diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/preference/UserPreferences.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/preference/UserPreferences.kt
index 8e064b2e90..e76cb77099 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/preference/UserPreferences.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/preference/UserPreferences.kt
@@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ class UserPreferences(context: Context) : SharedPreferenceStore(
 		 * Enable series thumbnails in home screen rows
 		 */
 		var seriesThumbnailsEnabled = Preference.boolean("pref_enable_series_thumbnails", true)
+			
+		/**
+		 * Enable subtitles background
+		 */
+		var subtitlesBackgroundEnabled = Preference.boolean("subtitles_background_enabled", true)
+
+		/**
+		 * Set default subtitles font size
+		 */
+		var defaultSubtitlesSize = Preference.int("subtitles_size", 28)
 	}
 
 	init {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/playback/CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/playback/CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment.java
index 9efc4a67bd..6a89eb6471 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/playback/CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/playback/CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.R;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.TvApp;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.constant.CustomMessage;
+import org.jellyfin.androidtv.preference.UserPreferences;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.data.model.DataRefreshService;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.databinding.OverlayTvGuideBinding;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.databinding.VlcPlayerInterfaceBinding;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.ui.presentation.CardPresenter;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.ui.presentation.ChannelCardPresenter;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.ui.presentation.PositionableListRowPresenter;
+import org.jellyfin.androidtv.ui.shared.OutlineSpan;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.ui.shared.PaddedLineBackgroundSpan;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.util.DeviceUtils;
 import org.jellyfin.androidtv.util.ImageUtils;
@@ -148,7 +150,9 @@ public class CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment extends Fragment implements IPlayback
     private static final long SUBTITLE_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS = 50;
     private SubtitleTrackInfo subtitleTrackInfo;
     private int currentSubtitleIndex = 0;
+    private int subtitlesSize = KoinJavaComponent.<UserPreferences>get(UserPreferences.class).get(UserPreferences.Companion.getDefaultSubtitlesSize());
     private long lastSubtitlePositionMs = 0;
+    private boolean subtitlesBackgroundEnabled = KoinJavaComponent.<UserPreferences>get(UserPreferences.class).get(UserPreferences.Companion.getSubtitlesBackgroundEnabled());
 
     private final Lazy<ApiClient> apiClient = inject(ApiClient.class);
     private final Lazy<MediaManager> mediaManager = inject(MediaManager.class);
@@ -258,6 +262,9 @@ public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         binding.subtitlesText.setShadowLayer(SUBTITLE_PADDING, 0, 0, Color.TRANSPARENT);
         binding.subtitlesText.setPadding(SUBTITLE_PADDING, 0, SUBTITLE_PADDING, 0);
 
+        // Subtitles font size configuration
+        binding.subtitlesText.setTextSize(subtitlesSize);
+
         //pre-load animations
         fadeOut = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(requireContext(), R.anim.abc_fade_out);
         fadeOut.setAnimationListener(hideAnimationListener);
@@ -1469,7 +1476,10 @@ private void renderSubtitles(@Nullable final String text) {
 
             final SpannableString span = new SpannableString(TextUtilsKt.toHtmlSpanned(htmlText));
             span.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.WHITE), 0, span.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
-            span.setSpan(new PaddedLineBackgroundSpan(ContextCompat.getColor(requireContext(), R.color.black_opaque), SUBTITLE_PADDING), 0, span.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+            if (subtitlesBackgroundEnabled) {
+                span.setSpan(new PaddedLineBackgroundSpan(ContextCompat.getColor(requireContext(), R.color.black_opaque), SUBTITLE_PADDING), 0, span.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+            }
+            span.setSpan(new OutlineSpan(), 0, span.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
 
             binding.subtitlesText.setText(span);
             binding.subtitlesText.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/preference/category/playback.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/preference/category/playback.kt
index e19ffa797d..537102b5d1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/preference/category/playback.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/preference/category/playback.kt
@@ -148,4 +148,17 @@ fun OptionsScreen.playbackCategory(
 		}
 		depends { userPreferences[UserPreferences.videoPlayer] == PreferredVideoPlayer.EXTERNAL }
 	}
+	
+	checkbox {
+		setTitle(R.string.pref_subtitles_background_title)
+		setContent(R.string.pref_subtitles_background_summary)
+		bind(userPreferences, UserPreferences.subtitlesBackgroundEnabled)
+	}
+
+	seekbar {
+		setTitle(R.string.pref_subtitles_size)
+		min = 18
+		max = 38
+		bind(userPreferences, UserPreferences.defaultSubtitlesSize)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/shared/OutlineSpan.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/shared/OutlineSpan.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf3eb4caf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/jellyfin/androidtv/ui/shared/OutlineSpan.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.jellyfin.androidtv.ui.shared
+
+import android.graphics.Canvas
+import android.graphics.Color
+import android.graphics.Paint
+import android.text.style.ReplacementSpan
+
+/**
+ * A class that draws the outlines of a text
+ */
+class OutlineSpan : ReplacementSpan() {
+	override fun getSize(
+		paint: Paint,
+		text: CharSequence,
+		start: Int,
+		end: Int,
+		fm: Paint.FontMetricsInt?
+	): Int {
+		if (fm != null) {
+			fm.ascent = paint.fontMetricsInt.ascent
+			fm.bottom = paint.fontMetricsInt.bottom
+			fm.descent = paint.fontMetricsInt.descent
+			fm.leading = paint.fontMetricsInt.leading
+			fm.top = paint.fontMetricsInt.top
+		}
+
+		return paint.measureText(text, start, end).toInt()
+	}
+
+	override fun draw(
+		canvas: Canvas,
+		text: CharSequence,
+		start: Int,
+		end: Int,
+		x: Float,
+		top: Int,
+		y: Int,
+		bottom: Int,
+		paint: Paint
+	) {
+
+		val strokePaint = paint.apply {
+			color = Color.BLACK
+			style = Paint.Style.STROKE
+			strokeWidth = 4f
+		}
+		canvas.drawText(text, start, end, x, y.toFloat(), strokePaint)
+
+		val fillPaint = paint.apply {
+			color = Color.WHITE
+			style = Paint.Style.FILL
+		}
+		canvas.drawText(text, start, end, x, y.toFloat(), fillPaint)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 76db8c3445..4cbcb840c1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -464,4 +464,7 @@
     <string name="home_section_i">Home section %1$d</string>
     <string name="searchable_hint">Search Jellyfin</string>
     <string name="searchable_settings_description">Media</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitles_background_title">Enable subtitle background</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitles_background_summary">Show a black background behind the subtitles</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitles_size">Subtitle size</string>
 </resources>