diff --git a/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/include/media/MediaPacer.h b/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/include/media/MediaPacer.h
index 546bd1ec..5449b456 100644
--- a/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/include/media/MediaPacer.h
+++ b/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/include/media/MediaPacer.h
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ namespace ffmpeg
 
 			// Drops everything queued and forgets the clock mapping, so that
 			// the next item delivered starts a new one. This is what a seek
-			// needs: what is queued belongs to the position being left.
-			void Flush();
+			// needs: what is queued belongs to the position being left. The
+			// position is where playback is taken to be until an item has been
+			// delivered, in the timestamps the items are pushed with.
+			void Flush(int64_t position_us);
 
 			// True once everything handed over has been delivered.
 			bool IsDrained() const;
diff --git a/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/src/media/MediaPacer.cpp b/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/src/media/MediaPacer.cpp
index fdb560a5..d1793690 100644
--- a/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/src/media/MediaPacer.cpp
+++ b/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/src/media/MediaPacer.cpp
@@ -219,13 +219,17 @@ namespace ffmpeg
 		work_.notify_all();
 	}
 
-	void MediaPacer::Flush()
+	void MediaPacer::Flush(int64_t position_us)
 	{
 		std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
 
 		video_queue_.clear();
 		audio_queue_.clear();
 
+		// Audio only ever moves the position forward, so a position left from
+		// before a seek backwards would hold it there until audio caught up.
+		position_us_ = position_us;
+
 		// The next item delivered starts a new mapping, wherever it comes from.
 		have_base_ = false;
 
diff --git a/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/src/media/MediaPlayer.cpp b/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/src/media/MediaPlayer.cpp
index cd0b3b30..948a4104 100644
--- a/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/src/media/MediaPlayer.cpp
+++ b/webrtc-java-media/src/main/cpp/src/media/MediaPlayer.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace ffmpeg
 		// on the request until it gets out of that. Dropping what is queued
 		// both frees it and throws away what belongs to the old position; the
 		// thread flushes again once the seek has actually happened.
-		pacer_->Flush();
+		pacer_->Flush(position_us + loop_offset_us_.load());
 	}
 
 	void MediaPlayer::SetLooping(bool looping)
@@ -317,11 +317,13 @@ namespace ffmpeg
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			// Everything has been handed over, but not yet played out.
+			// Everything has been handed over, but not yet played out. A seek
+			// ends the wait too: it empties the queue, which would otherwise
+			// look like the source having played out.
 			for (;;) {
 				std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
 
-				if (closing_ || pacer_->IsDrained()) {
+				if (closing_ || seek_pending_ || pacer_->IsDrained()) {
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -335,6 +337,12 @@ namespace ffmpeg
 					break;
 				}
 
+				if (seek_pending_) {
+					// Not at the end any more; the seek is carried out at the
+					// top, and playback goes on from where it lands.
+					continue;
+				}
+
 				ended_ = true;
 				playing_ = false;
 			}
@@ -492,7 +500,7 @@ namespace ffmpeg
 		loop_offset_us_.store(0);
 		max_source_pts_us_ = position_us;
 
-		pacer_->Flush();
+		pacer_->Flush(position_us);
 	}
 
 	void MediaPlayer::SetState(int state)
diff --git a/webrtc-java-media/src/test/java/dev/onvoid/webrtc/media/player/MediaPlayerTest.java b/webrtc-java-media/src/test/java/dev/onvoid/webrtc/media/player/MediaPlayerTest.java
index 0beb0156..0219e8ac 100644
--- a/webrtc-java-media/src/test/java/dev/onvoid/webrtc/media/player/MediaPlayerTest.java
+++ b/webrtc-java-media/src/test/java/dev/onvoid/webrtc/media/player/MediaPlayerTest.java
@@ -279,6 +279,62 @@ void seekMovesPlayback() throws Exception {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void seekNearTheEndIsNotLost() throws Exception {
+		// Two seconds of video only. All of it is decoded and queued within
+		// moments, so the decoding thread spends the playback waiting for the
+		// queue to play out, which is where a seek used to be mistaken for the
+		// end of the source.
+		try (Playback playback = new Playback(new MediaReader(
+				Paths.get(MediaPlayerTest.class.getResource("/media-test-h264.mkv").toURI())))) {
+			playback.player.play();
+
+			Thread.sleep(700);
+
+			int before = playback.frames.get();
+
+			assertTrue(before > 0 && before < 30, "frames before the seek: " + before);
+			assertEquals(1, playback.ended.getCount(), "ended before the seek");
+
+			playback.player.seek(0);
+
+			assertTrue(playback.ended.await(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS), "no end of stream");
+
+			// The seek went back to the start, so the whole source plays again
+			// on top of what was delivered before it.
+			assertTrue(playback.frames.get() >= before + 29,
+					"playback did not go on after the seek: " + playback.frames.get()
+							+ " frames, " + before + " before it");
+			assertEquals(MediaPlayerState.ENDED, playback.player.getState());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void positionFollowsABackwardSeekOfAudio() throws Exception {
+		// Audio alone, where nothing but the audio sets the position.
+		Path flac = TestMedia.constantFlac(tempDir, 48000, 40, (short) 1000);
+
+		try (Playback playback = new Playback(new MediaReader(flac))) {
+			playback.player.play();
+
+			Thread.sleep(1500);
+
+			long before = playback.player.getPositionUs();
+
+			assertTrue(before > 1_000_000, "position before the seek: " + before);
+
+			playback.player.seek(0);
+
+			Thread.sleep(400);
+
+			long after = playback.player.getPositionUs();
+
+			// About 0.4 s into the source again, not held at where it was.
+			assertTrue(after < before / 2, "position after seeking back: " + after
+					+ " us, " + before + " us before it");
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void needsAtLeastOneSource() throws Exception {
 		MediaReader reader = new MediaReader(asset());