diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d48a3bc31..26f83905e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 ## HEAD (Unreleased)
 * @tjenkinson Added background-color to vjs-poster to remove transparent borders around scaled poster image ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/2138))
 * @bc-bbay fixed a bug where the player would try to autoplay when there was no source ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/2127))
+* @bc-bbay update time display on loadedmetadata ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/2151))
 
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diff --git a/src/js/control-bar/time-display.js b/src/js/control-bar/time-display.js
index 053211d43..94051c223 100644
--- a/src/js/control-bar/time-display.js
+++ b/src/js/control-bar/time-display.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ vjs.DurationDisplay = vjs.Component.extend({
     // Once the order of durationchange and this.player_.duration() being set is figured out,
     // this can be updated.
     this.on(player, 'timeupdate', this.updateContent);
+    this.on(player, 'loadedmetadata', this.updateContent);
   }
 });