diff --git a/DOCS/man/osc.rst b/DOCS/man/osc.rst
index 9ed338a965..731485a662 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/osc.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/osc.rst
@@ -424,6 +424,13 @@ Configurable Options
     Whether to display the chapters/playlist at the OSD when left-clicking the
     next/previous OSC buttons, respectively.
 
+``playlist_media_title``
+    Default: yes
+
+    Whether to display playlist entries in media titles. If set to ``no``, file
+    names are used instead. Note that media title of a file is only available
+    once it has been loaded.
+
 ``chapter_fmt``
     Default: ``Chapter: %s``
 
diff --git a/player/lua/osc.lua b/player/lua/osc.lua
index 3ba1890a92..467f58bea6 100644
--- a/player/lua/osc.lua
+++ b/player/lua/osc.lua
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ local user_opts = {
     livemarkers = true,         -- update seekbar chapter markers on duration change
     chapters_osd = true,        -- whether to show chapters OSD on next/prev
     playlist_osd = true,        -- whether to show playlist OSD on next/prev
+    playlist_media_title = true, -- whether to use media titles as playlist entry names
     chapter_fmt = "Chapter: %s", -- chapter print format for seekbar-hover. "no" to disable
     unicodeminus = false,       -- whether to use the Unicode minus sign character
 }
@@ -913,7 +914,7 @@ function get_playlist()
     for i, v in ipairs(limlist) do
         local title = v.title
         local _, filename = utils.split_path(v.filename)
-        if title == nil then
+        if not user_opts.playlist_media_title or title == nil then
             title = filename
         end
         message = string.format('%s %s %s\n', message,