diff --git a/gst/playback/gstparsebin.c b/gst/playback/gstparsebin.c
index 0cfd5ca631..4c5bfc19d2 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstparsebin.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstparsebin.c
@@ -3905,7 +3905,8 @@ guess_stream_type_from_caps (GstCaps * caps)
   if (g_str_has_prefix (name, "audio/"))
     return GST_STREAM_TYPE_AUDIO;
   if (g_str_has_prefix (name, "text/") ||
-      g_str_has_prefix (name, "subpicture/"))
+      g_str_has_prefix (name, "subpicture/") ||
+      g_str_has_prefix (name, "closedcaption/"))
     return GST_STREAM_TYPE_TEXT;
 
   return GST_STREAM_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstrawcaps.h b/gst/playback/gstrawcaps.h
index 2a827f59a9..1fc1d7d7bf 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstrawcaps.h
+++ b/gst/playback/gstrawcaps.h
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
     "subpicture/x-dvd; " \
     "subpicture/x-dvb; " \
     "subpicture/x-xsub; " \
-    "subpicture/x-pgs"
+    "subpicture/x-pgs; " \
+    "closedcaption/x-cea-608; " \
+    "closedcaption/x-cea-708"
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c b/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
index 6134330dab..6ae64c757b 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstsubtitleoverlay.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ _is_parser (GstElementFactory * factory)
 
 static const gchar *const _sub_pad_names[] = { "subpicture", "subpicture_sink",
   "text", "text_sink",
-  "subtitle_sink", "subtitle"
+  "subtitle_sink", "subtitle", "cc_sink"
 };
 
 static gboolean