diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 85ab159f83..f895fe2ecc 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -4062,6 +4062,10 @@ OSD
 
     See `Property Expansion`_.
 
+``--osd-playing-msg-duration=<time>``
+    Set the duration of ``osd-playing-msg`` in ms. If this is unset,
+    ``osd-playing-msg`` stays on screen for the duration of ``osd-duration``.
+
 ``--osd-bar-align-x=<-1-1>``
     Position of the OSD bar. -1 is far left, 0 is centered, 1 is far right.
     Fractional values (like 0.5) are allowed.
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index 64d7f9146e..a8463e29c0 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ static const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
 
     {"term-playing-msg", OPT_STRING(playing_msg)},
     {"osd-playing-msg", OPT_STRING(osd_playing_msg)},
+    {"osd-playing-msg-duration", OPT_INT(osd_playing_msg_duration),
+        M_RANGE(0, 3600000)},
     {"term-status-msg", OPT_STRING(status_msg), .flags = UPDATE_OSD},
     {"osd-status-msg", OPT_STRING(osd_status_msg), .flags = UPDATE_OSD},
     {"osd-msg1", OPT_STRING(osd_msg[0]), .flags = UPDATE_OSD},
diff --git a/options/options.h b/options/options.h
index 53e8de7852..fd04ebdfa0 100644
--- a/options/options.h
+++ b/options/options.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
     char *term_title;
     char *playing_msg;
     char *osd_playing_msg;
+    int osd_playing_msg_duration;
     char *status_msg;
     char *osd_status_msg;
     char *osd_msg[3];
diff --git a/player/playloop.c b/player/playloop.c
index 093c135878..c0db53f294 100644
--- a/player/playloop.c
+++ b/player/playloop.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,9 @@ static void handle_playback_restart(struct MPContext *mpctx)
             if (opts->osd_playing_msg && opts->osd_playing_msg[0]) {
                 char *msg =
                     mp_property_expand_escaped_string(mpctx, opts->osd_playing_msg);
-                set_osd_msg(mpctx, 1, opts->osd_duration, "%s", msg);
+                set_osd_msg(mpctx, 1, opts->osd_playing_msg_duration ?
+                            opts->osd_playing_msg_duration : opts->osd_duration,
+                            "%s", msg);
                 talloc_free(msg);
             }
         }