diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 654397d560..c2f001351e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Oskar Arvidsson <oskar@irock.se>
 Sanborn Hilland <sanbornh@rogers.com>
 Timothy Drews <tdrews@google.com>
 Vasanth Polipelli <vasanthap@google.com>
+Vignesh Venkatasubramanian <vigneshv@google.com>
diff --git a/lib/dash/mpd_parser.js b/lib/dash/mpd_parser.js
index ffaeebeb59..8cd94efeac 100644
--- a/lib/dash/mpd_parser.js
+++ b/lib/dash/mpd_parser.js
@@ -830,12 +830,21 @@ shaka.dash.mpd.Mpd.prototype.parse = function(parent, elem) {
                      mpd.parseDuration_,
                      this.minBufferTime);
 
-  // Disallow zero.
   this.minUpdatePeriod =
       mpd.parseAttr_(elem,
                      'minimumUpdatePeriod',
                      mpd.parseDuration_,
-                     this.minUpdatePeriod) || null;
+                     this.minUpdatePeriod);
+
+  // If minimumUpdatePeriod is set to 0, then we shouldn't refresh the manifest
+  // unless there is explicit signalling in the stream, according to:
+  // http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/09/13/dash-live-streaming-with-azure-media-service/
+  // There is no way to get the signal from within the stream in MSE as of now.
+  // So, if we see a minimumUpdatePeriod of zero, we merely set it to 10
+  // seconds.
+  if (this.minUpdatePeriod == 0) {
+    this.minUpdatePeriod = 10;
+  }
 
   this.availabilityStartTime =
       mpd.parseAttr_(elem,