diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 387eb191a342..64f8c9c31512 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -16055,6 +16055,13 @@
     name = "Bernardo Meurer";
     keys = [ { fingerprint = "F193 7596 57D5 6DA4 CCD4  786B F4C0 D53B 8D14 C246"; } ];
   };
+  lovistovis = {
+    email = "love.lysell.berglund@gmail.com";
+    github = "lovistovis";
+    githubId = 64896699;
+    name = "Love Lysell Berglund";
+    keys = [ { fingerprint = "7958 2B47 1D85 3CC9 A3FB  30D5 7B54 D564 D46D 9880"; } ];
+  };
   lowfatcomputing = {
     email = "andreas.wagner@lowfatcomputing.org";
     github = "lowfatcomputing";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/scripts/mpv-sub-select.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/scripts/mpv-sub-select.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b7570e52c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpv/scripts/mpv-sub-select.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildLua,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+buildLua (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "mpv-sub-select";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-04-04";
+
+  scriptPath = "sub-select.lua";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "CogentRedTester";
+    repo = "mpv-sub-select";
+    rev = "26d24a0fd1d69988eaedda6056a2c87d0a55b6cb";
+    hash = "sha256-+eVga4b7KIBnfrtmlgq/0HNjQVS3SK6YWVXCPvOeOOc=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # changes default sub-select.json search location
+    substituteInPlace sub-select.lua \
+      --replace-fail '~~/script-opts' '${placeholder "out"}/share/mpv/script-opts'
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir '${placeholder "out"}/share/mpv/script-opts'
+    cp sub-select.json '${placeholder "out"}/share/mpv/script-opts'
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An advanced conditional subtitle track selector for mpv player";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/CogentRedTester/mpv-sub-select";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ lovistovis ];
+  };
+})