diff --git a/element.go b/element.go
index 61a4ffb..95219f9 100644
--- a/element.go
+++ b/element.go
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ const (
 	StateChangePreroll StateChangeReturn = C.GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL
 )
 
+type SeekFlags int
+
+const (
+	SeekFlagNone                      SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_NONE
+	SeekFlagFlush                     SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH
+	SeekFlagAccurate                  SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_ACCURATE
+	SeekFlagKeyUnit                   SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_KEY_UNIT
+	SeekFlagSegment                   SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_SEGMENT
+	SeekFlagTrickmode                 SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_TRICKMODE
+	SeekFlagSkip                      SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_SKIP
+	SeekFlagSnapBefore                SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_SNAP_BEFORE
+	SeekFlagSnapAfter                 SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_SNAP_AFTER
+	SeekFlagSnapNearest               SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_SNAP_NEAREST
+	SeekFlagTrickmodeKeyUnits         SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_TRICKMODE_KEY_UNITS
+	SeekFlagTrickmodeNoAudio          SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_TRICKMODE_NO_AUDIO
+	SeekFlagTrickmodeForwardPredicted SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_TRICKMODE_FORWARD_PREDICTED
+	SeekFlagInstantRateChange         SeekFlags = C.GST_SEEK_FLAG_INSTANT_RATE_CHANGE
+)
+
 type Element struct {
 	GstElement *C.GstElement
 	onPadAdded PadAddedCallback
@@ -121,6 +140,11 @@ func (e *Element) GetStaticPad(name string) (pad *Pad) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (e *Element) Query(q *Query) bool {
+	Cboolean := C.gst_element_query(e.GstElement, q.C)
+	return Cboolean == 1
+}
+
 func (e *Element) QueryPosition() (time.Duration, error) {
     var position C.gint64
 
@@ -311,6 +335,13 @@ func (e *Element) GetBus() (bus *Bus) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (e *Element) SeekSimple(format FormatOptions, flags SeekFlags, seekPos time.Duration) bool {
+
+	Cbool := C.gst_element_seek_simple(e.GstElement, C.GstFormat(format), C.GstSeekFlags(flags), C.gint64(seekPos))
+
+	return Cbool == 1
+}
+
 func (e *Element) cleanCallback() {
 
 	if e.onPadAdded == nil {
diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1080ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/query.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package gst
+
+/*
+#cgo pkg-config: gstreamer-1.0
+#include "gst.h"
+*/
+import "C"
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"runtime"
+	"time"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+type FormatOptions int
+
+const (
+	FormatUndefined FormatOptions = C.GST_FORMAT_UNDEFINED
+	FormatDefault   FormatOptions = C.GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT
+	FormatBytes     FormatOptions = C.GST_FORMAT_BYTES
+	FormatTime      FormatOptions = C.GST_FORMAT_TIME
+	FormatBuffers   FormatOptions = C.GST_FORMAT_BUFFERS
+	FormatPercent   FormatOptions = C.GST_FORMAT_PERCENT
+)
+
+type Query struct {
+	C *C.GstQuery
+}
+
+func QueryNewSeeking(format FormatOptions) (q *Query, err error) {
+
+	gstQuery := C.gst_query_new_seeking(C.GstFormat(format))
+	if gstQuery == nil {
+		err = errors.New("could not create a Gstreamer query")
+		return
+	}
+
+	q = &Query{}
+
+	q.C = gstQuery
+
+	runtime.SetFinalizer(q, func(q *Query) {
+		C.gst_object_unref(C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(q.C)))
+	})
+
+	return
+}
+
+func (q *Query) ParseSeeking(format *FormatOptions) (seekable bool, segmentStart, segmentEnd time.Duration) {
+
+	var Cformat C.GstFormat
+	var Cseekable C.gboolean
+	var CsegmentStart, CsegmentEnd C.gint64
+
+	if format != nil {
+		Cformat = C.GstFormat(*format)
+	}
+
+	C.gst_query_parse_seeking(q.C, &Cformat, &Cseekable, &CsegmentStart, &CsegmentEnd)
+
+	seekable = Cseekable == 1
+	segmentStart = time.Duration(CsegmentStart)
+	segmentEnd = time.Duration(CsegmentEnd)
+
+	return
+}