diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90177d0..9eb4194 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ vimeo = [ # Multiple keys will be rotated.
   # filters = { title = "regex for title here", not_title = "regex for negative title match", description = "...", not_description = "..." } # Optional Golang regexp format. If set, then only download matching episodes.
   # opml = true|false # Optional inclusion of the feed in the OPML file (default value: false)
   # clean = { keep_last = 10 } # Keep last 10 episodes (order desc by PubDate)
+  # youtube_dl_args = [ "--write-sub", "--embed-subs", "--sub-lang", "en,en-US,en-GB" ] # Optional extra arguments passed to youtube-dl when downloading videos from this feed. This example would embed available English closed captions in the videos. Note that setting '--audio-format' for audio format feeds, or '--format' or '--output' for any format may cause unexpected behaviour. You should only use this if you know what you are doing, and have read up on youtube-dl's options!
 
 [database]
   badger = { truncate = true, file_io = true } # See https://github.com/dgraph-io/badger#memory-usage
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 0496d85..2c8ccd3 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ type Feed struct {
 	Clean Cleanup `toml:"clean"`
 	// Custom is a list of feed customizations
 	Custom Custom `toml:"custom"`
+	// List of additional youtube-dl arguments passed at download time
+	YouTubeDLArgs []string `toml:"youtube_dl_args"`
 	// Included in OPML file
 	OPML bool `toml:"opml"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ytdl/ytdl.go b/pkg/ytdl/ytdl.go
index f74277d..ae291f7 100644
--- a/pkg/ytdl/ytdl.go
+++ b/pkg/ytdl/ytdl.go
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ func buildArgs(feedConfig *config.Feed, episode *model.Episode, outputFilePath s
 		args = append(args, "--extract-audio", "--audio-format", "mp3", "--format", format)
 	}
 
+	// Insert additional per-feed youtube-dl arguments
+	args = append(args, feedConfig.YouTubeDLArgs...)
+
 	args = append(args, "--output", outputFilePath, episode.VideoURL)
 	return args
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ytdl/ytdl_test.go b/pkg/ytdl/ytdl_test.go
index 8b2581c..09ca031 100644
--- a/pkg/ytdl/ytdl_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ytdl/ytdl_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func TestBuildArgs(t *testing.T) {
 		maxHeight int
 		output    string
 		videoURL  string
+		ytdlArgs  []string
 		expect    []string
 	}{
 		{
@@ -91,14 +92,24 @@ func TestBuildArgs(t *testing.T) {
 			videoURL:  "http://url1",
 			expect:    []string{"--format", "bestvideo[height<=1024][ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best", "--output", "/tmp/2", "http://url1"},
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "Video high quality with custom youtube-dl arguments",
+			format:   model.FormatVideo,
+			quality:  model.QualityHigh,
+			output:   "/tmp/2",
+			videoURL: "http://url1",
+			ytdlArgs: []string{"--write-sub", "--embed-subs", "--sub-lang", "en,en-US,en-GB"},
+			expect:   []string{"--format", "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best", "--write-sub", "--embed-subs", "--sub-lang", "en,en-US,en-GB", "--output", "/tmp/2", "http://url1"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tst := range tests {
 		t.Run(tst.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			result := buildArgs(&config.Feed{
-				Format:    tst.format,
-				Quality:   tst.quality,
-				MaxHeight: tst.maxHeight,
+				Format:        tst.format,
+				Quality:       tst.quality,
+				MaxHeight:     tst.maxHeight,
+				YouTubeDLArgs: tst.ytdlArgs,
 			}, &model.Episode{
 				VideoURL: tst.videoURL,
 			}, tst.output)