diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index 55d1435a118..eff85341000 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.6.5
+
+* Bugfix to allow the audio-only HLS (.m3u8) on iOS.
+
 ## 2.6.4
 
 * Refactors native code structure.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.m
index 02b9199a74f..f35d38bd989 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.m
@@ -530,6 +530,22 @@ - (void)testHLSControls {
   XCTAssertEqualWithAccuracy([videoInitialization[@"duration"] intValue], 4000, 200);
 }
 
+- (void)testAudioOnlyHLSControls {
+  NSObject<FlutterPluginRegistrar> *registrar =
+      [GetPluginRegistry() registrarForPlugin:@"TestAudioOnlyHLSControls"];
+
+  FVPVideoPlayerPlugin *videoPlayerPlugin =
+      (FVPVideoPlayerPlugin *)[[FVPVideoPlayerPlugin alloc] initWithRegistrar:registrar];
+
+  NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *videoInitialization =
+      [self testPlugin:videoPlayerPlugin
+                   uri:@"https://flutter.github.io/assets-for-api-docs/assets/videos/hls/"
+                       @"bee_audio_only.m3u8"];
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(videoInitialization[@"height"], @0);
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(videoInitialization[@"width"], @0);
+  XCTAssertEqualWithAccuracy([videoInitialization[@"duration"] intValue], 4000, 200);
+}
+
 #if TARGET_OS_IOS
 - (void)testTransformFix {
   [self validateTransformFixForOrientation:UIImageOrientationUp];
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/FVPVideoPlayer.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/FVPVideoPlayer.m
index 31573da4039..5892274a37d 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/FVPVideoPlayer.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/FVPVideoPlayer.m
@@ -383,7 +383,9 @@ - (void)setupEventSinkIfReadyToPlay {
     }
 
     BOOL hasVideoTracks = [asset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo].count != 0;
-    BOOL hasNoTracks = asset.tracks.count == 0;
+    // Audio-only HLS files have no size, so `currentItem.tracks.count` must be used to check for
+    // track presence, as AVAsset does not always provide track information in HLS streams.
+    BOOL hasNoTracks = currentItem.tracks.count == 0 && asset.tracks.count == 0;
 
     // The player has not yet initialized when it has no size, unless it is an audio-only track.
     // HLS m3u8 video files never load any tracks, and are also not yet initialized until they have
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
index 233a9b65e86..632e59f60fd 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_avfoundation
 description: iOS and macOS implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.6.4
+version: 2.6.5
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.3.0