diff --git a/demux/cue.c b/demux/cue.c
index 7f2ded28c8..d72e84249b 100644
--- a/demux/cue.c
+++ b/demux/cue.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "misc/bstr.h"
 #include "common/common.h"
+#include "common/tags.h"
 
 #include "cue.h"
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ enum cue_command {
     CUE_TRACK,
     CUE_INDEX,
     CUE_TITLE,
+    CUE_PERFORMER,
 };
 
 static const struct {
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ static const struct {
     { CUE_UNUSED, "CDTEXTFILE" },
     { CUE_UNUSED, "FLAGS" },
     { CUE_UNUSED, "ISRC" },
-    { CUE_UNUSED, "PERFORMER" },
+    { CUE_PERFORMER, "PERFORMER" },
     { CUE_UNUSED, "POSTGAP" },
     { CUE_UNUSED, "PREGAP" },
     { CUE_UNUSED, "REM" },
@@ -160,17 +162,19 @@ bool mp_probe_cue(struct bstr data)
 struct cue_file *mp_parse_cue(struct bstr data)
 {
     struct cue_file *f = talloc_zero(NULL, struct cue_file);
+    f->tags = talloc_zero(f, struct mp_tags);
 
     data = skip_utf8_bom(data);
 
     char *filename = NULL;
     // Global metadata, and copied into new tracks.
     struct cue_track proto_track = {0};
-    struct cue_track *cur_track = &proto_track;
+    struct cue_track *cur_track = NULL;
 
     while (data.len) {
         struct bstr param;
-        switch (read_cmd(&data, &param)) {
+        int cmd = read_cmd(&data, &param);
+        switch (cmd) {
         case CUE_ERROR:
             talloc_free(f);
             return NULL;
@@ -179,19 +183,29 @@ struct cue_file *mp_parse_cue(struct bstr data)
             f->num_tracks += 1;
             cur_track = &f->tracks[f->num_tracks - 1];
             *cur_track = proto_track;
+            cur_track->tags = talloc_zero(f, struct mp_tags);
             break;
         }
         case CUE_TITLE:
-            cur_track->title = read_quoted(f, &param);
+        case CUE_PERFORMER: {
+            static const char *metanames[] = {
+                [CUE_TITLE] = "title",
+                [CUE_PERFORMER] = "performer",
+            };
+            struct mp_tags *tags = cur_track ? cur_track->tags : f->tags;
+            mp_tags_set_bstr(tags, bstr0(metanames[cmd]), param);
             break;
+        }
         case CUE_INDEX: {
             int type = read_int_2(&param);
             double time = read_time(&param);
-            if (type == 1) {
-                cur_track->start = time;
-                cur_track->filename = filename;
-            } else if (type == 0) {
-                cur_track->pregap_start = time;
+            if (cur_track) {
+                if (type == 1) {
+                    cur_track->start = time;
+                    cur_track->filename = filename;
+                } else if (type == 0) {
+                    cur_track->pregap_start = time;
+                }
             }
             break;
         }
diff --git a/demux/cue.h b/demux/cue.h
index 5645dd01ab..cf4b4c1a08 100644
--- a/demux/cue.h
+++ b/demux/cue.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 struct cue_file {
     struct cue_track *tracks;
     int num_tracks;
+    struct mp_tags *tags;
 };
 
 struct cue_track {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ struct cue_track {
     double start;               // corresponds to INDEX 01
     char *filename;
     int source;
-    char *title;
+    struct mp_tags *tags;
 };
 
 bool mp_probe_cue(struct bstr data);
diff --git a/demux/demux.c b/demux/demux.c
index d0e44ab363..5028afa15e 100644
--- a/demux/demux.c
+++ b/demux/demux.c
@@ -924,7 +924,8 @@ static void demux_init_cuesheet(struct demuxer *demuxer)
         if (f) {
             for (int n = 0; n < f->num_tracks; n++) {
                 struct cue_track *t = &f->tracks[n];
-                demuxer_add_chapter(demuxer, t->title, t->start, -1);
+                int idx = demuxer_add_chapter(demuxer, "", t->start, -1);
+                mp_tags_merge(demuxer->chapters[idx].metadata, t->tags);
             }
         }
         talloc_free(f);
diff --git a/demux/demux_cue.c b/demux/demux_cue.c
index ed3d3d83f3..43420573ec 100644
--- a/demux/demux_cue.c
+++ b/demux/demux_cue.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define PROBE_SIZE 512
 
 struct priv {
-    bstr data;
+    struct cue_file *f;
 };
 
 static void add_source(struct timeline *tl, struct demuxer *d)
@@ -150,15 +150,8 @@ static void build_timeline(struct timeline *tl)
 
     add_source(tl, tl->demuxer);
 
-    struct cue_file *f = mp_parse_cue(p->data);
-    if (!f) {
-        MP_ERR(tl, "CUE: error parsing input file!\n");
-        goto out;
-    }
-    talloc_steal(ctx, f);
-
-    struct cue_track *tracks = f->tracks;
-    size_t track_count = f->num_tracks;
+    struct cue_track *tracks = p->f->tracks;
+    size_t track_count = p->f->num_tracks;
 
     if (track_count == 0) {
         MP_ERR(tl, "CUE: no tracks found!\n");
@@ -224,10 +217,8 @@ static void build_timeline(struct timeline *tl)
         };
         chapters[i] = (struct demux_chapter) {
             .pts = timeline[i].start,
-            .metadata = talloc_zero(tl, struct mp_tags),
+            .metadata = mp_tags_dup(tl, tracks[i].tags),
         };
-        // might want to include other metadata here
-        mp_tags_set_str(chapters[i].metadata, "title", tracks[i].title);
         starttime += duration;
     }
 
@@ -261,9 +252,18 @@ static int try_open_file(struct demuxer *demuxer, enum demux_check check)
     struct priv *p = talloc_zero(demuxer, struct priv);
     demuxer->priv = p;
     demuxer->fully_read = true;
-    p->data = stream_read_complete(s, demuxer, 1000000);
-    if (p->data.start == NULL)
+
+    bstr data = stream_read_complete(s, p, 1000000);
+    if (data.start == NULL)
         return -1;
+    p->f = mp_parse_cue(data);
+    talloc_steal(p, p->f);
+    if (!p->f) {
+        MP_ERR(demuxer, "error parsing input file!\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    mp_tags_merge(demuxer->metadata, p->f->tags);
     return 0;
 }