diff --git a/demux/demux_lavf.c b/demux/demux_lavf.c
index 78cb469842b53..af63773e2ea74 100644
--- a/demux/demux_lavf.c
+++ b/demux/demux_lavf.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ struct format_hack {
     bool no_seek_on_no_duration : 1;
     bool readall_on_no_streamseek : 1;
     bool first_frame_only : 1;
+    bool no_ext_picky : 1;      // set "extension_picky" to false
 };
 
 #define BLACKLIST(fmt) {fmt, .ignore = true}
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ static const struct format_hack format_hacks[] = {
     {"mp3", "audio/mpeg", 24, 0.5},
     {"mp3", NULL,         24, .max_probe = true},
 
-    {"hls", .no_stream = true, .clear_filepos = true},
+    {"hls", .no_stream = true, .clear_filepos = true, .no_ext_picky = true},
     {"dash", .no_stream = true, .clear_filepos = true},
     {"sdp", .clear_filepos = true, .is_network = true, .no_seek = true},
     {"mpeg", .use_stream_ids = true},
@@ -1005,6 +1006,9 @@ static int demux_open_lavf(demuxer_t *demuxer, enum demux_check check)
                    "analyzeduration to %f\n", analyze_duration);
     }
 
+    if (priv->format_hack.no_ext_picky)
+        av_dict_set_int(&dopts, "extension_picky", 0, 0);
+
     if ((priv->avif_flags & AVFMT_NOFILE) || priv->format_hack.no_stream) {
         mp_setup_av_network_options(&dopts, priv->avif->name,
                                     demuxer->global, demuxer->log);