diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a7ccd13..736dd8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+0.10.0 (UNRELEASED)
+-------------------
+
+* Added experimental support for suppressing subtest output dots in non-verbose mode with ``--no-subtests-shortletter``.
+
 0.9.0 (2022-10-28)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/pytest_subtests.py b/pytest_subtests.py
index c275035..740d38b 100644
--- a/pytest_subtests.py
+++ b/pytest_subtests.py
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
 from _pytest.unittest import TestCaseFunction
 
 
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    group = parser.getgroup("subtests")
+    group.addoption(
+        "--no-subtests-shortletter",
+        action="store_true",
+        dest="no_subtests_shortletter",
+        default=False,
+        help="Disables subtest output 'dots' in non-verbose mode (EXPERIMENTAL)",
+    )
+
+
 @attr.s
 class SubTestContext:
     msg = attr.ib()
@@ -227,7 +238,7 @@ def pytest_report_from_serializable(data):
 
 
 @pytest.hookimpl(tryfirst=True)
-def pytest_report_teststatus(report):
+def pytest_report_teststatus(report, config):
     if report.when != "call" or not isinstance(report, SubTestReport):
         return
 
@@ -236,8 +247,11 @@ def pytest_report_teststatus(report):
 
     outcome = report.outcome
     if report.passed:
-        return f"subtests {outcome}", ",", "SUBPASS"
+        short = "" if config.option.no_subtests_shortletter else ","
+        return f"subtests {outcome}", short, "SUBPASS"
     elif report.skipped:
-        return outcome, "-", "SUBSKIP"
+        short = "" if config.option.no_subtests_shortletter else "-"
+        return outcome, short, "SUBSKIP"
     elif outcome == "failed":
-        return outcome, "u", "SUBFAIL"
+        short = "" if config.option.no_subtests_shortletter else "u"
+        return outcome, short, "SUBFAIL"