diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
index 013e20f93118..f96308b447f4 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.10.5+1
+
+* Fixes issue where `initialize()` `Future` stalls when failing to load source
+  data and does not throw an error.
+
 ## 0.10.5
 
 * Support `web` by default.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
index cb24ac8cb100..c41b47c1cacf 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
       final PlatformException e = obj;
       value = VideoPlayerValue.erroneous(e.message);
       _timer?.cancel();
+      if (!initializingCompleter.isCompleted) {
+        initializingCompleter.completeError(obj);
+      }
     }
 
     _eventSubscription = VideoPlayerPlatform.instance
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
index 43c9ead07d25..33af2872ff14 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: video_player
 description: Flutter plugin for displaying inline video with other Flutter
   widgets on Android and iOS.
-version: 0.10.5
+version: 0.10.5+1
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/video_player/video_player
 
 flutter:
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
index d2a90b7182c9..ebabacb1dc48 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
@@ -134,6 +134,21 @@ void main() {
             });
       });
 
+      test('init errors', () async {
+        final VideoPlayerController controller = VideoPlayerController.network(
+          'http://testing.com/invalid_url',
+        );
+        try {
+          dynamic error;
+          fakeVideoPlayerPlatform.forceInitError = true;
+          await controller.initialize().catchError((dynamic e) => error = e);
+          final PlatformException platformEx = error;
+          expect(platformEx.code, equals('VideoError'));
+        } finally {
+          fakeVideoPlayerPlatform.forceInitError = false;
+        }
+      });
+
       test('file', () async {
         final VideoPlayerController controller =
             VideoPlayerController.file(File('a.avi'));
@@ -437,6 +452,7 @@ class FakeVideoPlayerPlatform {
   List<MethodCall> calls = <MethodCall>[];
   List<Map<String, dynamic>> dataSourceDescriptions = <Map<String, dynamic>>[];
   final Map<int, FakeVideoEventStream> streams = <int, FakeVideoEventStream>{};
+  bool forceInitError = false;
   int nextTextureId = 0;
   final Map<int, Duration> _positions = <int, Duration>{};
 
@@ -447,8 +463,8 @@ class FakeVideoPlayerPlatform {
         initialized.complete(true);
         break;
       case 'create':
-        streams[nextTextureId] = FakeVideoEventStream(
-            nextTextureId, 100, 100, const Duration(seconds: 1));
+        streams[nextTextureId] = FakeVideoEventStream(nextTextureId, 100, 100,
+            const Duration(seconds: 1), forceInitError);
         final Map<dynamic, dynamic> dataSource = call.arguments;
         dataSourceDescriptions.add(dataSource.cast<String, dynamic>());
         return Future<Map<String, int>>.sync(() {
@@ -481,7 +497,8 @@ class FakeVideoPlayerPlatform {
 }
 
 class FakeVideoEventStream {
-  FakeVideoEventStream(this.textureId, this.width, this.height, this.duration) {
+  FakeVideoEventStream(this.textureId, this.width, this.height, this.duration,
+      this.initWithError) {
     eventsChannel = FakeEventsChannel(
         'flutter.io/videoPlayer/videoEvents$textureId', onListen);
   }
@@ -490,16 +507,20 @@ class FakeVideoEventStream {
   int width;
   int height;
   Duration duration;
+  bool initWithError;
   FakeEventsChannel eventsChannel;
 
   void onListen() {
-    final Map<String, dynamic> initializedEvent = <String, dynamic>{
-      'event': 'initialized',
-      'duration': duration.inMilliseconds,
-      'width': width,
-      'height': height,
-    };
-    eventsChannel.sendEvent(initializedEvent);
+    if (!initWithError) {
+      eventsChannel.sendEvent(<String, dynamic>{
+        'event': 'initialized',
+        'duration': duration.inMilliseconds,
+        'width': width,
+        'height': height,
+      });
+    } else {
+      eventsChannel.sendError('VideoError', 'Video player had error XYZ');
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -522,13 +543,23 @@ class FakeEventsChannel {
   }
 
   void sendEvent(dynamic event) {
+    _sendMessage(const StandardMethodCodec().encodeSuccessEnvelope(event));
+  }
+
+  void sendError(String code, [String message, dynamic details]) {
+    _sendMessage(const StandardMethodCodec().encodeErrorEnvelope(
+      code: code,
+      message: message,
+      details: details,
+    ));
+  }
+
+  void _sendMessage(ByteData data) {
     // TODO(jackson): This has been deprecated and should be replaced
     // with `ServicesBinding.instance.defaultBinaryMessenger` when it's
     // available on all the versions of Flutter that we test.
     // ignore: deprecated_member_use
     defaultBinaryMessenger.handlePlatformMessage(
-        eventsMethodChannel.name,
-        const StandardMethodCodec().encodeSuccessEnvelope(event),
-        (ByteData data) {});
+        eventsMethodChannel.name, data, (ByteData data) {});
   }
 }