diff --git a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
index 6f06803ad0..c4b8baa776 100644
--- a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
+++ b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
     const PresentationType = shaka.hls.HlsParser.PresentationType_;
     const manifestUri = streamInfo.absoluteMediaPlaylistUri;
     const uriObj = new goog.Uri(manifestUri);
-    if (this.lowLatencyMode_) {
+    if (this.lowLatencyMode_ && streamInfo.canSkipSegments) {
       // Enable delta updates. This will replace older segments with
       // 'EXT-X-SKIP' tag in the media playlist.
       uriObj.setQueryData(new goog.Uri.QueryData('_HLS_skip=YES'));
@@ -1383,6 +1383,11 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
       }
     }
 
+    const serverControlTag = shaka.hls.Utils.getFirstTagWithName(
+        playlist.tags, 'EXT-X-SERVER-CONTROL');
+    const canSkipSegments = serverControlTag ?
+          serverControlTag.getAttribute('CAN-SKIP-UNTIL') != null : false;
+
     /** @type {shaka.extern.Stream} */
     const stream = {
       id: this.globalId_++,
@@ -1425,6 +1430,7 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
       maxTimestamp: lastEndTime,
       mediaSequenceToStartTime,
       discontinuityToMediaSequence,
+      canSkipSegments,
     };
   }
 
@@ -2658,7 +2664,8 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
  *   minTimestamp: number,
  *   maxTimestamp: number,
  *   mediaSequenceToStartTime: !Map.<number, number>,
- *   discontinuityToMediaSequence: !Map.<number, number>
+ *   discontinuityToMediaSequence: !Map.<number, number>,
+ *   canSkipSegments: boolean
  * }}
  *
  * @description
@@ -2683,6 +2690,9 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
  * @property  {!Map.<number, number>} discontinuityToMediaSequence
  *   A map of discontinuity sequence numbers to the media sequence number of the
  *   segment starting with that discontinuity sequence number.
+ * @property {boolean} canSkipSegments
+ *  True if the server supports delta playlist updates, and we can send a
+ *  request for a playlist that can skip older media segments.
  */
 shaka.hls.HlsParser.StreamInfo;
 
diff --git a/test/hls/hls_live_unit.js b/test/hls/hls_live_unit.js
index f9cb77b698..c3487fd9e7 100644
--- a/test/hls/hls_live_unit.js
+++ b/test/hls/hls_live_unit.js
@@ -907,6 +907,56 @@ describe('HlsParser live', () => {
             partialEndByte);  // partial segment request
       });
 
+      it('request playlist delta updates to skip segments', async () => {
+        const mediaWithDeltaUpdates = [
+          '#EXTM3U\n',
+          '#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:LIVE\n',
+          '#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:5\n',
+          '#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n',
+          '#EXT-X-MAP:URI="init.mp4",BYTERANGE="616@0"\n',
+          '#EXT-X-SERVER-CONTROL:CAN-SKIP-UNTIL=60.0\n',
+          '#EXTINF:2,\n',
+          'main.mp4\n',
+          '#EXTINF:2,\n',
+          'main2.mp4\n',
+        ].join('');
+
+        const mediaWithSkippedSegments = [
+          '#EXTM3U\n',
+          '#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:5\n',
+          '#EXT-X-MAP:URI="init.mp4",BYTERANGE="616@0"\n',
+          '#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0\n',
+          '#EXT-X-SERVER-CONTROL:CAN-SKIP-UNTIL=60.0\n',
+          '#EXT-X-SKIP:SKIPPED-SEGMENTS=1\n',
+          '#EXTINF:2,\n',
+          'main2.mp4\n',
+          '#EXTINF:2,\n',
+          'main3.mp4\n',
+        ].join('');
+
+        fakeNetEngine
+            .setResponseText('test:/master', master)
+            .setResponseText('test:/video', mediaWithDeltaUpdates)
+            .setResponseText('test:/video?_HLS_skip=YES',
+                mediaWithSkippedSegments)
+            .setResponseValue('test:/init.mp4', initSegmentData)
+            .setResponseValue('test:/main.mp4', segmentData)
+            .setResponseValue('test:/main2.mp4', segmentData)
+            .setResponseValue('test:/main3.mp4', segmentData);
+
+        playerInterface.isLowLatencyMode = () => true;
+        await parser.start('test:/master', playerInterface);
+        // Replace the entries with the updated values.
+
+        fakeNetEngine.request.calls.reset();
+        await delayForUpdatePeriod();
+
+        fakeNetEngine.expectRequest(
+            'test:/video?_HLS_skip=YES',
+            shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.RequestType.MANIFEST);
+      });
+
+
       it('skips older segments', async () => {
         const mediaWithSkippedSegments = [
           '#EXTM3U\n',
@@ -935,7 +985,7 @@ describe('HlsParser live', () => {
       it('skips older segments with discontinuity', async () => {
         const mediaWithDiscontinuity2 = [
           '#EXTM3U\n',
-          '#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:EVENT\n',
+          '#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:LIVE\n',
           '#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:5\n',
           '#EXT-X-MAP:URI="init.mp4",BYTERANGE="616@0"\n',
           '#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE:30\n',