diff --git a/src/js/tracks/text-track-display.js b/src/js/tracks/text-track-display.js
index e83f1921bd..53bb92c05f 100644
--- a/src/js/tracks/text-track-display.js
+++ b/src/js/tracks/text-track-display.js
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ class TextTrackDisplay extends Component {
     const tracks = this.player_.textTracks();
     const allowMultipleShowingTracks = this.options_.allowMultipleShowingTracks;
 
-    this.clearDisplay();
-
     if (allowMultipleShowingTracks) {
       const showingTracks = [];
 
@@ -290,6 +288,8 @@ class TextTrackDisplay extends Component {
         this.setAttribute('aria-live', 'assertive');
       }
       this.updateForTrack(descriptionsTrack);
+    } else {
+      this.clearDisplay();
     }
   }
 
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ class TextTrackDisplay extends Component {
     }
 
     const cues = [];
+    const regions = [];
 
     // push all active track cues
     for (let i = 0; i < tracks.length; ++i) {
@@ -405,10 +406,16 @@ class TextTrackDisplay extends Component {
       for (let j = 0; j < track.activeCues.length; ++j) {
         cues.push(track.activeCues[j]);
       }
+
+      if (track.regionList) {
+        for (let j = 0; j < track.regionList.length; ++j) {
+          regions.push(track.regionList[j]);
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     // removes all cues before it processes new ones
-    window.WebVTT.processCues(window, cues, this.el_);
+    window.WebVTT.processCues(window, cues, this.el_, regions);
 
     // add unique class to each language text track & add settings styling if necessary
     for (let i = 0; i < tracks.length; ++i) {
diff --git a/src/js/tracks/text-track.js b/src/js/tracks/text-track.js
index f7093538a4..82ee1f64db 100644
--- a/src/js/tracks/text-track.js
+++ b/src/js/tracks/text-track.js
@@ -29,16 +29,22 @@ const parseCues = function(srcContent, track) {
     window.WebVTT.StringDecoder()
   );
   const errors = [];
+  const regions = [];
 
   parser.oncue = function(cue) {
     track.addCue(cue);
   };
 
+  parser.onregion = function(region) {
+    regions.push(region);
+  };
+
   parser.onparsingerror = function(error) {
     errors.push(error);
   };
 
   parser.onflush = function() {
+    track.regionList = regions;
     track.trigger({
       type: 'loadeddata',
       target: track