diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index ec8f82349d..7cc66dcb8d 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -2890,6 +2890,17 @@ OSD
 
     Default: 0.
 
+``--video-osd=<yes|no>``
+    Enabled OSD rendering on the video window (default: yes). This can be used
+    in situations where terminal OSD is preferred. If you just want to disable
+    all OSD rendering, use ``--osd-level=0``.
+
+    It does not affect subtitles or overlays created by scripts (in particular,
+    the OSC needs to be disabled with ``--no-osc``).
+
+    This option is somewhat experimental and could be replaced by another
+    mechanism in the future.
+
 Screenshot
 ----------
 
@@ -3136,11 +3147,15 @@ Terminal
         Only show warnings or worse, and let the ao_alsa output show errors
         only.
 
-``--term-osd, --no-term-osd``, ``--term-osd=force``
-    Display OSD messages on the console when no video output is available.
-    Enabled by default.
+``--term-osd=<auto|no|force>``
+    Control whether OSD messages are shown on the console when no video output
+    is available (default: auto).
 
-    ``force`` enables terminal OSD even if a video window is created.
+    :auto:      use terminal OSD if no video output active
+    :no:        disable terminal OSD
+    :force:     use terminal OSD even if video output active
+
+    The ``auto`` mode also enables terminal OSD if ``--video-osd=no`` was set.
 
 ``--term-osd-bar``, ``--no-term-osd-bar``
     Enable printing a progress bar under the status line on the terminal.
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index 0ef89650a3..129f0cc53c 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
     OPT_STRING("osd-msg2", osd_msg[1], 0),
     OPT_STRING("osd-msg3", osd_msg[2], 0),
 
+    OPT_FLAG("video-osd", video_osd, 0),
+
     OPT_CHOICE("idle", player_idle_mode, 0,
                ({"no",   0},
                 {"once", 1},
@@ -739,6 +741,7 @@ const struct MPOpts mp_default_opts = {
     .gamma_contrast = 1000,
     .gamma_saturation = 1000,
     .gamma_hue = 1000,
+    .video_osd = 1,
     .osd_level = 1,
     .osd_duration = 1000,
     .osd_bar_align_y = 0.5,
diff --git a/options/options.h b/options/options.h
index 263caaa8de..187abc2c1a 100644
--- a/options/options.h
+++ b/options/options.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
     int osd_level;
     int osd_duration;
     int osd_fractions;
+    int video_osd;
+
     int untimed;
     char *stream_capture;
     char *stream_dump;
diff --git a/player/osd.c b/player/osd.c
index 48bf22b346..6f26e9361c 100644
--- a/player/osd.c
+++ b/player/osd.c
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ void term_osd_set_subs(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *text)
 
 static void term_osd_set_text_lazy(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *text)
 {
-    if ((mpctx->video_out && mpctx->opts->term_osd != 1) ||
-        !mpctx->opts->term_osd || !text)
+    bool video_osd = mpctx->video_out && mpctx->opts->video_osd;
+    if ((video_osd && mpctx->opts->term_osd != 1) || !text)
         text = ""; // disable
     talloc_free(mpctx->term_osd_text);
     mpctx->term_osd_text = talloc_strdup(mpctx, text);
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ void set_osd_bar(struct MPContext *mpctx, int type,
                  double min, double max, double neutral, double val)
 {
     struct MPOpts *opts = mpctx->opts;
-    if (opts->osd_level < 1 || !opts->osd_bar_visible || !mpctx->video_out)
+    bool video_osd = mpctx->video_out && mpctx->opts->video_osd;
+    if (opts->osd_level < 1 || !opts->osd_bar_visible || !video_osd)
         return;
 
     mpctx->osd_visible = mp_time_sec() + opts->osd_duration / 1000.0;
@@ -460,7 +461,8 @@ static void add_seek_osd_messages(struct MPContext *mpctx)
     }
     if (mpctx->add_osd_seek_info & OSD_SEEK_INFO_TEXT) {
         // Never in term-osd mode
-        if (mpctx->video_out && mpctx->opts->term_osd != 1) {
+        bool video_osd = mpctx->video_out && mpctx->opts->video_osd;
+        if (video_osd && mpctx->opts->term_osd != 1) {
             if (set_osd_msg(mpctx, 1, mpctx->opts->osd_duration, ""))
                 mpctx->osd_show_pos = true;
         }
@@ -564,6 +566,9 @@ void update_osd_msg(struct MPContext *mpctx)
     term_osd_print_status_lazy(mpctx);
     term_osd_update(mpctx);
 
+    if (!opts->video_osd)
+        return;
+
     int osd_level = opts->osd_level;
     if (mpctx->osd_show_pos)
         osd_level = 3;