diff --git a/libavcodec/pgssubdec.c b/libavcodec/pgssubdec.c
index 2785d25914..238dbeb00a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pgssubdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pgssubdec.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "bytestream.h"
 #include "libavutil/colorspace.h"
 #include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
+#include "libavutil/opt.h"
 
 #define RGBA(r,g,b,a) (((a) << 24) | ((r) << 16) | ((g) << 8) | (b))
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ typedef struct PGSSubPictureReference {
     int x;
     int y;
     int picture_id;
+    int composition;
 } PGSSubPictureReference;
 
 typedef struct PGSSubPresentation {
@@ -61,9 +63,11 @@ typedef struct PGSSubPicture {
 } PGSSubPicture;
 
 typedef struct PGSSubContext {
+    AVClass *class;
     PGSSubPresentation presentation;
     uint32_t           clut[256];
     PGSSubPicture      pictures[UINT16_MAX];
+    int forced_subs_only;
 } PGSSubContext;
 
 static av_cold int init_decoder(AVCodecContext *avctx)
@@ -283,7 +287,6 @@ static void parse_palette_segment(AVCodecContext *avctx,
  * @param buf pointer to the packet to process
  * @param buf_size size of packet to process
  * @todo TODO: Implement cropping
- * @todo TODO: Implement forcing of subtitles
  */
 static void parse_presentation_segment(AVCodecContext *avctx,
                                        const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
@@ -335,12 +338,10 @@ static void parse_presentation_segment(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         PGSSubPictureReference *reference = &ctx->presentation.objects[object_index];
         reference->picture_id             = bytestream_get_be16(&buf);
 
-         /*
-         * Skip 2 bytes of unknown:
-         *     window_id_ref,
-         *     composition_flag (0x80 - object cropped, 0x40 - object forced)
-         */
-        buf += 2;
+        /* Skip window_id_ref */
+        buf++;
+        /* composition_flag (0x80 - object cropped, 0x40 - object forced) */
+        reference->composition = bytestream_get_byte(&buf);
 
         reference->x = bytestream_get_be16(&buf);
         reference->y = bytestream_get_be16(&buf);
@@ -422,6 +423,7 @@ static int display_end_segment(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
         sub->rects[rect]->nb_colors    = 256;
         sub->rects[rect]->pict.data[1] = av_mallocz(AVPALETTE_SIZE);
 
+        if (!ctx->forced_subs_only || ctx->presentation.objects[rect].composition & 0x40)
         memcpy(sub->rects[rect]->pict.data[1], ctx->clut, sub->rects[rect]->nb_colors * sizeof(uint32_t));
     }
 
@@ -503,6 +505,20 @@ static int decode(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data, int *data_size,
     return buf_size;
 }
 
+#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(PGSSubContext, x)
+#define SD AV_OPT_FLAG_SUBTITLE_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM
+static const AVOption options[] = {
+    {"forced_subs_only", "Only show forced subtitles", OFFSET(forced_subs_only), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = 0}, 0, 1, SD},
+    { NULL },
+};
+
+static const AVClass pgsdec_class = {
+    .class_name = "PGS subtitle decoder",
+    .item_name  = av_default_item_name,
+    .option     = options,
+    .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
+};
+
 AVCodec ff_pgssub_decoder = {
     .name           = "pgssub",
     .type           = AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE,
@@ -512,4 +528,5 @@ AVCodec ff_pgssub_decoder = {
     .close          = close_decoder,
     .decode         = decode,
     .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("HDMV Presentation Graphic Stream subtitles"),
+    .priv_class     = &pgsdec_class,
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 097909a548..ac28707635 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 54
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  0
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 101
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 102
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR, \