diff --git a/client/plugins/constants.js b/client/plugins/constants.js
index f001f6ced0..8b95887f1b 100644
--- a/client/plugins/constants.js
+++ b/client/plugins/constants.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const SupportedFileTypes = {
   ebook: ['epub', 'pdf', 'mobi', 'azw3', 'cbr', 'cbz'],
   info: ['nfo'],
   text: ['txt'],
-  metadata: ['opf', 'abs', 'xml', 'json']
+  metadata: ['opf', 'abs', 'xml', 'json'],
+  subtitle: ['srt', 'vtt']
 }
 
 const DownloadStatus = {
@@ -82,4 +83,4 @@ export default ({ app }, inject) => {
   inject('constants', Constants)
   inject('keynames', KeyNames)
   inject('hotkeys', Hotkeys)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/server/objects/files/LibraryFile.js b/server/objects/files/LibraryFile.js
index 395e11cc1b..e024fb4e4d 100644
--- a/server/objects/files/LibraryFile.js
+++ b/server/objects/files/LibraryFile.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class LibraryFile {
     if (globals.SupportedVideoTypes.includes(this.metadata.format)) return 'video'
     if (globals.TextFileTypes.includes(this.metadata.format)) return 'text'
     if (globals.MetadataFileTypes.includes(this.metadata.format)) return 'metadata'
+    if (globals.SubtitleFileTypes.includes(this.metadata.format)) return 'subtitle'
     return 'unknown'
   }
 
@@ -75,4 +76,4 @@ class LibraryFile {
     this.updatedAt = Date.now()
   }
 }
-module.exports = LibraryFile
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = LibraryFile
diff --git a/server/utils/globals.js b/server/utils/globals.js
index b24fc76d04..04c9bbe612 100644
--- a/server/utils/globals.js
+++ b/server/utils/globals.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const globals = {
   SupportedEbookTypes: ['epub', 'pdf', 'mobi', 'azw3', 'cbr', 'cbz'],
   SupportedVideoTypes: ['mp4'],
   TextFileTypes: ['txt', 'nfo'],
-  MetadataFileTypes: ['opf', 'abs', 'xml', 'json']
+  MetadataFileTypes: ['opf', 'abs', 'xml', 'json'],
+  SubtitleFileTypes: ['srt', 'vtt']
 }
 
 module.exports = globals