diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index b5d39f0..417e8d8 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ export default class Parser extends Stream {
       discontinuityStarts: [],
       segments: []
     };
+    // keep track of the last seen segment's byte range end, as segments are not required
+    // to provide the offset, in which case it defaults to the next byte after the
+    // previous segment
+    let lastByterangeEnd = 0;
 
     // update the manifest with the m3u8 entry from the parse stream
     this.parseStream.on('data', function(entry) {
@@ -89,16 +93,24 @@ export default class Parser extends Stream {
                 byterange.length = entry.length;
 
                 if (!('offset' in entry)) {
-                  this.trigger('info', {
-                    message: 'defaulting offset to zero'
-                  });
-                  entry.offset = 0;
+                  /*
+                   * From the latest spec (as of this writing):
+                   * https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-23#section-4.3.2.2
+                   *
+                   * Same text since EXT-X-BYTERANGE's introduction in draft 7:
+                   * https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-07#section-3.3.1)
+                   *
+                   * "If o [offset] is not present, the sub-range begins at the next byte
+                   * following the sub-range of the previous media segment."
+                   */
+                  entry.offset = lastByterangeEnd;
                 }
               }
               if ('offset' in entry) {
                 currentUri.byterange = byterange;
                 byterange.offset = entry.offset;
               }
+              lastByterangeEnd = byterange.offset + byterange.length;
             },
             endlist() {
               this.manifest.endList = true;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/m3u8/byteRange.json b/test/fixtures/m3u8/byteRange.json
index b2d4c0c..47c7582 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/m3u8/byteRange.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/m3u8/byteRange.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     {
       "byterange": {
         "length": 713084,
-        "offset": 0
+        "offset": 1110328
       },
       "duration": 10,
       "timeline": 0,
diff --git a/test/m3u8.test.js b/test/m3u8.test.js
index a377c7c..d4d7d04 100644
--- a/test/m3u8.test.js
+++ b/test/m3u8.test.js
@@ -1334,6 +1334,62 @@ QUnit.test('Widevine #EXT-X-KEY attributes not attached to manifest if KEYFORMAT
   assert.notOk(parser.manifest.contentProtection, 'contentProtection not added');
 });
 
+QUnit.test('byterange offset defaults to next byte', function(assert) {
+  const parser = new Parser();
+
+  const manifest = [
+    '#EXTM3U',
+    '#EXTINF:5,',
+    '#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:10@5',
+    'segment.ts',
+    '#EXTINF:5,',
+    '#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:20',
+    'segment.ts',
+    '#EXTINF:5,',
+    '#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:30',
+    'segment.ts',
+    '#EXTINF:5,',
+    'segment2.ts',
+    '#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:15@100',
+    'segment.ts',
+    '#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:17',
+    'segment.ts',
+    '#EXT-X-ENDLIST'
+  ].join('\n');
+
+  parser.push(manifest);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    parser.manifest.segments[0].byterange,
+    { length: 10, offset: 5 },
+    'first segment has correct byterange'
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    parser.manifest.segments[1].byterange,
+    { length: 20, offset: 15 },
+    'second segment has correct byterange'
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    parser.manifest.segments[2].byterange,
+    { length: 30, offset: 35 },
+    'third segment has correct byterange'
+  );
+  assert.notOk(parser.manifest.segments[3].byterange, 'fourth segment has no byterange');
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    parser.manifest.segments[4].byterange,
+    { length: 15, offset: 100 },
+    'fifth segment has correct byterange'
+  );
+  // not tested is a segment with no offset coming after a segment that isn't a sub range,
+  // as the spec requires that a byterange without an offset must follow a segment that
+  // is a sub range of the same media resource
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    parser.manifest.segments[5].byterange,
+    { length: 17, offset: 115 },
+    'sixth segment has correct byterange'
+  );
+});
+
 QUnit.module('m3u8s');
 
 QUnit.test('parses static manifests as expected', function(assert) {