diff --git a/libavformat/file.c b/libavformat/file.c
index 9b60a5f1f8..d42a678c98 100644
--- a/libavformat/file.c
+++ b/libavformat/file.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "os_support.h"
@@ -73,8 +74,11 @@ static int file_write(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
 static int64_t file_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence)
 {
     int fd = (intptr_t) h->priv_data;
-    if (whence != SEEK_SET && whence != SEEK_CUR && whence != SEEK_END)
-        return AVERROR_NOTSUPP;
+    if (whence == AVSEEK_SIZE) {
+        struct stat st;
+        int ret = fstat(fd, &st);
+        return ret < 0 ? AVERROR(errno) : st.st_size;
+    }
     return lseek(fd, pos, whence);
 }