diff --git a/src/css/components/_progress.scss b/src/css/components/_progress.scss
index b5f8e6a06a..abc54329ad 100644
--- a/src/css/components/_progress.scss
+++ b/src/css/components/_progress.scss
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
   height: 1em;
   pointer-events: none;
   line-height: 0.15em;
+  z-index: 1;
 }
 
 .video-js .vjs-load-progress {