diff --git a/include/RTPBuffer.h b/include/RTPBuffer.h
index 801a0ad..f13d99b 100644
--- a/include/RTPBuffer.h
+++ b/include/RTPBuffer.h
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ class RTPBuffer
     /*!
      * \param maxCapacity The maximum number of packages to buffer
      * \param maxDelay The maximum delay in milliseconds before dropping packages
+     * \param minBufferPackages The minimum of packages to buffer before returning valid audio-data
      */
-    RTPBuffer(uint16_t maxCapacity, uint16_t maxDelay);
+    RTPBuffer(uint16_t maxCapacity, uint16_t maxDelay, uint16_t minBufferPackages = 1);
     virtual ~RTPBuffer();
     
     /*!
@@ -119,6 +120,11 @@ class RTPBuffer
      * The maximum delay (in milliseconds) before dropping a package
      */
     const uint16_t maxDelay;
+    /*!
+     * The minimum number of packages this buffer must contain before packages are read.
+     * Until this lower limit is reached, silence-packages are returned.
+     */
+    const uint16_t minBufferPackages;
     /*!
      * The index to read the next package from, the last position in the buffer
      */
diff --git a/src/RTPBuffer.cpp b/src/RTPBuffer.cpp
index 19f665b..bbe67f6 100644
--- a/src/RTPBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/RTPBuffer.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 //TODO implement maxDelay (problem: RTP-timestamp is not guaranteed to be in ms or ns or s, ...)
 
-RTPBuffer::RTPBuffer(uint16_t maxCapacity, uint16_t maxDelay): capacity(maxCapacity), maxDelay(maxDelay)
+RTPBuffer::RTPBuffer(uint16_t maxCapacity, uint16_t maxDelay, uint16_t minBufferPackages): capacity(maxCapacity), maxDelay(maxDelay), minBufferPackages(minBufferPackages)
 {
     nextReadIndex = 0;
     ringBuffer = new RTPBufferPackage[maxCapacity];
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ RTPBufferStatus RTPBuffer::addPackage(RTPPackage &package, unsigned int contentS
 RTPBufferStatus RTPBuffer::readPackage(RTPPackage &package)
 {
     lockMutex();
-    if(size <= 0)
+    if(size < minBufferPackages)
     {
         //buffer is empty
         //write placeholder package