diff --git a/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js b/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
index aadadf130f9..32aed2ef7fc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/playback/video/index.js
@@ -1184,6 +1184,20 @@ export default function (view) {
         }
     }
 
+    function autoSelectSubtitleTrack() {
+        const player = currentPlayer;
+        const streams = playbackManager.subtitleTracks(player);
+        const currentIndex = playbackManager.getSubtitleStreamIndex(player) ?? -1;
+        const defaultIndex = player?.streamInfo?.mediaSource?.DefaultSubtitleStreamIndex ?? -1;
+
+        if (currentIndex === -1 && streams.length > 0) {
+            const subtitleIndex = defaultIndex != -1 ? defaultIndex : streams[0].Index;
+            playbackManager.setSubtitleStreamIndex(subtitleIndex, player);
+        } else {
+            playbackManager.setSubtitleStreamIndex(-1, player);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
          * Clicked element.
          * To skip 'click' handling on Firefox/Edge.
@@ -1395,6 +1409,13 @@ export default function (view) {
                     playbackManager.previousChapter(currentPlayer);
                 }
                 break;
+            case 'c':
+            case 'C':
+                if (!e.shiftKey) {
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    autoSelectSubtitleTrack();
+                }
+                break;
             case 'g':
             case 'G':
                 if (!e.shiftKey) {