diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1107b5d..88abbe3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ ENV SUBSONIC_WHITELIST_CODECS ""
 ENV SUBSONIC_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN ""
 ENV SUBSONIC_PLUGIN_BRANCH ""
 ENV SUBSONIC_FORCE_CONNECTOR_VERSION ""
+ENV SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_CODEC ""
+ENV SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_MAX_BITRATE ""
 
 ENV TIDAL_ENABLE ""
 ENV TIDAL_TOKEN_TYPE ""
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7f9864..2c9618c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ SUBSONIC_WHITELIST_CODECS|List of comma-separated whitelist (ideally lossless) c
 SUBSONIC_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN|If set to `YES`, the updated plugin is downloaded from the upstream repo
 SUBSONIC_PLUGIN_BRANCH|If `SUBSONIC_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN`, the branch indicated by this variable will be used. Must be specified if enabling `SUBSONIC_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN`. Suggested branch name is `latest-subsonic`
 SUBSONIC_FORCE_CONNECTOR_VERSION|If set, the specified version of subsonic-connector will be installed over the one included in the image
+SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_CODEC|If set, the value will be used as the transcode codec
+SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_MAX_BITRATE|If set, the value will be used as the transcode max bitrate
 RADIO_PARADISE_ENABLE|Enable the Radio Paradise Plugin, set to `yes` to enable
 RADIO_PARADISE_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN|If set to `YES`, the updated plugin is downloaded from the upstream repo
 RADIO_PARADISE_PLUGIN_BRANCH|If `RADIO_PARADISE_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN` is set to `yes`, the branch indicated by this variable will be used. Must be specified if enabling `RADIO_PARADISE_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN`. Suggested branch name is `latest-radio-paradise`
diff --git a/app/bin/run-upmpdcli.sh b/app/bin/run-upmpdcli.sh
index bfc63e5..1bff381 100644
--- a/app/bin/run-upmpdcli.sh
+++ b/app/bin/run-upmpdcli.sh
@@ -412,6 +412,14 @@ if [ "${SUBSONIC_ENABLE^^}" == "YES" ]; then
         sed -i 's/\#subsonicwhitelistcodecs/subsonicwhitelistcodecs/g' $CONFIG_FILE
         sed -i 's/SUBSONIC_WHITELIST_CODECS/'"$SUBSONIC_WHITELIST_CODECS"'/g' $CONFIG_FILE
     fi
+    if [[ -n "${SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_CODEC}" ]]; then
+        sed -i 's/\#subsonictranscodecodec/subsonictranscodecodec/g' $CONFIG_FILE
+        sed -i 's/SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_CODEC/'"$SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_CODEC"'/g' $CONFIG_FILE
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "${SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_MAX_BITRATE}" ]]; then
+        sed -i 's/\#subsonictranscodemaxbitrate/subsonictranscodemaxbitrate/g' $CONFIG_FILE
+        sed -i 's/SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_MAX_BITRATE/'"$SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_MAX_BITRATE"'/g' $CONFIG_FILE
+    fi
 fi
 
 echo "RADIO_PARADISE_ENABLE=[$RADIO_PARADISE_ENABLE]"
diff --git a/app/conf/upmpdcli.conf b/app/conf/upmpdcli.conf
index 908a6f3..c650ae5 100644
--- a/app/conf/upmpdcli.conf
+++ b/app/conf/upmpdcli.conf
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ upradiostitle = Upmpdcli Radio List
 #subsonicappendyeartoalbum = SUBSONIC_APPEND_YEAR_TO_ALBUM
 #subsonicappendcodecstoalbum = SUBSONIC_APPEND_CODECS_TO_ALBUM
 #subsonicwhitelistcodecs = SUBSONIC_WHITELIST_CODECS
+#subsonictranscodecodec = SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_CODEC
+#subsonictranscodemaxbitrate = SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_MAX_BITRATE
 #tidaluser = tidal
 #tidalautostart = TIDAL_AUTOSTART
 #tidaltokentype = TIDAL_TOKEN_TYPE