diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index cc042ba2bfaa..161e9002902e 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## NEXT
+## 2.2.18
 
+* Wait to initialize m3u8 videos until size is set, fixing aspect ratio.
 * Adjusts test timeouts for network-dependent native tests to avoid flake.
 
 ## 2.2.17
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index d19d578b6fb4..6069bf313e8e 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	archiveVersion = 1;
 	classes = {
 	};
-	objectVersion = 50;
+	objectVersion = 46;
 	objects = {
 
 /* Begin PBXBuildFile section */
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 		97C146E61CF9000F007C117D /* Project object */ = {
 			isa = PBXProject;
 			attributes = {
-				LastUpgradeCheck = 1300;
+				LastUpgradeCheck = 1320;
 				ORGANIZATIONNAME = "The Flutter Authors";
 				TargetAttributes = {
 					97C146ED1CF9000F007C117D = {
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Runner.xcscheme b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Runner.xcscheme
index 0632b6533bc8..c5858c80e959 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Runner.xcscheme
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/Runner.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Runner.xcscheme
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Scheme
-   LastUpgradeVersion = "1300"
+   LastUpgradeVersion = "1320"
    version = "1.3">
    <BuildAction
       parallelizeBuildables = "YES"
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.m
index 261f18ad2786..d7044faf2332 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/ios/RunnerTests/VideoPlayerTests.m
@@ -103,6 +103,22 @@ - (void)testAudioControls {
   XCTAssertEqualWithAccuracy([audioInitialization[@"duration"] intValue], 5400, 200);
 }
 
+- (void)testHLSControls {
+  NSObject<FlutterPluginRegistry> *registry =
+      (NSObject<FlutterPluginRegistry> *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
+  NSObject<FlutterPluginRegistrar> *registrar = [registry registrarForPlugin:@"TestHLSControls"];
+
+  FLTVideoPlayerPlugin *videoPlayerPlugin =
+      (FLTVideoPlayerPlugin *)[[FLTVideoPlayerPlugin alloc] initWithRegistrar:registrar];
+
+  NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *videoInitialization =
+      [self testPlugin:videoPlayerPlugin
+                   uri:@"https://flutter.github.io/assets-for-api-docs/assets/videos/hls/bee.m3u8"];
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(videoInitialization[@"height"], @720);
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(videoInitialization[@"width"], @1280);
+  XCTAssertEqualWithAccuracy([videoInitialization[@"duration"] intValue], 4000, 200);
+}
+
 - (NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)testPlugin:(FLTVideoPlayerPlugin *)videoPlayerPlugin
                                          uri:(NSString *)uri {
   FlutterError *error;
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/ios/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/ios/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
index 9cc40e388cef..55021cce64f9 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/ios/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/ios/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
@@ -354,9 +354,13 @@ - (void)setupEventSinkIfReadyToPlay {
     }
 
     BOOL hasVideoTracks = [asset tracksWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo].count != 0;
+    BOOL hasNoTracks = asset.tracks.count == 0;
 
-    // The player has not yet initialized when it contains video tracks.
-    if (hasVideoTracks && height == CGSizeZero.height && width == CGSizeZero.width) {
+    // 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
+    // a size.
+    if ((hasVideoTracks || hasNoTracks) && height == CGSizeZero.height &&
+        width == CGSizeZero.width) {
       return;
     }
     // The player may be initialized but still needs to determine the duration.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
index 82ffedec2527..8b00249ee453 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 implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/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: 2.2.17
+version: 2.2.18
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.14.0 <3.0.0"