diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 196873c4aa..4d2f4d9112 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3435,7 +3435,7 @@ latm_muxer_select="aac_adtstoasc_bsf mpeg4audio"
 matroska_audio_muxer_select="matroska_muxer"
 matroska_demuxer_select="riffdec"
 matroska_demuxer_suggest="bzlib zlib"
-matroska_muxer_select="mpeg4audio riffenc vp9_superframe_bsf aac_adtstoasc_bsf"
+matroska_muxer_select="mpeg4audio riffenc aac_adtstoasc_bsf pgs_frame_merge_bsf vp9_superframe_bsf"
 mlp_demuxer_select="mlp_parser"
 mmf_muxer_select="riffenc"
 mov_demuxer_select="iso_media riffdec"
diff --git a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
index 4f9e283940..c30584949a 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
@@ -3172,6 +3172,9 @@ static int mkv_check_bitstream(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st,
             ret = ff_stream_add_bitstream_filter(st, "aac_adtstoasc", NULL);
     } else if (st->codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_VP9) {
         ret = ff_stream_add_bitstream_filter(st, "vp9_superframe", NULL);
+    } else if (CONFIG_MATROSKA_MUXER &&
+               st->codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_HDMV_PGS_SUBTITLE) {
+        ret = ff_stream_add_bitstream_filter(st, "pgs_frame_merge", NULL);
     }
 
     return ret;