diff --git a/debian/conf/jellyfin b/debian/conf/jellyfin
index 9ebaf2bd88..ab8d5d1d4d 100644
--- a/debian/conf/jellyfin
+++ b/debian/conf/jellyfin
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT="--ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg"
 # [OPTIONAL] run Jellyfin without the web app
 #JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT="--nowebclient"
 
+# Space to add additional command line options to jellyfin (for help see ~$ jellyfin --help)
+JELLYFIN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS=""
+
 # [OPTIONAL] run Jellyfin with ASP.NET Server Garbage Collection (uses more RAM and less CPU than Workstation GC)
 # 0 = Workstation
 # 1 = Server
@@ -45,4 +48,4 @@ JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT="--ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg"
 # Application username
 JELLYFIN_USER="jellyfin"
 # Full application command
-JELLYFIN_ARGS="$JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT $JELLYFIN_RESTART_OPT $JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT $JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT $JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT"
+JELLYFIN_ARGS="$JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT $JELLYFIN_RESTART_OPT $JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT $JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT $JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT $JELLFIN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS"
diff --git a/debian/jellyfin.service b/debian/jellyfin.service
index c9d1a4d130..b79cd47c72 100644
--- a/debian/jellyfin.service
+++ b/debian/jellyfin.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After = network-online.target
 Type = simple
 EnvironmentFile = /etc/default/jellyfin
 User = jellyfin
-ExecStart = /usr/bin/jellyfin ${JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_RESTART_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT}
+ExecStart = /usr/bin/jellyfin ${JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_RESTART_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT} ${JELLYFIN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS}
 Restart = on-failure
 TimeoutSec = 15