--- a/libavformat/avidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/avidec.c
@@ -2016,6 +2016,7 @@
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(AVIContext),
     .flags_internal = FF_FMT_INIT_CLEANUP,
     .extensions     = "avi",
+    .flags          = AVFMT_SEEK_NOSTREAMS,
     .read_probe     = avi_probe,
     .read_header    = avi_read_header,
     .read_packet    = avi_read_packet,