diff --git a/modules/juce_core/streams/juce_InputStream.cpp b/modules/juce_core/streams/juce_InputStream.cpp
index b63ac6918b..66a5bb5f4c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/streams/juce_InputStream.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/streams/juce_InputStream.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ void InputStream::skipNextBytes (int64 numBytesToSkip)
 {
     if (numBytesToSkip > 0)
     {
+        // try to just set the position first as this will be much faster than reading each byte
+        if (setPosition (getPosition() + numBytesToSkip))
+            return;
+
         auto skipBufferSize = (int) jmin (numBytesToSkip, (int64) 16384);
         HeapBlock<char> temp (skipBufferSize);