diff --git a/src/cogs/ytdl.py b/src/cogs/ytdl.py
index bac668f..0b631ad 100644
--- a/src/cogs/ytdl.py
+++ b/src/cogs/ytdl.py
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ class YTDLCog(commands.Cog):
             typing.Optional[str],
             discord.Option(description="A start and end position to trim. e.g. 00:00:00-00:10:00.", required=False),
         ],
+        subtitles: typing.Annotated[
+            typing.Optional[str],
+            discord.Option(
+                str,
+                description="The language code of the subtitles to download. e.g. 'en', 'auto'",
+                required=False,
+            ),
+        ]
     ):
         """Runs yt-dlp and outputs into discord."""
         await ctx.defer()
@@ -312,17 +320,33 @@ class YTDLCog(commands.Cog):
                 else:
                     chosen_format = user_format
 
+            options.setdefault("postprocessors", [])
             if audio_only:
                 # Overwrite format here to be best audio under 25 megabytes.
                 chosen_format = "ba[filesize<20M]"
                 # Also force sorting by the best audio bitrate first.
                 options["format_sort"] = ["abr", "br"]
-                options["postprocessors"] = [
+                # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+                options["postprocessors"].append(
                     {"key": "FFmpegExtractAudio", "preferredquality": "96", "preferredcodec": "best"}
-                ]
+                )
             options["format"] = chosen_format
             options["paths"] = paths
 
+            if subtitles:
+                subtitles, burn = subtitles.split("+", 1) if "+" in subtitles else (subtitles, False)
+                if subtitles.lower() == "auto":
+                    options["writeautosubtitles"] = True
+                else:
+                    options["writesubtitles"] = True
+                    options["subtitleslangs"] = [subtitles]
+
+                if burn:
+                    # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+                    options["postprocessors"].append(
+                        {"key": "FFmpegEmbedSubtitle", "already_have_subtitle": True}
+                    )
+
             with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(options) as downloader:
                 await ctx.respond(embed=discord.Embed().set_footer(text="Downloading (step 1/10)"))
                 try: