diff --git a/addons/resource.language.en_gb/resources/strings.po b/addons/resource.language.en_gb/resources/strings.po
index 80e144370b419..3e522c942dde7 100644
--- a/addons/resource.language.en_gb/resources/strings.po
+++ b/addons/resource.language.en_gb/resources/strings.po
@@ -7317,6 +7317,11 @@ msgctxt "#13438"
 msgid "Allow hardware acceleration with DRM PRIME"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: system/settings/settings.xml
+msgctxt "#13500"
+msgid "Allow hardware deinterlace with DRM PRIME"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: system/settings/settings.xml
 msgctxt "#13439"
 msgid "Allow hardware acceleration - MediaCodec"
@@ -19446,6 +19451,12 @@ msgctxt "#36172"
 msgid "Enable PRIME decoding of video files"
 msgstr ""
 
+#. Description of setting with label #13500 "Allow hardware deinterlace - PRIME"
+#: system/settings/settings.xml
+msgctxt "#36290"
+msgid "Enable PRIME hardware deinterlace of video files"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Description of setting with label #14109 "Short date format"
 #: system/settings/settings.xml
 msgctxt "#36173"
diff --git a/system/settings/linux.xml b/system/settings/linux.xml
index 531974f3f4af9..c2df62c047769 100644
--- a/system/settings/linux.xml
+++ b/system/settings/linux.xml
@@ -180,6 +180,18 @@
           <default>true</default>
           <control type="toggle" />
         </setting>
+        <setting id="videoplayer.primeallowhwdeinterlace" type="boolean" parent="videoplayer.useprimedecoder" label="13500" help="36290">
+          <requirement>HAS_GLES</requirement>
+          <visible>false</visible>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency type="enable">
+              <condition setting="videoplayer.useprimedecoder" operator="is">true</condition>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+          <level>3</level>
+          <default>true</default>
+          <control type="toggle" />
+        </setting>
         <setting id="videoplayer.useprimerenderer" type="integer" label="13462" help="13463">
           <requirement>HAS_GLES</requirement>
           <visible>false</visible>
diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecDRMPRIME.cpp b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecDRMPRIME.cpp
index 8c0d37bf59938..141f08d4fb694 100644
--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecDRMPRIME.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/DVDCodecs/Video/DVDVideoCodecDRMPRIME.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace
 {
 
 constexpr const char* SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_USEPRIMEDECODERFORHW{"videoplayer.useprimedecoderforhw"};
+constexpr const char* SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_ALLOWHWDEINTERLACE{"videoplayer.primeallowhwdeinterlace"};
 
 static void ReleaseBuffer(void* opaque, uint8_t* data)
 {
@@ -149,6 +150,15 @@ void CDVDVideoCodecDRMPRIME::Register()
 
   setting->SetVisible(true);
 
+  setting = settings->GetSetting(SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_ALLOWHWDEINTERLACE);
+  if (!setting)
+  {
+    CLog::Log(LOGERROR, "Failed to load setting for: {}", SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_ALLOWHWDEINTERLACE);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  setting->SetVisible(true);
+
   CDVDFactoryCodec::RegisterHWVideoCodec("drm_prime", CDVDVideoCodecDRMPRIME::Create);
 }
 
@@ -651,7 +661,11 @@ void CDVDVideoCodecDRMPRIME::FilterTest(AVPixelFormat pix_fmt)
   m_deintFilterName.clear();
 
   // look twice, first for DRM_PRIME support, then for actual pixel format
-  for (int i=0; i < 2; i++)
+
+  bool hw = CServiceBroker::GetSettingsComponent()->GetSettings()->GetBool(
+      SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_ALLOWHWDEINTERLACE);
+
+  for (int i = hw ? 0 : 1; i < 2; i++)
   {
     const AVFilter* filter;
     void* opaque{};
diff --git a/xbmc/settings/Settings.h b/xbmc/settings/Settings.h
index 349a153065852..aabe7a06a879c 100644
--- a/xbmc/settings/Settings.h
+++ b/xbmc/settings/Settings.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class CSettings : public CSettingsBase, public CSettingCreator, public CSettingC
   static constexpr auto SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_USEMEDIACODEC = "videoplayer.usemediacodec";
   static constexpr auto SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_USEMEDIACODECSURFACE =
       "videoplayer.usemediacodecsurface";
+  static constexpr auto SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_ALLOWHWDEINTERLACE = "videoplayer.primeallowhwdeinterlace";
   static constexpr auto SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_USEVDPAU = "videoplayer.usevdpau";
   static constexpr auto SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_USEVDPAUMIXER = "videoplayer.usevdpaumixer";
   static constexpr auto SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_USEVDPAUMPEG2 = "videoplayer.usevdpaumpeg2";