diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index cac64cd45c055..8c9e141d678b0 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -2423,6 +2423,11 @@ Subtitles
     This also controls some bitmap subtitle overrides, as well as HTML tags in
     formats like SRT, despite the name of the option.
 
+``--secondary-sub-override=<yes|no>``
+    Control whether user style overrides of secondary subtitles should be applied.
+
+    Default: yes.
+
 ``--sub-ass-force-margins``
     Enables placing toptitles and subtitles in black borders when they are
     available, if the subtitles are in the ASS format.
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index b6fe46e948f06..f6156c7a550ee 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options mp_subtitle_sub_opts = {
         {"sub-ass-justify", OPT_FLAG(ass_justify)},
         {"sub-ass-override", OPT_CHOICE(ass_style_override,
             {"no", 0}, {"yes", 1}, {"force", 3}, {"scale", 4}, {"strip", 5})},
+        {"secondary-sub-override", OPT_FLAG(sec_sub_override)},
         {"sub-scale-by-window", OPT_FLAG(sub_scale_by_window)},
         {"sub-scale-with-window", OPT_FLAG(sub_scale_with_window)},
         {"sub-ass-scale-with-window", OPT_FLAG(ass_scale_with_window)},
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options mp_subtitle_sub_opts = {
         .ass_feature_whole_text_layout = 0,
         .ass_feature_wrap_unicode = 1,
         .ass_style_override = 1,
+        .sec_sub_override = 1,
         .ass_shaper = 1,
         .use_embedded_fonts = 1,
     },
diff --git a/options/options.h b/options/options.h
index 1fc977f43196b..97c7a7cf7f087 100644
--- a/options/options.h
+++ b/options/options.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct mp_subtitle_opts {
     char **ass_force_style_list;
     char *ass_styles_file;
     int ass_style_override;
+    int sec_sub_override;
     int ass_hinting;
     int ass_shaper;
     int ass_justify;
diff --git a/player/sub.c b/player/sub.c
index b11372636a854..549c48d55e72e 100644
--- a/player/sub.c
+++ b/player/sub.c
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ void reinit_sub(struct MPContext *mpctx, struct track *track)
     sub_select(track->d_sub, true);
     int order = get_order(mpctx, track);
     osd_set_sub(mpctx->osd, order, track->d_sub);
-    sub_control(track->d_sub, SD_CTRL_SET_TOP, &order);
+
+    if (mpctx->opts->subs_rend->sec_sub_override)
+        sub_control(track->d_sub, SD_CTRL_SET_TOP, &order);
 
     if (mpctx->playback_initialized)
         update_subtitles(mpctx, mpctx->playback_pts);