diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
index 3ceec038..9932d35c 100644
--- a/api/README.md
+++ b/api/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if the desired service isn't supported yet, feel free to create an appropriate i
 | tumblr            | ✅            | ✅         | ✅         | ❌              | ➖         | ➖              |
 | twitch clips      | ✅            | ✅         | ✅         | ❌              | ✅         | ✅              |
 | twitter/x         | ✅            | ✅         | ✅         | ❌              | ➖         | ➖              |
-| vimeo             | ✅            | ✅         | ✅         | ❌              | ✅         | ✅              |
+| vimeo             | ✅            | ✅         | ✅         | ✅              | ✅         | ✅              |
 | vk videos & clips | ✅            | ❌         | ✅         | ✅              | ✅         | ✅              |
 | youtube           | ✅            | ✅         | ✅         | ✅              | ✅         | ✅              |
 
diff --git a/api/src/processing/match.js b/api/src/processing/match.js
index 71294165..c2fe2135 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/match.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/match.js
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ export default async function({ host, patternMatch, params, authType }) {
                     quality: params.videoQuality,
                     isAudioOnly,
                     subtitleLang,
+                    isCaptionOnly,
+                    captionLanguage: params.captionLanguage || subtitleLang,
+                    captionFormat: params.captionFormat,
                 });
                 break;
 
diff --git a/api/src/processing/service-config.js b/api/src/processing/service-config.js
index d386d7a9..632b7a5f 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/service-config.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/service-config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import UrlPattern from "url-pattern";
 
 export const audioIgnore = new Set(["vk", "ok", "loom"]);
-export const captionOnlyServices = new Set(["loom", "rutube", "vk", "youtube"]);
+export const captionOnlyServices = new Set(["loom", "rutube", "vimeo", "vk", "youtube"]);
 export const hlsExceptions = new Set(["dailymotion", "vimeo", "rutube", "bsky", "youtube"]);
 
 export const services = {
diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/vimeo.js b/api/src/processing/services/vimeo.js
index c12269bc..a3b54495 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/vimeo.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/vimeo.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import HLS from "hls-parser";
 import { env } from "../../config.js";
 import { merge } from '../../misc/utils.js';
 import { getCookie } from "../cookie/manager.js";
+import {
+    createCaptionResponse,
+    matchesCaptionLanguage,
+} from "../helpers/captions.js";
 
 const resolutionMatch = {
     "3840": 2160,
@@ -76,6 +80,15 @@ const compareQuality = (rendition, requestedQuality) => {
     return Math.abs(quality - requestedQuality);
 }
 
+const getPlayerConfig = (id, password) => {
+    const url = new URL(`https://player.vimeo.com/video/${id}/config`);
+    if (password) url.searchParams.set("h", password);
+
+    return fetch(url)
+        .then(r => r.json())
+        .catch(() => {});
+}
+
 const getDirectLink = async (data, quality, subtitleLang) => {
     if (!data.files) return;
 
@@ -102,7 +115,9 @@ const getDirectLink = async (data, quality, subtitleLang) => {
             subtitles = config.request.text_tracks.find(
                 t => t.lang.startsWith(subtitleLang)
             );
-            subtitles = new URL(subtitles.url, "https://player.vimeo.com/").toString();
+            if (subtitles) {
+                subtitles = new URL(subtitles.url, "https://player.vimeo.com/").toString();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -183,6 +198,26 @@ const getHLS = async (configURL, obj) => {
 }
 
 export default async function(obj) {
+    if (obj.isCaptionOnly) {
+        const config = await getPlayerConfig(obj.id, obj.password);
+        const track = config?.request?.text_tracks?.find(track =>
+            track.url
+            && matchesCaptionLanguage(track.lang, obj.captionLanguage)
+        );
+        if (!track) return { error: "fetch.empty" };
+
+        return createCaptionResponse({
+            url: new URL(track.url, "https://player.vimeo.com/").toString(),
+            format: obj.captionFormat,
+            language: track.lang,
+            service: "vimeo",
+            id: obj.id,
+            title: config.video?.title,
+            author: config.video?.owner?.name,
+            source: `https://vimeo.com/${obj.id}`,
+        });
+    }
+
     let quality = obj.quality === "max" ? 9000 : Number(obj.quality);
     if (quality < 240) quality = 240;
     if (!quality || obj.isAudioOnly) quality = 9000;
diff --git a/api/src/util/tests/vimeo.json b/api/src/util/tests/vimeo.json
index e28af888..3668af3b 100644
--- a/api/src/util/tests/vimeo.json
+++ b/api/src/util/tests/vimeo.json
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@
             "status": "redirect"
         }
     },
+    {
+        "name": "standalone English transcript",
+        "url": "https://vimeo.com/76979871",
+        "params": {
+            "downloadMode": "captions",
+            "captionFormat": "txt",
+            "captionLanguage": "en"
+        },
+        "expected": {
+            "code": 200,
+            "status": "tunnel"
+        }
+    },
     {
         "name": "1080p dash parcel",
         "url": "https://vimeo.com/967252742",
@@ -63,4 +76,4 @@
             "status": "redirect"
         }
     }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]