diff --git a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
index e8c1d92cc8..63e97993d9 100644
--- a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
@@ -2029,6 +2029,7 @@ GST_TAG_DURATION
 GST_TAG_CODEC
 GST_TAG_VIDEO_CODEC
 GST_TAG_AUDIO_CODEC
+GST_TAG_SUBTITLE_CODEC
 GST_TAG_BITRATE
 GST_TAG_NOMINAL_BITRATE
 GST_TAG_MINIMUM_BITRATE
diff --git a/gst/gsttaglist.c b/gst/gsttaglist.c
index fba364bc58..537d538f70 100644
--- a/gst/gsttaglist.c
+++ b/gst/gsttaglist.c
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ _gst_tag_initialize (void)
   gst_tag_register (GST_TAG_AUDIO_CODEC, GST_TAG_FLAG_ENCODED,
       G_TYPE_STRING,
       _("audio codec"), _("codec the audio data is stored in"), NULL);
+  gst_tag_register (GST_TAG_SUBTITLE_CODEC, GST_TAG_FLAG_ENCODED,
+      G_TYPE_STRING,
+      _("subtitle codec"), _("codec the subtitle data is stored in"), NULL);
   gst_tag_register (GST_TAG_BITRATE, GST_TAG_FLAG_ENCODED,
       G_TYPE_UINT, _("bitrate"), _("exact or average bitrate in bits/s"), NULL);
   gst_tag_register (GST_TAG_NOMINAL_BITRATE, GST_TAG_FLAG_ENCODED,
diff --git a/gst/gsttaglist.h b/gst/gsttaglist.h
index b93451f312..973a0c68ab 100644
--- a/gst/gsttaglist.h
+++ b/gst/gsttaglist.h
@@ -565,6 +565,14 @@ gboolean     gst_tag_list_get_date_index    (const GstTagList * list,
  * codec the audio data is stored in (string)
  */
 #define GST_TAG_AUDIO_CODEC            "audio-codec"
+/**
+ * GST_TAG_SUBTITLE_CODEC:
+ *
+ * codec/format the subtitle data is stored in (string)
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.23
+ */
+#define GST_TAG_SUBTITLE_CODEC         "subtitle-codec"
 /**
  * GST_TAG_BITRATE:
  *