diff --git a/libavformat/avidec.c b/libavformat/avidec.c
index 5cf67a4771..5bd2372c27 100644
--- a/libavformat/avidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/avidec.c
@@ -1942,6 +1942,7 @@ AVInputFormat ff_avi_demuxer = {
     .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)"),
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(AVIContext),
     .extensions     = "avi",
+    .flags          = AVFMT_SEEK_NOSTREAMS,
     .read_probe     = avi_probe,
     .read_header    = avi_read_header,
     .read_packet    = avi_read_packet,