diff --git a/libavformat/hls.c b/libavformat/hls.c
index b0f28f6289..65cd12112d 100644
--- a/libavformat/hls.c
+++ b/libavformat/hls.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static int parse_playlist(HLSContext *c, const char *url,
     char line[MAX_URL_SIZE];
     const char *ptr;
     int close_in = 0;
+    uint8_t *new_url = NULL;
 
     if (!in) {
         AVDictionary *opts = NULL;
@@ -235,6 +236,9 @@ static int parse_playlist(HLSContext *c, const char *url,
             return ret;
     }
 
+    if (av_opt_get(in, "location", AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN, &new_url) >= 0)
+        url = new_url;
+
     read_chomp_line(in, line, sizeof(line));
     if (strcmp(line, "#EXTM3U")) {
         ret = AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
@@ -335,6 +339,7 @@ static int parse_playlist(HLSContext *c, const char *url,
         var->last_load_time = av_gettime();
 
 fail:
+    av_free(new_url);
     if (close_in)
         avio_close(in);
     return ret;