diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index dd85fbfd63..bd873638ca 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -2654,6 +2654,10 @@ Screenshot
 ``--screenshot-jpeg-quality=<0-100>``
     Set the JPEG quality level. Higher means better quality. The default is 90.
 
+``--screenshot-jpeg-source-chroma=<yes|no>``
+    Write JPEG files with the same chroma subsampling as the video
+    (default: yes). If disabled, the libjpeg default is used.
+
 ``--screenshot-png-compression=<0-9>``
     Set the PNG compression level. Higher means better compression. This will
     affect the file size of the written screenshot file and the time it takes
diff --git a/video/image_writer.c b/video/image_writer.c
index bcb71f4863..935d4bd962 100644
--- a/video/image_writer.c
+++ b/video/image_writer.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const struct image_writer_opts image_writer_opts_defaults = {
     .jpeg_optimize = 100,
     .jpeg_smooth = 0,
     .jpeg_baseline = 1,
+    .jpeg_source_chroma = 1,
     .tag_csp = 1,
 };
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options image_writer_conf = {
         OPT_INTRANGE("jpeg-optimize", jpeg_optimize, 0, 0, 100),
         OPT_INTRANGE("jpeg-smooth", jpeg_smooth, 0, 0, 100),
         OPT_FLAG("jpeg-baseline", jpeg_baseline, 0),
+        OPT_FLAG("jpeg-source-chroma", jpeg_source_chroma, 0),
         OPT_INTRANGE("png-compression", png_compression, 0, 0, 9),
         OPT_INTRANGE("png-filter", png_filter, 0, 0, 5),
         OPT_STRING("format", format, 0),
@@ -193,8 +195,10 @@ static bool write_jpeg(struct image_writer_ctx *ctx, mp_image_t *image, FILE *fp
     cinfo.optimize_coding = ctx->opts->jpeg_optimize;
     cinfo.smoothing_factor = ctx->opts->jpeg_smooth;
 
-    cinfo.comp_info[0].h_samp_factor = 1 << ctx->original_format.chroma_xs;
-    cinfo.comp_info[0].v_samp_factor = 1 << ctx->original_format.chroma_ys;
+    if (ctx->opts->jpeg_source_chroma) {
+        cinfo.comp_info[0].h_samp_factor = 1 << ctx->original_format.chroma_xs;
+        cinfo.comp_info[0].v_samp_factor = 1 << ctx->original_format.chroma_ys;
+    }
 
     jpeg_start_compress(&cinfo, TRUE);
 
diff --git a/video/image_writer.h b/video/image_writer.h
index b27db3981a..5e41d79abb 100644
--- a/video/image_writer.h
+++ b/video/image_writer.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct image_writer_opts {
     int jpeg_dpi;
     int jpeg_progressive;
     int jpeg_baseline;
+    int jpeg_source_chroma;
     int tag_csp;
 };