diff --git a/bazarr/config.py b/bazarr/config.py
index 843e92823..c037b1e74 100644
--- a/bazarr/config.py
+++ b/bazarr/config.py
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ defaults = {
     'embeddedsubtitles': {
         'include_ass': 'True',
         'include_srt': 'True',
-        'hi_fallback': 'False'
+        'hi_fallback': 'False',
+        'mergerfs_mode': 'False'
     },
     'subsync': {
         'use_subsync': 'False',
diff --git a/bazarr/get_providers.py b/bazarr/get_providers.py
index ad909cf4f..354c610f9 100644
--- a/bazarr/get_providers.py
+++ b/bazarr/get_providers.py
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ def get_providers_auth():
             'include_ass': settings.embeddedsubtitles.getboolean('include_ass'),
             'include_srt': settings.embeddedsubtitles.getboolean('include_srt'),
             'hi_fallback': settings.embeddedsubtitles.getboolean('hi_fallback'),
+            'mergerfs_mode': settings.embeddedsubtitles.getboolean('mergerfs_mode'),
             'cache_dir': os.path.join(args.config_dir, "cache"),
             'ffprobe_path': _FFPROBE_BINARY,
             'ffmpeg_path': _FFMPEG_BINARY,
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts b/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
index aac5ce6bb..163ae0ff8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export const ProviderList: Readonly<ProviderInfo[]> = [
       include_srt: true,
       include_ass: true,
       hi_fallback: false,
+      mergerfs_mode: false,
     },
     message:
       "Warning for cloud users: this provider needs to read the entire file in order to extract subtitles.",
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ export const ProviderList: Readonly<ProviderInfo[]> = [
       include_ass: "Include ASS (will be converted to SRT)",
       hi_fallback:
         "Use HI subtitles as a fallback (don't enable it if you have a HI language profile)",
+      mergerfs_mode:
+        "[EXPERIMENTAL] Ignore cloud video files from rclone/mergerfs",
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/embeddedsubtitles.py b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/embeddedsubtitles.py
index 497a76ecd..3785eab16 100644
--- a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/embeddedsubtitles.py
+++ b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/embeddedsubtitles.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class EmbeddedSubtitlesProvider(Provider):
         ffprobe_path=None,
         ffmpeg_path=None,
         hi_fallback=False,
+        mergerfs_mode=False,
     ):
         self._include_ass = include_ass
         self._include_srt = include_srt
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ class EmbeddedSubtitlesProvider(Provider):
         )
         self._hi_fallback = hi_fallback
         self._cached_paths = {}
+        self._mergerfs_mode = mergerfs_mode
 
         fese.FFPROBE_PATH = ffprobe_path or fese.FFPROBE_PATH
         fese.FFMPEG_PATH = ffmpeg_path or fese.FFMPEG_PATH
@@ -163,8 +165,8 @@ class EmbeddedSubtitlesProvider(Provider):
         ]
 
     def list_subtitles(self, video, languages):
-        if not os.path.isfile(video.original_path):
-            logger.debug("Ignoring inexistent file: %s", video.original_path)
+        if not self._is_path_valid(video.original_path):
+            logger.debug("Ignoring video: %s", video)
             return []
 
         return self.query(
@@ -207,6 +209,21 @@ class EmbeddedSubtitlesProvider(Provider):
 
         return new_subtitle_path
 
+    def _is_path_valid(self, path):
+        if path in self._blacklist:
+            logger.debug("Blacklisted path: %s", path)
+            return False
+
+        if not os.path.isfile(path):
+            logger.debug("Inexistent file: %s", path)
+            return False
+
+        if self._mergerfs_mode and _is_fuse_rclone_mount(path):
+            logger.debug("Potential cloud file: %s", path)
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
 
 class _MemoizedFFprobeVideoContainer(FFprobeVideoContainer):
     @functools.lru_cache
@@ -240,3 +257,17 @@ def _check_hi_fallback(streams, languages):
 
         else:
             logger.debug("HI fallback not needed: %s", compatible_streams)
+
+
+def _is_fuse_rclone_mount(path: str):
+    # Experimental!
+
+    # This function only makes sense if you are combining a rclone mount with a local mount
+    # with mergerfs or similar tools. Don't use it otherwise.
+
+    # It tries to guess whether a file is a cloud mount by the length
+    # of the inode number. See the following links for reference.
+
+    # https://forum.rclone.org/t/fuse-inode-number-aufs/215/5
+    # https://pkg.go.dev/bazil.org/fuse/fs?utm_source=godoc#GenerateDynamicInode
+    return len(str(os.stat(path).st_ino)) > 18