diff --git a/libse/SubtitleFormats/Spt.cs b/libse/SubtitleFormats/Spt.cs
index 42c12a232..eafe8dfd1 100644
--- a/libse/SubtitleFormats/Spt.cs
+++ b/libse/SubtitleFormats/Spt.cs
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
 
             int textLengthFirstLine = buffer[index + 16 + 20];
             int textLengthSecondLine = buffer[index + 16 + 20 + 4];
+            var allItalic = buffer[index + 16 + 4] == 1;
 
             if (textLengthFirstLine == 0 && textLengthSecondLine == 0)
             {
@@ -156,6 +157,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
                     p.Text += Environment.NewLine + Encoding.Default.GetString(buffer, index + 16 + 20 + 16 + textLengthFirstLine, textLengthSecondLine);
                 }
 
+                if (allItalic)
+                {
+                    p.Text = "<i>" + p.Text.Trim() + "</i>";
+                }
+
                 index += 16 + 20 + 16 + textLengthFirstLine + textLengthSecondLine;
                 return p;
             }
diff --git a/libse/SubtitleFormats/Sptx.cs b/libse/SubtitleFormats/Sptx.cs
index 7112fc320..343f9d672 100644
--- a/libse/SubtitleFormats/Sptx.cs
+++ b/libse/SubtitleFormats/Sptx.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
 
                 if (ok)
                 {
+                    var allItalic = buffer[index + 16 + 4] == 1;
                     var length1 = buffer[index + 16 + 20];
                     var length2 = buffer[index + 16 + 26];
                     var length = length1;
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
                             EndTime = GetTimeCode(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, index + 8, 8)),
                             Text = FixItalics(text)
                         };
+                        if (allItalic)
+                        {
+                            p.Text = "<i>" + p.Text.Trim() + "</i>";
+                        }
+
                         index += 16;
                         return p;
                     }