diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/extractor/DefaultExtractorInput.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/extractor/DefaultExtractorInput.java
index 07264cb866..1e4937ba88 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/extractor/DefaultExtractorInput.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/extractor/DefaultExtractorInput.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.google.android.exoplayer.extractor;
 
 import com.google.android.exoplayer.C;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer.upstream.DataSource;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer.util.Assertions;
 
 import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -162,6 +163,13 @@ public final class DefaultExtractorInput implements ExtractorInput {
     return streamLength;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public <E extends Throwable> void setRetryPosition(long position, E e) throws E {
+    Assertions.checkArgument(position >= 0);
+    this.position = position;
+    throw e;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Ensures {@code peekBuffer} is large enough to store at least {@code length} bytes from the
    * current peek position.
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/extractor/ExtractorInput.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/extractor/ExtractorInput.java
index afe79ec806..e61e8ea03c 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/extractor/ExtractorInput.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/extractor/ExtractorInput.java
@@ -223,4 +223,15 @@ public interface ExtractorInput {
    */
   long getLength();
 
+  /**
+   * Called when reading fails and the required retry position is different from the last position.
+   * After setting the retry position it throws the given {@link Throwable}.
+   *
+   * @param <E> Type of {@link Throwable} to be thrown.
+   * @param position The required retry position.
+   * @param e {@link Throwable} to be thrown.
+   * @throws E The given {@link Throwable} object.
+   */
+  <E extends Throwable> void setRetryPosition(long position, E e) throws E;
+
 }
diff --git a/testutils/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/testutil/FakeExtractorInput.java b/testutils/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/testutil/FakeExtractorInput.java
index 1640130d18..b6f0544c19 100644
--- a/testutils/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/testutil/FakeExtractorInput.java
+++ b/testutils/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/testutil/FakeExtractorInput.java
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ public final class FakeExtractorInput implements ExtractorInput {
     return simulateUnknownLength ? C.LENGTH_UNBOUNDED : data.length;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public <E extends Throwable> void setRetryPosition(long position, E e) throws E {
+    Assert.assertTrue(position >= 0);
+    readPosition = (int) position;
+    throw e;
+  }
+
   private boolean checkXFully(boolean allowEndOfInput, int position, int length,
       SparseBooleanArray failedPositions) throws IOException {
     if (simulateIOErrors && !failedPositions.get(position)) {