diff --git a/libavdevice/dshow.c b/libavdevice/dshow.c
index 5e6eb9c85d..0ef3b3d13e 100644
--- a/libavdevice/dshow.c
+++ b/libavdevice/dshow.c
@@ -1329,6 +1329,6 @@ const AVInputFormat ff_dshow_demuxer = {
     .read_header    = dshow_read_header,
     .read_packet    = dshow_read_packet,
     .read_close     = dshow_read_close,
-    .flags          = AVFMT_NOFILE,
+    .flags          = AVFMT_NOFILE | AVFMT_NOBINSEARCH | AVFMT_NOGENSEARCH | AVFMT_NO_BYTE_SEEK,
     .priv_class     = &dshow_class,
 };