diff --git a/bazarr/app/config.py b/bazarr/app/config.py
index 73eb6fd60..a5b1ff7e2 100644
--- a/bazarr/app/config.py
+++ b/bazarr/app/config.py
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ validators = [
     Validator('whisperai.endpoint', must_exist=True, default='http://127.0.0.1:9000', is_type_of=str),
     Validator('whisperai.response', must_exist=True, default=5, is_type_of=int, gte=1),
     Validator('whisperai.timeout', must_exist=True, default=3600, is_type_of=int, gte=1),
+    Validator('whisperai.pass_video_name', must_exist=True, default=False, is_type_of=bool),
     Validator('whisperai.loglevel', must_exist=True, default='INFO', is_type_of=str,
               is_in=['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']),
 
diff --git a/bazarr/app/get_providers.py b/bazarr/app/get_providers.py
index 2fc9164f4..a649db423 100644
--- a/bazarr/app/get_providers.py
+++ b/bazarr/app/get_providers.py
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ def get_providers_auth():
             'timeout': settings.whisperai.timeout,
             'ffmpeg_path': _FFMPEG_BINARY,
             'loglevel': settings.whisperai.loglevel,
+            'pass_video_name': settings.whisperai.pass_video_name,
         },
         "animetosho": {
             'search_threshold': settings.animetosho.search_threshold,
diff --git a/custom_libs/subliminal_patch/providers/whisperai.py b/custom_libs/subliminal_patch/providers/whisperai.py
index 73d259e84..c8535bd4f 100644
--- a/custom_libs/subliminal_patch/providers/whisperai.py
+++ b/custom_libs/subliminal_patch/providers/whisperai.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class WhisperAIProvider(Provider):
 
     video_types = (Episode, Movie)
 
-    def __init__(self, endpoint=None, response=None, timeout=None, ffmpeg_path=None, loglevel=None):
+    def __init__(self, endpoint=None, response=None, timeout=None, ffmpeg_path=None, pass_video_name=None, loglevel=None):
         set_log_level(loglevel)
         if not endpoint:
             raise ConfigurationError('Whisper Web Service Endpoint must be provided')
@@ -246,12 +246,16 @@ class WhisperAIProvider(Provider):
 
         if not ffmpeg_path:
             raise ConfigurationError("ffmpeg path must be provided")
+        
+        if pass_video_name is None:
+            raise ConfigurationError('Whisper Web Service Pass Video Name option must be provided')
 
         self.endpoint = endpoint.rstrip("/")
         self.response = int(response)
         self.timeout = int(timeout)
         self.session = None
         self.ffmpeg_path = ffmpeg_path
+        self.pass_video_name = pass_video_name
 
     def initialize(self):
         self.session = Session()
@@ -369,9 +373,11 @@ class WhisperAIProvider(Provider):
         
         logger.info(f'Starting WhisperAI {subtitle.task} to {language_from_alpha3(output_language)} for {subtitle.video.original_path}')
         startTime = time.time()
+        video_name = subtitle.video.original_path if self.pass_video_name else None
 
         r = self.session.post(f"{self.endpoint}/asr",
-                              params={'task': subtitle.task, 'language': input_language, 'output': 'srt', 'encode': 'false'},
+                              params={'task': subtitle.task, 'language': input_language, 'output': 'srt', 'encode': 'false',
+                                      'video_file': {video_name}},
                               files={'audio_file': out},
                               timeout=(self.response, self.timeout))
                               
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts b/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
index 3c300c735..ee345f18a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
@@ -561,6 +561,12 @@ export const ProviderList: Readonly<ProviderInfo[]> = [
         name: "Logging level",
         options: logLevelOptions,
       },
+      {
+        type: "switch",
+        key: "pass_video_name",
+        name: "Pass video filename to Whisper (for logging)",
+        defaultValue: false,
+      },
       {
         type: "testbutton",
         key: "whisperai",