diff --git a/taglib/flac/flacfile.cpp b/taglib/flac/flacfile.cpp
index 09e184f0..34599e89 100644
--- a/taglib/flac/flacfile.cpp
+++ b/taglib/flac/flacfile.cpp
@@ -506,7 +506,9 @@ void FLAC::File::scan()
       return;
     }
 
-    if(blockLength == 0 && blockType != MetadataBlock::Padding) {
+    if(blockLength == 0
+      && blockType != MetadataBlock::Padding && blockType != MetadataBlock::SeekTable)
+    {
       debug("FLAC::File::scan() -- Zero-sized metadata block found");
       setValid(false);
       return;
diff --git a/tests/data/empty-seektable.flac b/tests/data/empty-seektable.flac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20dd90d9
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/data/empty-seektable.flac differ
diff --git a/tests/test_flac.cpp b/tests/test_flac.cpp
index f2065e09..5bae7d88 100644
--- a/tests/test_flac.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_flac.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class TestFLAC : public CppUnit::TestFixture
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testEmptyID3v2);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testStripTags);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testRemoveXiphField);
+  CPPUNIT_TEST(testEmptySeekTable);
   CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
 
 public:
@@ -516,6 +517,24 @@ public:
     }
   }
 
+  void testEmptySeekTable()
+  {
+    ScopedFileCopy copy("empty-seektable", ".flac");
+    {
+      FLAC::File f(copy.fileName().c_str());
+      CPPUNIT_ASSERT(f.isValid());
+      f.xiphComment(true)->setTitle("XiphComment Title");
+      f.save();
+    }
+    {
+      FLAC::File f(copy.fileName().c_str());
+      CPPUNIT_ASSERT(f.isValid());
+      f.seek(42);
+      const ByteVector data = f.readBlock(4);
+      CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(ByteVector("\x03\x00\x00\x00", 4), data);
+    }
+  }
+
 };
 
 CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(TestFLAC);