, M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_FORCED, sizeof(M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_FORCED) - 1);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				p = vod_copy(p, M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_NON_FORCED, sizeof(M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_NON_FORCED) - 1);
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (media_type == MEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO)
 		{
 			p = vod_sprintf(p, M3U8_EXT_MEDIA_CHANNELS, 
diff --git a/vod/input/silence_generator.c b/vod/input/silence_generator.c
index d320e276..e6180e21 100644
--- a/vod/input/silence_generator.c
+++ b/vod/input/silence_generator.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ silence_generator_generate(
 	track->media_info.label = sequence->label;
 	track->media_info.language = sequence->language;
 	track->media_info.with_accessibility = sequence->with_accessibility;
+	track->media_info.forced = sequence->forced;
 
 	rc = media_format_finalize_track(
 		request_context,
diff --git a/vod/media_format.h b/vod/media_format.h
index 62019a91..66dc368b 100644
--- a/vod/media_format.h
+++ b/vod/media_format.h
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ typedef struct media_info_s {
 	language_id_t language;
 	vod_str_t label;
 	bool_t with_accessibility;
+	bool_t forced;
 	union {
 		video_media_info_t video;
 		audio_media_info_t audio;
diff --git a/vod/media_set.h b/vod/media_set.h
index f554d07d..50975cb1 100644
--- a/vod/media_set.h
+++ b/vod/media_set.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct media_sequence_s {
 	vod_str_t label;
 	language_id_t language;
     bool_t with_accessibility;					// Closed Captions for subtitle, Audio Description for audio
+	bool_t forced;								// Forced for subtitle only
 	uint32_t bitrate[MEDIA_TYPE_COUNT];
 	uint32_t avg_bitrate[MEDIA_TYPE_COUNT];
 	int64_t first_key_frame_offset;
diff --git a/vod/media_set_parser.c b/vod/media_set_parser.c
index 30375363..5d5be817 100644
--- a/vod/media_set_parser.c
+++ b/vod/media_set_parser.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static json_object_value_def_t media_sequence_params[] = {
 	{ vod_string("language"),		VOD_JSON_STRING,	offsetof(media_sequence_t, language), media_set_parse_language },
 	{ vod_string("label"),			VOD_JSON_STRING,	offsetof(media_sequence_t, label), media_set_parse_null_term_string },
 	{ vod_string("withAccessibility"),VOD_JSON_BOOL,	offsetof(media_sequence_t, with_accessibility), media_set_parse_bool },
+	{ vod_string("forced"),			VOD_JSON_BOOL,		offsetof(media_sequence_t, forced), media_set_parse_bool },
 	{ vod_string("bitrate"),		VOD_JSON_OBJECT,	offsetof(media_sequence_t, bitrate), media_set_parse_bitrate },
 	{ vod_string("avg_bitrate"),	VOD_JSON_OBJECT,	offsetof(media_sequence_t, avg_bitrate), media_set_parse_bitrate },
 	{ vod_null_string, 0, 0, NULL }
@@ -841,6 +842,7 @@ media_set_parse_sequences(
 		cur_output->language = 0;
 		cur_output->label.len = 0;
 		cur_output->with_accessibility = FALSE;
+		cur_output->forced = FALSE;
 		cur_output->first_key_frame_offset = 0;
 		cur_output->key_frame_durations = NULL;
 		cur_output->drm_info = NULL;
diff --git a/vod/mp4/mp4_parser.c b/vod/mp4/mp4_parser.c
index c994cd0a..99f48001 100644
--- a/vod/mp4/mp4_parser.c
+++ b/vod/mp4/mp4_parser.c
@@ -2791,6 +2791,7 @@ mp4_parser_process_moov_atom_callback(void* ctx, atom_info_t* atom_info)
 	// inherit the sequence language and label
 	sequence = context->parse_params.source->sequence;
 	metadata_parse_context.media_info.with_accessibility = sequence->with_accessibility;
+	metadata_parse_context.media_info.forced = sequence->forced;
 	if (sequence->label.len != 0)
 	{
 		metadata_parse_context.media_info.label = sequence->label;
diff --git a/vod/subtitle/subtitle_format.c b/vod/subtitle/subtitle_format.c
index f9a786ef..efa0503c 100644
--- a/vod/subtitle/subtitle_format.c
+++ b/vod/subtitle/subtitle_format.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ subtitle_parse(
 	language_id_t lang_id;
 	vod_str_t label;
 	bool_t with_accessibility;
+	bool_t forced;
 	uint64_t duration;
 
 	metadata = vod_alloc(request_context->pool, sizeof(*metadata));
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ subtitle_parse(
 	// inherit the sequence language and label
 	sequence = parse_params->source->sequence;
 	with_accessibility = sequence->with_accessibility;
+	forced = sequence->forced;
 	if (sequence->label.len != 0)
 	{
 		label = sequence->label;
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ subtitle_parse(
 	track->media_info.label = label;
 	track->media_info.language = lang_id;
 	track->media_info.with_accessibility = with_accessibility;
+	track->media_info.forced = forced;
 	track->media_info.bitrate = (source->len * 1000 * 8) / full_duration;
 
 	metadata->source = *source;