diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66742f91d..07696d0e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Video.js Compatibility: 6.0, 7.0
       - [withCredentials](#withcredentials)
       - [handleManifestRedirects](#handlemanifestredirects)
       - [useCueTags](#usecuetags)
+      - [parse708captions](#parse708captions)
       - [overrideNative](#overridenative)
       - [blacklistDuration](#blacklistduration)
       - [bandwidth](#bandwidth)
@@ -318,6 +319,13 @@ cuesTrack.addEventListener('cuechange', function() {
 });
 ```
 
+##### parse708captions
+* Type: `boolean`
+* Default: `true`
+* can be used as an initialization option
+
+When set to `false`, 708 captions in the stream are not parsed and will not show up in text track lists or the captions menu.
+
 ##### overrideNative
 * Type: `boolean`
 * can be used as an initialization option
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2228c433e..bd319ce94 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6481,9 +6481,12 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "mux.js": {
-      "version": "5.8.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mux.js/-/mux.js-5.8.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-v56I2YPyCq1bVbXW7vcuvQs8iHrDy7AeXsZyG1kxCxBUqUjZD0Xq/cU1wrd5dy9YTxRpvw37aTQ4ILwi40GXiw=="
+      "version": "5.9.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mux.js/-/mux.js-5.9.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EWDCIemLUoTriIQpEHEfKO8hldujpiBYIqC6ilsMaNbd+1hhGoh/w1MZIhP5wkq+tkS+HfnrnNtyfamyXWfnPg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "@babel/runtime": "^7.11.2"
+      }
     },
     "natural-compare": {
       "version": "1.4.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db55e15f4..8a3128376 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "global": "^4.4.0",
     "m3u8-parser": "4.5.2",
     "mpd-parser": "0.15.2",
-    "mux.js": "5.8.0",
+    "mux.js": "5.9.1",
     "video.js": "^6 || ^7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/master-playlist-controller.js b/src/master-playlist-controller.js
index 971e6454d..58370d740 100644
--- a/src/master-playlist-controller.js
+++ b/src/master-playlist-controller.js
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ export class MasterPlaylistController extends videojs.EventTarget {
 
     const segmentLoaderSettings = {
       vhs: this.vhs_,
+      parse708captions: options.parse708captions,
       mediaSource: this.mediaSource,
       currentTime: this.tech_.currentTime.bind(this.tech_),
       seekable: () => this.seekable(),
diff --git a/src/segment-loader.js b/src/segment-loader.js
index ac689dad8..ce06f688c 100644
--- a/src/segment-loader.js
+++ b/src/segment-loader.js
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ export default class SegmentLoader extends videojs.EventTarget {
     this.handlePartialData_ = settings.handlePartialData;
     this.timelineChangeController_ = settings.timelineChangeController;
     this.shouldSaveSegmentTimingInfo_ = true;
+    this.parse708captions_ = settings.parse708captions;
 
     // private instance variables
     this.checkBufferTimeout_ = null;
@@ -595,6 +596,7 @@ export default class SegmentLoader extends videojs.EventTarget {
     transmuxer.postMessage({
       action: 'init',
       options: {
+        parse708captions: this.parse708captions_,
         remux: false,
         alignGopsAtEnd: this.safeAppend_,
         keepOriginalTimestamps: true,