diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp b/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
index fdfc2e1e..954d475c 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ QHash<QString, HandlerResponse(*)(WSRequestHandler*)> WSRequestHandler::messageM
 	{ "SetStreamSettings", WSRequestHandler::HandleSetStreamSettings },
 	{ "GetStreamSettings", WSRequestHandler::HandleGetStreamSettings },
 	{ "SaveStreamSettings", WSRequestHandler::HandleSaveStreamSettings },
+	{ "SendCaptions", WSRequestHandler::HandleSendCaptions },
 
 	{ "GetStudioModeStatus", WSRequestHandler::HandleGetStudioModeStatus },
 	{ "GetPreviewScene", WSRequestHandler::HandleGetPreviewScene },
diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler.h b/src/WSRequestHandler.h
index 9d87366d..8099677e 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler.h
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class WSRequestHandler : public QObject {
 		static HandlerResponse HandleSetStreamSettings(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static HandlerResponse HandleGetStreamSettings(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static HandlerResponse HandleSaveStreamSettings(WSRequestHandler* req);
+		static HandlerResponse HandleSendCaptions(WSRequestHandler * req);
 
 		static HandlerResponse HandleSetTransitionDuration(WSRequestHandler* req);
 		static HandlerResponse HandleGetTransitionDuration(WSRequestHandler* req);
diff --git a/src/WSRequestHandler_Streaming.cpp b/src/WSRequestHandler_Streaming.cpp
index 3a5e29f8..f6ddb01a 100644
--- a/src/WSRequestHandler_Streaming.cpp
+++ b/src/WSRequestHandler_Streaming.cpp
@@ -287,3 +287,26 @@ HandlerResponse WSRequestHandler::HandleSaveStreamSettings(WSRequestHandler* req
 	obs_frontend_save_streaming_service();
 	return req->SendOKResponse();
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Send the provided text as embedded CEA-608 caption data
+ * 
+ * @api requests
+ * @name SendCaptions
+ * @category streaming
+ */
+HandlerResponse WSRequestHandler::HandleSendCaptions(WSRequestHandler* req) {
+	if (!req->hasField("text")) {
+		return req->SendErrorResponse("missing request parameters");
+	}
+
+	OBSOutputAutoRelease output = obs_frontend_get_streaming_output();
+	if (output) {
+		const char* caption = obs_data_get_string(req->data, "text");
+		obs_output_output_caption_text1(output, caption);
+	}
+
+	return req->SendOKResponse();
+}
+