--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -499,6 +499,9 @@
                                         The user or muxer can override this through
                                         AVFormatContext.avoid_negative_ts
                                         */
+#define AVFMT_SEEK_NOSTREAMS  0x80000 /**< Stream index ignored by seek,
+                                           or some streams fail to seek
+                                           */
 
 #define AVFMT_SEEK_TO_PTS   0x4000000 /**< Seeking is based on PTS */
 
@@ -562,7 +565,8 @@
     /**
      * Can use flags: AVFMT_NOFILE, AVFMT_NEEDNUMBER, AVFMT_SHOW_IDS,
      * AVFMT_NOTIMESTAMPS, AVFMT_GENERIC_INDEX, AVFMT_TS_DISCONT, AVFMT_NOBINSEARCH,
-     * AVFMT_NOGENSEARCH, AVFMT_NO_BYTE_SEEK, AVFMT_SEEK_TO_PTS.
+     * AVFMT_NOGENSEARCH, AVFMT_NO_BYTE_SEEK, AVFMT_SEEK_TO_PTS,
+     * AVFMT_SEEK_NOSTREAMS
      */
     int flags;
 
--- a/libavformat/dv.c
+++ b/libavformat/dv.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@
 const FFInputFormat ff_dv_demuxer = {
     .p.name         = "dv",
     .p.long_name    = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("DV (Digital Video)"),
+    .p.flags	     = AVFMT_SEEK_NOSTREAMS,
     .p.extensions   = "dv,dif",
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(RawDVContext),
     .read_probe     = dv_probe,

--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -4794,6 +4794,7 @@
 const FFInputFormat ff_webm_dash_manifest_demuxer = {
     .p.name         = "webm_dash_manifest",
     .p.long_name    = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("WebM DASH Manifest"),
+    .p.flags        = AVFMT_SEEK_NOSTREAMS,
     .p.priv_class   = &webm_dash_class,
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(MatroskaDemuxContext),
     .flags_internal = FF_INFMT_FLAG_INIT_CLEANUP,
@@ -4806,6 +4807,7 @@
 const FFInputFormat ff_matroska_demuxer = {
     .p.name         = "matroska,webm",
     .p.long_name    = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Matroska / WebM"),
+    .p.flags        = AVFMT_SEEK_NOSTREAMS,
     .p.extensions   = "mkv,mk3d,mka,mks,webm",
     .p.mime_type    = "audio/webm,audio/x-matroska,video/webm,video/x-matroska",
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(MatroskaDemuxContext),

--- a/libavformat/seek.c
+++ b/libavformat/seek.c
@@ -605,6 +605,13 @@
         return seek_frame_byte(s, stream_index, timestamp, flags);
     }
 
+    if (stream_index != -1 && (s->iformat->flags & AVFMT_SEEK_NOSTREAMS)) {
+            timestamp = av_rescale_q(timestamp,
+                    s->streams[stream_index]->time_base,
+                    AV_TIME_BASE_Q);
+            stream_index = -1;
+    }
+
     if (stream_index < 0) {
         stream_index = av_find_default_stream_index(s);
         if (stream_index < 0)