diff --git a/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegtsdemux.c b/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegtsdemux.c
index a863fd38d7..18e1f6b969 100644
--- a/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegtsdemux.c
+++ b/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegtsdemux.c
@@ -948,29 +948,32 @@ gst_mpegts_demux_send_tags_for_stream (GstMpegTSDemux * demux,
   GstTagList *list = NULL;
 
   if (stream->ES_info) {
-    guint8 *iso639_languages =
-        gst_mpeg_descriptor_find (stream->ES_info, DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE);
-    if (iso639_languages) {
-      if (DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE_codes_n (iso639_languages)) {
-        const gchar *lc;
-        gchar lang_code[4];
-        gchar *language_n;
+    guint8 lang_descs[] = { DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE, DESC_DVB_SUBTITLING };
+    for (gint i = 0; i < sizeof (lang_descs); i++) {
+      guint8 *iso639_languages =
+          gst_mpeg_descriptor_find (stream->ES_info, lang_descs[i]);
+      if (iso639_languages) {
+        if (DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE_codes_n (iso639_languages)) {
+          const gchar *lc;
+          gchar lang_code[4];
+          gchar *language_n;
 
-        language_n = (gchar *)
-            DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE_language_code_nth (iso639_languages, 0);
+          language_n = (gchar *)
+              DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE_language_code_nth (iso639_languages, 0);
 
-        lang_code[0] = language_n[0];
-        lang_code[1] = language_n[1];
-        lang_code[2] = language_n[2];
-        lang_code[3] = 0;
+          lang_code[0] = language_n[0];
+          lang_code[1] = language_n[1];
+          lang_code[2] = language_n[2];
+          lang_code[3] = 0;
 
-        if (!list)
-          list = gst_tag_list_new ();
+          if (!list)
+            list = gst_tag_list_new ();
 
-        /* descriptor contains ISO 639-2 code, we want the ISO 639-1 code */
-        lc = gst_tag_get_language_code (lang_code);
-        gst_tag_list_add (list, GST_TAG_MERGE_REPLACE,
-            GST_TAG_LANGUAGE_CODE, (lc) ? lc : lang_code, NULL);
+          /* descriptor contains ISO 639-2 code, we want the ISO 639-1 code */
+          lc = gst_tag_get_language_code (lang_code);
+          gst_tag_list_add (list, GST_TAG_MERGE_REPLACE,
+              GST_TAG_LANGUAGE_CODE, (lc) ? lc : lang_code, NULL);
+        }
       }
     }
   }