diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8aa7229f2..66742f91d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Video.js Compatibility: 6.0, 7.0
       - [customTagMappers](#customtagmappers)
       - [cacheEncryptionKeys](#cacheencryptionkeys)
       - [handlePartialData](#handlepartialdata)
+      - [liveRangeSafeTimeDelta](#liverangesafetimedelta)
   - [Runtime Properties](#runtime-properties)
     - [vhs.playlists.master](#vhsplaylistsmaster)
     - [vhs.playlists.media](#vhsplaylistsmedia)
@@ -451,6 +452,11 @@ This option defaults to `false`.
 * Default: `false`
 * Use partial appends in the transmuxer and segment loader
 
+##### liveRangeSafeTimeDelta
+* Type: `number`,
+* Default: [`SAFE_TIME_DELTA`](https://github.com/videojs/http-streaming/blob/e7cb63af010779108336eddb5c8fd138d6390e95/src/ranges.js#L17)
+* Allow to  re-define length (in seconds) of time delta when you compare current time and the end of the buffered range.
+
 ### Runtime Properties
 Runtime properties are attached to the tech object when HLS is in
 use. You can get a reference to the VHS source handler like this:
diff --git a/src/playback-watcher.js b/src/playback-watcher.js
index 6ebb7ed55..33cac2552 100644
--- a/src/playback-watcher.js
+++ b/src/playback-watcher.js
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export default class PlaybackWatcher {
     this.tech_ = options.tech;
     this.seekable = options.seekable;
     this.allowSeeksWithinUnsafeLiveWindow = options.allowSeeksWithinUnsafeLiveWindow;
+    this.liveRangeSafeTimeDelta = options.liveRangeSafeTimeDelta;
     this.media = options.media;
 
     this.consecutiveUpdates = 0;
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ export default class PlaybackWatcher {
     if (seekable.length &&
         // can't fall before 0 and 0 seekable start identifies VOD stream
         seekable.start(0) > 0 &&
-        currentTime < seekable.start(0) - Ranges.SAFE_TIME_DELTA) {
+        currentTime < seekable.start(0) - this.liveRangeSafeTimeDelta) {
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/videojs-http-streaming.js b/src/videojs-http-streaming.js
index e05d6e351..9ec9b12ec 100644
--- a/src/videojs-http-streaming.js
+++ b/src/videojs-http-streaming.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
 } from './playlist-selectors.js';
 import {isAudioCodec, isVideoCodec, browserSupportsCodec} from '@videojs/vhs-utils/dist/codecs.js';
 import logger from './util/logger';
+import {SAFE_TIME_DELTA} from './ranges';
 
 // IMPORTANT:
 // keep these at the bottom they are replaced at build time
@@ -673,7 +674,8 @@ class VhsHandler extends Component {
       'handlePartialData',
       'playlistSelector',
       'initialPlaylistSelector',
-      'experimentalBufferBasedABR'
+      'experimentalBufferBasedABR',
+      'liveRangeSafeTimeDelta'
     ].forEach((option) => {
       if (typeof this.source_[option] !== 'undefined') {
         this.options_[option] = this.source_[option];
@@ -706,11 +708,20 @@ class VhsHandler extends Component {
     };
 
     this.masterPlaylistController_ = new MasterPlaylistController(this.options_);
-    this.playbackWatcher_ = new PlaybackWatcher(videojs.mergeOptions(this.options_, {
-      seekable: () => this.seekable(),
-      media: () => this.masterPlaylistController_.media(),
-      masterPlaylistController: this.masterPlaylistController_
-    }));
+
+    const playbackWatcherOptions = videojs.mergeOptions(
+      {
+        liveRangeSafeTimeDelta: SAFE_TIME_DELTA
+      },
+      this.options_,
+      {
+        seekable: () => this.seekable(),
+        media: () => this.masterPlaylistController_.media(),
+        masterPlaylistController: this.masterPlaylistController_
+      }
+    );
+
+    this.playbackWatcher_ = new PlaybackWatcher(playbackWatcherOptions);
 
     this.masterPlaylistController_.on('error', () => {
       const player = videojs.players[this.tech_.options_.playerId];
diff --git a/test/playback-watcher.test.js b/test/playback-watcher.test.js
index ab127f359..2cd511419 100644
--- a/test/playback-watcher.test.js
+++ b/test/playback-watcher.test.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '../src/playback-watcher';
 // needed for plugin registration
 import '../src/videojs-http-streaming';
+import { SAFE_TIME_DELTA } from '../src/ranges';
 
 let monitorCurrentTime_;
 
@@ -1184,6 +1185,8 @@ QUnit.test('skips gap from muxed video underflow', function(assert) {
 });
 
 QUnit.test('detects live window falloff', function(assert) {
+  this.playbackWatcher.liveRangeSafeTimeDelta = SAFE_TIME_DELTA;
+
   const beforeSeekableWindow_ =
     this.playbackWatcher.beforeSeekableWindow_.bind(this.playbackWatcher);
 
@@ -1222,6 +1225,23 @@ QUnit.test('detects live window falloff', function(assert) {
   );
 });
 
+QUnit.test('respects liveRangeSafeTimeDelta flag', function(assert) {
+  this.playbackWatcher.liveRangeSafeTimeDelta = 1;
+
+  const beforeSeekableWindow_ =
+    this.playbackWatcher.beforeSeekableWindow_.bind(this.playbackWatcher);
+
+  assert.ok(
+    beforeSeekableWindow_(videojs.createTimeRanges([[12, 20]]), 10),
+    'true if playlist live and current time before seekable'
+  );
+
+  assert.ok(
+    !beforeSeekableWindow_(videojs.createTimeRanges([]), 10),
+    'false if no seekable range'
+  );
+});
+
 QUnit.test('detects beyond seekable window for VOD', function(assert) {
   const playlist = {
     endList: true,