diff --git a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
index 56b3f3d317..a2ba5e9b34 100644
--- a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
+++ b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
@@ -820,8 +820,11 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
     const requestType = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.RequestType.SEGMENT;
     const segmentRequest = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.makeRequest(
         segmentUris, this.config_.retryParameters);
+    const type = initSegmentRef ?
+        shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.AdvancedRequestType.INIT_SEGMENT :
+        shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.AdvancedRequestType.MEDIA_SEGMENT;
     const response = await this.makeNetworkRequest_(
-        segmentRequest, requestType);
+        segmentRequest, requestType, {type});
 
     let contentMimeType = response.headers['content-type'];
     if (contentMimeType) {
@@ -3214,9 +3217,9 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
     const headRequest = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.makeRequest(
         [middleSegmentUri], this.config_.retryParameters);
     headRequest.method = 'HEAD';
-
+    const type = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.AdvancedRequestType.MEDIA_SEGMENT;
     const response = await this.makeNetworkRequest_(
-        headRequest, requestType);
+        headRequest, requestType, {type});
 
     const contentMimeType = response.headers['content-type'];
     if (contentMimeType) {