diff --git a/src/preloadjs/loaders/AbstractMediaLoader.js b/src/preloadjs/loaders/AbstractMediaLoader.js
index a3a0298e..24203fc9 100644
--- a/src/preloadjs/loaders/AbstractMediaLoader.js
+++ b/src/preloadjs/loaders/AbstractMediaLoader.js
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ this.createjs = this.createjs || {};
 	 */
 	p._formatResult = function (loader) {
 		this._tag.removeEventListener && this._tag.removeEventListener("canplaythrough", this._loadedHandler);
+		this._tag.removeEventListener && this._tag.removeEventListener("loadedmetadata", this._loadedHandler);
+
 		this._tag.onstalled = null;
 		if (this._preferXHR) {
             var URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
diff --git a/src/preloadjs/net/MediaTagRequest.js b/src/preloadjs/net/MediaTagRequest.js
index 39c0fe02..f1c19929 100644
--- a/src/preloadjs/net/MediaTagRequest.js
+++ b/src/preloadjs/net/MediaTagRequest.js
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ this.createjs = this.createjs || {};
 		// This will tell us when audio is buffered enough to play through, but not when its loaded.
 		// The tag doesn't keep loading in Chrome once enough has buffered, and we have decided that behaviour is sufficient.
 		this._tag.addEventListener && this._tag.addEventListener("canplaythrough", this._loadedHandler, false); // canplaythrough callback doesn't work in Chrome, so we use an event.
+		
+		// iOS fallback: canplaythrough doesn't always fire on iPhone, so loadedmetadata ensures the handler is called
+		this._tag.addEventListener && this._tag.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", this._loadedHandler, false);
 
 		this.TagRequest_load();
 	};
@@ -110,6 +113,8 @@ this.createjs = this.createjs || {};
 	// protected methods
 	p._clean = function () {
 		this._tag.removeEventListener && this._tag.removeEventListener("canplaythrough", this._loadedHandler);
+		this._tag.removeEventListener && this._tag.removeEventListener("loadedmetadata", this._loadedHandler, false);
+
 		this._tag.removeEventListener("stalled", this._stalledCallback);
 		this._tag.removeEventListener("progress", this._progressCallback);