diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
index 51cf97b8a1..047f558954 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,8 @@ colorbalance_value_changed_cb (GstColorBalance * balance,
 static void
 gst_play_bin3_init (GstPlayBin3 * playbin)
 {
+  GstCaps *uridecodebin_caps, *subtitle_caps;
+
   g_rec_mutex_init (&playbin->lock);
 
   /* assume we can create an input-selector */
@@ -1073,6 +1075,14 @@ gst_play_bin3_init (GstPlayBin3 * playbin)
   gst_bin_add (GST_BIN_CAST (playbin),
       GST_ELEMENT_CAST (playbin->uridecodebin));
 
+  /* Make sure uridecodebin3 knows of all the subtitle formats that playsink can
+   * handle as-is */
+  subtitle_caps = gst_subtitle_overlay_create_factory_caps ();
+  g_object_get (playbin->uridecodebin, "caps", &uridecodebin_caps, NULL);
+  uridecodebin_caps = gst_caps_merge (uridecodebin_caps, subtitle_caps);
+  g_object_set (playbin->uridecodebin, "caps", uridecodebin_caps, NULL);
+  gst_caps_unref (uridecodebin_caps);
+
   g_signal_connect (playbin->uridecodebin, "pad-added",
       G_CALLBACK (pad_added_cb), playbin);
   g_signal_connect (playbin->uridecodebin, "pad-removed",