diff --git a/include/media/Metadata.h b/include/media/Metadata.h
index 241868a..9c915ce 100644
--- a/include/media/Metadata.h
+++ b/include/media/Metadata.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     static const Type kPauseAvailable = 29;        // Boolean
     static const Type kSeekBackwardAvailable = 30; // Boolean
     static const Type kSeekForwardAvailable = 31;  // Boolean
+    static const Type kSeekAvailable = 32;         // Boolean
 
     // @param p[inout] The parcel to append the metadata records
     // to. The global metadata header should have been set already.
diff --git a/include/media/stagefright/MediaExtractor.h b/include/media/stagefright/MediaExtractor.h
index 21338ca..16b0a4c 100644
--- a/include/media/stagefright/MediaExtractor.h
+++ b/include/media/stagefright/MediaExtractor.h
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@
     virtual sp<MetaData> getMetaData();
 
     enum Flags {
-        CAN_SEEK_BACKWARD  = 1,
-        CAN_SEEK_FORWARD   = 2,
+        CAN_SEEK_BACKWARD  = 1,  // the "seek 10secs back button"
+        CAN_SEEK_FORWARD   = 2,  // the "seek 10secs forward button"
         CAN_PAUSE          = 4,
+        CAN_SEEK           = 8,  // the "seek bar"
     };
 
     // If subclasses do _not_ override this, the default is
-    // CAN_SEEK_BACKWARD | CAN_SEEK_FORWARD | CAN_PAUSE
+    // CAN_SEEK_BACKWARD | CAN_SEEK_FORWARD | CAN_SEEK | CAN_PAUSE
     virtual uint32_t flags() const;
 
 protected: