2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index c595964121..fd02fc26df 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
                ({"no", 0},
                 {"yes", 1},
                 {"always", 2})),
+    OPT_FLAG("keep-open-pause", keep_open_pause, 0),
     OPT_DOUBLE("image-display-duration", image_display_duration,
                M_OPT_RANGE, 0, INFINITY),
 
@@ -911,6 +912,7 @@ const struct MPOpts mp_default_opts = {
     .play_frames = -1,
     .rebase_start_time = 1,
     .keep_open = 0,
+    .keep_open_pause = 1,
     .image_display_duration = 1.0,
     .stream_id = { { [STREAM_AUDIO] = -1,
                      [STREAM_VIDEO] = -1,
diff --git a/options/options.h b/options/options.h
index b576dfc369..82f0c15aec 100644
--- a/options/options.h
+++ b/options/options.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
     char *watch_later_directory;
     int pause;
     int keep_open;
+    int keep_open_pause;
     double image_display_duration;
     char *lavfi_complex;
     int stream_id[2][STREAM_TYPE_COUNT];