diff --git a/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c b/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
index 1857fda28c..7e7aa9eb1b 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
+++ b/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
@@ -1002,6 +1002,9 @@ mpegts_packetizer_parse_pmt (MpegTSPacketizer2 * packetizer,
 
         /* ISO 639 LANGUAGE */
         desc_data = gst_mpeg_descriptor_find (&desc, DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE);
+        if (!desc_data) {
+          desc_data = gst_mpeg_descriptor_find (&desc, DESC_DVB_SUBTITLING);
+        }
         if (desc_data && DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE_codes_n (desc_data)) {
           gchar *lang_code;
           gchar *language_n = (gchar *)
diff --git a/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c b/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
index d419c46b0f..d3890156f2 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
+++ b/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
@@ -637,6 +637,12 @@ gst_ts_demux_create_tags (TSDemuxStream * stream)
 
   desc = mpegts_get_descriptor_from_stream ((MpegTSBaseStream *) stream,
       DESC_ISO_639_LANGUAGE);
+
+  if (!desc) {
+    desc = mpegts_get_descriptor_from_stream ((MpegTSBaseStream *) stream,
+        DESC_DVB_SUBTITLING);
+  }
+
   if (desc) {
     if (!stream->taglist)
       stream->taglist = gst_tag_list_new_empty ();