diff --git a/doc/demuxers.texi b/doc/demuxers.texi
index 2d33b47a56..ca1563abb0 100644
--- a/doc/demuxers.texi
+++ b/doc/demuxers.texi
@@ -779,6 +779,13 @@ cast to int32 are used to adjust onward dts.
 
 Unit is the track time scale. Range is 0 to UINT_MAX. Default is @code{UINT_MAX - 48000*10} which allows upto
 a 10 second dts correction for 48 kHz audio streams while accommodating 99.9% of @code{uint32} range.
+
+@item interleaved_read
+Interleave packets from multiple tracks at demuxer level. For badly interleaved files, this prevents playback issues
+caused by large gaps between packets in different tracks, as MOV/MP4 do not have packet placement requirements.
+However, this can cause excessive seeking on very badly interleaved files, due to seeking between tracks, so disabling
+it may prevent I/O issues, at the expense of playback.
+
 @end table
 
 @subsection Audible AAX
diff --git a/libavformat/isom.h b/libavformat/isom.h
index 4b1cd42f0f..3d375d7a46 100644
--- a/libavformat/isom.h
+++ b/libavformat/isom.h
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ typedef struct MOVContext {
         int64_t extent_offset;
     } *avif_info;
     int avif_info_size;
+    int interleaved_read;
 } MOVContext;
 
 int ff_mp4_read_descr_len(AVIOContext *pb);
diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index aa1d9e4ccc..93c1f9e929 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -8780,6 +8780,8 @@ static AVIndexEntry *mov_find_next_sample(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream **st)
     AVIndexEntry *sample = NULL;
     int64_t best_dts = INT64_MAX;
     int i;
+    MOVContext *mov = s->priv_data;
+    int no_interleave = !mov->interleaved_read || !(s->pb->seekable & AVIO_SEEKABLE_NORMAL);
     for (i = 0; i < s->nb_streams; i++) {
         AVStream *avst = s->streams[i];
         FFStream *const avsti = ffstream(avst);
@@ -8788,7 +8790,7 @@ static AVIndexEntry *mov_find_next_sample(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream **st)
             AVIndexEntry *current_sample = &avsti->index_entries[msc->current_sample];
             int64_t dts = av_rescale(current_sample->timestamp, AV_TIME_BASE, msc->time_scale);
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_TRACE, "stream %d, sample %d, dts %"PRId64"\n", i, msc->current_sample, dts);
-            if (!sample || (!(s->pb->seekable & AVIO_SEEKABLE_NORMAL) && current_sample->pos < sample->pos) ||
+            if (!sample || (no_interleave && current_sample->pos < sample->pos) ||
                 ((s->pb->seekable & AVIO_SEEKABLE_NORMAL) &&
                  ((msc->pb != s->pb && dts < best_dts) || (msc->pb == s->pb && dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE &&
                  ((FFABS(best_dts - dts) <= AV_TIME_BASE && current_sample->pos < sample->pos) ||
@@ -9282,6 +9284,7 @@ static const AVOption mov_options[] = {
     { "enable_drefs", "Enable external track support.", OFFSET(enable_drefs), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,
         {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, FLAGS },
     { "max_stts_delta", "treat offsets above this value as invalid", OFFSET(max_stts_delta), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = UINT_MAX-48000*10 }, 0, UINT_MAX, .flags = AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
+    { "interleaved_read", "Interleave packets from multiple tracks at demuxer level", OFFSET(interleaved_read), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 1 }, 0, 1, .flags = AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
 
     { NULL },
 };
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index cb67e0a1f8..e41362ac9d 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "version_major.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR  12
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO 100
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO 101
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR, \