diff --git a/src/libresrc/default_config.json b/src/libresrc/default_config.json
index 9d1d4e5e9..d0ef192d0 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/default_config.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/default_config.json
@@ -406,6 +406,9 @@
 			},
 			"Translate Alignments" : true
 		},
+		"MicroDVD": {
+			"Default Style Catalog": "Default",
+		},
 		"SRT": {
 			"Default Style Catalog": "Default",
 		},
diff --git a/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json b/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
index fd02f63c5..458cf0d2c 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/osx/default_config.json
@@ -406,6 +406,9 @@
 			},
 			"Translate Alignments" : true
 		},
+		"MicroDVD": {
+			"Default Style Catalog": "Default",
+		},
 		"SRT": {
 			"Default Style Catalog": "Default",
 		},
diff --git a/src/preferences.cpp b/src/preferences.cpp
index 3aa1a291e..8e93cac05 100644
--- a/src/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ General_DefaultStyles::General_DefaultStyles(wxTreebook *book, Preferences *pare
 	// Include all catalog files that exist
 	[&](std::vector<std::string> const& l){ catalogs_set.insert(l.begin(), l.end()); } (AssStyleStorage::GetCatalogs());
 	// Include all catalogs named in the existing configuration
-	static const char *formats[] = { "ASS", "SRT", "TTXT", "TXT" };
+	static const char *formats[] = { "ASS", "MicroDVD", "SRT", "TTXT", "TXT" };
 	for (auto formatname : formats)
 		catalogs_set.insert(OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/" + std::string(formatname) + "/Default Style Catalog")->GetString());
 	// Sorted version
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ General_DefaultStyles::General_DefaultStyles(wxTreebook *book, Preferences *pare
 	catalogs.Sort();
 
 	OptionChoice(general, _("New files"), catalogs, "Subtitle Format/ASS/Default Style Catalog");
-	//CellSkip(general);
+	OptionChoice(general, _("MicroDVD import"), catalogs, "Subtitle Format/MicroDVD/Default Style Catalog");
 	OptionChoice(general, _("SRT import"), catalogs, "Subtitle Format/SRT/Default Style Catalog");
 	OptionChoice(general, _("TTXT import"), catalogs, "Subtitle Format/TTXT/Default Style Catalog");
 	OptionChoice(general, _("Plain text import"), catalogs, "Subtitle Format/TXT/Default Style Catalog");
diff --git a/src/subtitle_format_microdvd.cpp b/src/subtitle_format_microdvd.cpp
index 04406f4c7..4e5bcd291 100644
--- a/src/subtitle_format_microdvd.cpp
+++ b/src/subtitle_format_microdvd.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "ass_dialogue.h"
 #include "ass_file.h"
 #include "ass_time.h"
+#include "options.h"
 #include "text_file_reader.h"
 #include "text_file_writer.h"
 #include "video_context.h"
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ bool MicroDVDSubtitleFormat::CanReadFile(agi::fs::path const& filename, std::str
 void MicroDVDSubtitleFormat::ReadFile(AssFile *target, agi::fs::path const& filename, agi::vfr::Framerate const& vfps, std::string const& encoding) const {
 	TextFileReader file(filename, encoding);
 
-	target->LoadDefault(false);
+	target->LoadDefault(false, OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/MicroDVD/Default Style Catalog")->GetString());
 
 	agi::vfr::Framerate fps;