diff --git a/libavformat/apetag.c b/libavformat/apetag.c
index a05b32d9e5..b23f8cdd1f 100644
--- a/libavformat/apetag.c
+++ b/libavformat/apetag.c
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ int64_t ff_ape_parse_tag(AVFormatContext *s)
         av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid tag size %"PRIu32".\n", tag_bytes);
         return 0;
     }
-    tag_start = file_size - tag_bytes - APE_TAG_FOOTER_BYTES;
 
     fields = avio_rl32(pb);    /* number of fields */
     if (fields > 65536) {
@@ -166,6 +165,11 @@ int64_t ff_ape_parse_tag(AVFormatContext *s)
 
     avio_seek(pb, file_size - tag_bytes, SEEK_SET);
 
+    if (val & APE_TAG_FLAG_CONTAINS_HEADER)
+        tag_bytes += APE_TAG_HEADER_BYTES;
+
+    tag_start = file_size - tag_bytes;
+
     for (i=0; i<fields; i++)
         if (ape_tag_read_field(s) < 0) break;
 
diff --git a/libavformat/apetag.h b/libavformat/apetag.h
index cf2a5f8ab4..49cd10eb01 100644
--- a/libavformat/apetag.h
+++ b/libavformat/apetag.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define APE_TAG_PREAMBLE        "APETAGEX"
 #define APE_TAG_VERSION         2000
 #define APE_TAG_FOOTER_BYTES    32
+#define APE_TAG_HEADER_BYTES    32
 
 /**
  * Read and parse an APE tag