diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/PlayerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/PlayerActivity.java
index f66856e4..bcef352c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/PlayerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/PlayerActivity.java
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ void searchSubtitles() {
         if (mPrefs.mediaUri == null)
             return;
 
-        if (Utils.isSupportedNetworkUri(mPrefs.mediaUri) && Utils.isProgressiveContainerUri(mPrefs.mediaUri)) {
+        if (mPrefs.subtitleAutoSearch && Utils.isSupportedNetworkUri(mPrefs.mediaUri) && Utils.isProgressiveContainerUri(mPrefs.mediaUri)) {
             SubtitleUtils.clearCache(this);
             if (SubtitleFinder.isUriCompatible(mPrefs.mediaUri)) {
                 subtitleFinder = new SubtitleFinder(PlayerActivity.this, mPrefs.mediaUri);
@@ -2317,4 +2317,4 @@ private void updateButtonRotation() {
             }
         }
     }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/Prefs.java b/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/Prefs.java
index 54a3f344..ea95e7a9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/Prefs.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/brouken/player/Prefs.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class Prefs {
     private static final String PREF_KEY_LANGUAGE_AUDIO = "languageAudio";
     private static final String PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_STYLE_EMBEDDED = "subtitleStyleEmbedded";
     private static final String PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_STYLE_BOLD = "subtitleStyleBold";
+    private static final String PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_AUTO_SEARCH = "subtitleAutoSearch";
 
     public static final String TRACK_DEFAULT = "default";
     public static final String TRACK_DEVICE = "device";
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ class Prefs {
     public String languageAudio = TRACK_DEVICE;
     public boolean subtitleStyleEmbedded = true;
     public boolean subtitleStyleBold = false;
+    public boolean subtitleAutoSearch = false;
 
     private LinkedHashMap positions;
 
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ public void loadUserPreferences() {
         languageAudio = mSharedPreferences.getString(PREF_KEY_LANGUAGE_AUDIO, languageAudio);
         subtitleStyleEmbedded = mSharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_STYLE_EMBEDDED, subtitleStyleEmbedded);
         subtitleStyleBold = mSharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_STYLE_BOLD, subtitleStyleBold);
+        subtitleAutoSearch = mSharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_KEY_SUBTITLE_AUTO_SEARCH, subtitleAutoSearch);
     }
 
     public void updateMedia(final Context context, final Uri uri, final String type) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 511466aa..dba1d955 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold">Bold style</string>
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold_on">Use bold typeface as regular</string>
     <string name="pref_subtitle_style_bold_off">Use default regular typeface</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_autosearch">Guess subtitles from video name</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_autosearch_on">For network videos, try to load subtitles with common names (e.g., video.srt)</string>
+    <string name="pref_subtitle_autosearch_off">Do not guess subtitles from video name</string>
 </resources>
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
index 73cd1b33..6711df48 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/root_preferences.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@
             android:summaryOff="@string/pref_subtitle_style_bold_off"
             app:title="@string/pref_subtitle_style_bold" />
 
+        <SwitchPreferenceCompat
+            app:key="subtitleAutoSearch"
+            app:defaultValue="false"
+            android:summaryOn="@string/pref_subtitle_autosearch_on"
+            android:summaryOff="@string/pref_subtitle_autosearch_off"
+            app:title="@string/pref_subtitle_autosearch" />
+
         <Preference
             app:title="@string/pref_captioning_preferences">
             <intent android:action="android.settings.CAPTIONING_SETTINGS" />