diff --git a/library/hls/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsMasterPlaylistParserTest.java b/library/hls/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsMasterPlaylistParserTest.java
index 35cd7f03d8..4dedc9526f 100644
--- a/library/hls/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsMasterPlaylistParserTest.java
+++ b/library/hls/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsMasterPlaylistParserTest.java
@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@
 package com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist;
 
 import android.net.Uri;
+
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.C;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ParserException;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.MimeTypes;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 /**
  * Test for {@link HlsMasterPlaylistParserTest}
@@ -147,6 +151,44 @@ public class HlsMasterPlaylistParserTest extends TestCase {
     assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(), playlist.muxedCaptionFormats);
   }
 
+  public void testReorderedVariantCopy() throws IOException {
+    HlsMasterPlaylist playlist = parseMasterPlaylist(PLAYLIST_URI, MASTER_PLAYLIST);
+    HlsMasterPlaylist nonReorderedPlaylist =
+            playlist.copyWithReorderedVariants(new Comparator<HlsMasterPlaylist.HlsUrl>() {
+      @Override
+      public int compare(HlsMasterPlaylist.HlsUrl url1, HlsMasterPlaylist.HlsUrl url2) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+    });
+    assertEquals(playlist.variants, nonReorderedPlaylist.variants);
+    HlsMasterPlaylist.HlsUrl preferred = null;
+    for (HlsMasterPlaylist.HlsUrl url : playlist.variants) {
+      if (preferred == null || url.format.bitrate > preferred.format.bitrate) {
+        preferred = url;
+      }
+    }
+
+    assertNotNull(preferred);
+
+    final Comparator comparator = Collections.reverseOrder(new Comparator<HlsMasterPlaylist.HlsUrl>() {
+      @Override
+      public int compare(HlsMasterPlaylist.HlsUrl url1, HlsMasterPlaylist.HlsUrl url2) {
+        if (url1.format.bitrate > url2.format.bitrate) {
+          return 1;
+        }
+
+        if (url2.format.bitrate > url1.format.bitrate) {
+          return -1;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+      }
+    });
+    HlsMasterPlaylist reorderedPlaylist = playlist.copyWithReorderedVariants(comparator);
+
+    assertEquals(reorderedPlaylist.variants.get(0), preferred);
+  }
+
   private static HlsMasterPlaylist parseMasterPlaylist(String uri, String playlistString)
       throws IOException {
     Uri playlistUri = Uri.parse(uri);
diff --git a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsMediaSource.java b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsMediaSource.java
index fd3d533337..b7f7124e44 100644
--- a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsMediaSource.java
+++ b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsMediaSource.java
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.MediaPeriod;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.MediaSource;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.SinglePeriodTimeline;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.HlsMediaPlaylist;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.HlsPlaylist;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.HlsPlaylistParser;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.HlsPlaylistTracker;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Allocator;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.DataSource;
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.ParsingLoadable;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Assertions;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ public final class HlsMediaSource implements MediaSource,
   private final HlsDataSourceFactory dataSourceFactory;
   private final int minLoadableRetryCount;
   private final EventDispatcher eventDispatcher;
+  private final ParsingLoadable.Parser<HlsPlaylist> playlistParser;
 
   private HlsPlaylistTracker playlistTracker;
   private Listener sourceListener;
@@ -72,9 +76,17 @@ public final class HlsMediaSource implements MediaSource,
   public HlsMediaSource(Uri manifestUri, HlsDataSourceFactory dataSourceFactory,
       int minLoadableRetryCount, Handler eventHandler,
       AdaptiveMediaSourceEventListener eventListener) {
+   this(manifestUri, dataSourceFactory, minLoadableRetryCount, eventHandler, eventListener, new HlsPlaylistParser());
+  }
+
+  public HlsMediaSource(Uri manifestUri, HlsDataSourceFactory dataSourceFactory,
+                        int minLoadableRetryCount, Handler eventHandler,
+                        AdaptiveMediaSourceEventListener eventListener,
+                        ParsingLoadable.Parser<HlsPlaylist> playlistParser) {
     this.manifestUri = manifestUri;
     this.dataSourceFactory = dataSourceFactory;
     this.minLoadableRetryCount = minLoadableRetryCount;
+    this.playlistParser = playlistParser;
     eventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher(eventHandler, eventListener);
   }
 
@@ -82,7 +94,7 @@ public final class HlsMediaSource implements MediaSource,
   public void prepareSource(ExoPlayer player, boolean isTopLevelSource, Listener listener) {
     Assertions.checkState(playlistTracker == null);
     playlistTracker = new HlsPlaylistTracker(manifestUri, dataSourceFactory, eventDispatcher,
-        minLoadableRetryCount, this);
+        minLoadableRetryCount, this, playlistParser);
     sourceListener = listener;
     playlistTracker.start();
   }
diff --git a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsMasterPlaylist.java b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsMasterPlaylist.java
index 04192def9d..5ded975f88 100644
--- a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsMasterPlaylist.java
+++ b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsMasterPlaylist.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.MimeTypes;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -123,6 +124,25 @@ public final class HlsMasterPlaylist extends HlsPlaylist {
         muxedAudioFormat, muxedCaptionFormats);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a copy of this playlist which includes the variants sorted using the passed comparator. NOTE: the variants
+   * will be sorted in ascending order by default. If you wish to use descending order, you can wrap your comparator in
+   * {@link Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
+   *
+   * @param variantComparator the comparator to use to sort the variant list.
+   * @return a copy of this playlist which includes the variants sorted using the passed comparator.
+   */
+  public HlsMasterPlaylist copyWithReorderedVariants(Comparator<HlsUrl> variantComparator) {
+    return new HlsMasterPlaylist(baseUri, tags, filterVariants(variants, variantComparator), audios,
+            subtitles, muxedAudioFormat, muxedCaptionFormats);
+  }
+
+  private List<HlsUrl> filterVariants(List<HlsUrl> variants, Comparator<HlsUrl> variantComparator) {
+    List<HlsUrl> reorderedList = new ArrayList<>(variants);
+    Collections.sort(reorderedList, variantComparator);
+    return reorderedList;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a playlist with a single variant.
    *
diff --git a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsPlaylistTracker.java b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsPlaylistTracker.java
index d3682217d8..52d5a4b5bc 100644
--- a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsPlaylistTracker.java
+++ b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/playlist/HlsPlaylistTracker.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public final class HlsPlaylistTracker implements Loader.Callback<ParsingLoadable
 
   private final Uri initialPlaylistUri;
   private final HlsDataSourceFactory dataSourceFactory;
-  private final HlsPlaylistParser playlistParser;
+  private final ParsingLoadable.Parser<HlsPlaylist> playlistParser;
   private final int minRetryCount;
   private final IdentityHashMap<HlsUrl, MediaPlaylistBundle> playlistBundles;
   private final Handler playlistRefreshHandler;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public final class HlsPlaylistTracker implements Loader.Callback<ParsingLoadable
    */
   public HlsPlaylistTracker(Uri initialPlaylistUri, HlsDataSourceFactory dataSourceFactory,
       EventDispatcher eventDispatcher, int minRetryCount,
-      PrimaryPlaylistListener primaryPlaylistListener) {
+      PrimaryPlaylistListener primaryPlaylistListener, ParsingLoadable.Parser<HlsPlaylist> playlistParser) {
     this.initialPlaylistUri = initialPlaylistUri;
     this.dataSourceFactory = dataSourceFactory;
     this.eventDispatcher = eventDispatcher;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public final class HlsPlaylistTracker implements Loader.Callback<ParsingLoadable
     this.primaryPlaylistListener = primaryPlaylistListener;
     listeners = new ArrayList<>();
     initialPlaylistLoader = new Loader("HlsPlaylistTracker:MasterPlaylist");
-    playlistParser = new HlsPlaylistParser();
+    this.playlistParser = playlistParser;
     playlistBundles = new IdentityHashMap<>();
     playlistRefreshHandler = new Handler();
   }