diff --git a/tsdb/engine/bz1/bz1.go b/tsdb/engine/bz1/bz1.go
index 25d528d16e..47fa51034d 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/bz1/bz1.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/bz1/bz1.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type WAL interface {
 	Cursor(key string) tsdb.Cursor
 	Open() error
 	Close() error
+	Flush() error
 }
 
 // NewEngine returns a new instance of Engine.
@@ -613,7 +614,17 @@ type Cursor struct {
 // Seek moves the cursor to a position and returns the closest key/value pair.
 func (c *Cursor) Seek(seek []byte) (key, value []byte) {
 	// Move cursor to appropriate block and set to buffer.
-	_, v := c.cursor.Seek(seek)
+	k, v := c.cursor.Seek(seek)
+	if v == nil { // get the last block, it might have this time
+		_, v = c.cursor.Last()
+	} else if bytes.Compare(seek, k) == -1 { // the seek key is less than this block, go back one and check
+		_, v = c.cursor.Prev()
+
+		// if the previous block max time is less than the seek value, reset to where we were originally
+		if v == nil || bytes.Compare(seek, v[0:8]) > 0 {
+			_, v = c.cursor.Seek(seek)
+		}
+	}
 	c.setBuf(v)
 
 	// Read current block up to seek position.
diff --git a/tsdb/engine/bz1/bz1_test.go b/tsdb/engine/bz1/bz1_test.go
index 44bd1a6977..aeebadbac0 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/bz1/bz1_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/bz1/bz1_test.go
@@ -240,6 +240,41 @@ func TestEngine_WriteIndex_Insert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Ensure that the engine properly seeks to a block when the seek value is in the middle.
+func TestEngine_WriteIndex_SeekAgainstInBlockValue(t *testing.T) {
+	e := OpenDefaultEngine()
+	defer e.Close()
+
+	// make sure we have data split across two blocks
+	dataSize := (bz1.DefaultBlockSize - 16) / 2
+	data := make([]byte, dataSize, dataSize)
+	// Write initial points to index.
+	if err := e.WriteIndex(map[string][][]byte{
+		"cpu": [][]byte{
+			append(u64tob(10), data...),
+			append(u64tob(20), data...),
+			append(u64tob(30), data...),
+			append(u64tob(40), data...),
+		},
+	}, nil, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Start transaction.
+	tx := e.MustBegin(false)
+	defer tx.Rollback()
+
+	// Ensure that we can seek to a block in the middle
+	c := tx.Cursor("cpu")
+	if k, _ := c.Seek(u64tob(15)); btou64(k) != 20 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to seek to time 20, but got %d", btou64(k))
+	}
+	// Ensure that we can seek to the block on the end
+	if k, _ := c.Seek(u64tob(35)); btou64(k) != 40 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to seek to time 40, but got %d", btou64(k))
+	}
+}
+
 // Ensure the engine ignores writes without keys.
 func TestEngine_WriteIndex_NoKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	e := OpenDefaultEngine()
@@ -479,6 +514,8 @@ func (w *EnginePointsWriter) Close() error { return nil }
 
 func (w *EnginePointsWriter) Cursor(key string) tsdb.Cursor { return &Cursor{} }
 
+func (w *EnginePointsWriter) Flush() error { return nil }
+
 // Cursor represents a mock that implements tsdb.Curosr.
 type Cursor struct {
 }