diff --git a/cypress/e2e/regions-no-audio.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/regions-no-audio.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..173129aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/e2e/regions-no-audio.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+describe('WaveSurfer Regions plugin with no audio tests', () => {
+  beforeEach((done) => {
+    cy.visit('cypress/e2e/index.html')
+
+    cy.window().its('WaveSurfer').should('exist')
+
+    cy.window().then((win) => {
+      const waitForReady = new Promise((resolve) => {
+        win.wavesurfer = win.WaveSurfer.create({
+          container: '#waveform',
+          height: 200,
+          waveColor: 'rgb(200, 200, 0)',
+          progressColor: 'rgb(100, 100, 0)',
+
+          // For these tests we're explicitly testing for scenarios where audio is not loaded
+          // so we don't pass a url, instead we use peaks & duration.
+          //url: '/examples/audio/demo.wav',
+
+          duration: 22,
+          peaks: [
+            [
+              0, 0.0023595101665705442, 0.012107174843549728, 0.005919494666159153, -0.31324470043182373, 0.1511787623167038,
+              0.2473851442337036, 0.11443428695201874, -0.036057762801647186, -0.0968964695930481, -0.03033737652003765,
+              0.10682467371225357, 0.23974689841270447, 0.013210971839725971, -0.12377244979143143, 0.046145666390657425,
+              -0.015757400542497635, 0.10884027928113937, 0.06681904196739197, 0.09432944655418396, -0.17105795443058014,
+              -0.023439358919858932, -0.10380347073078156, 0.0034454423002898693, 0.08061369508504868, 0.026129156351089478,
+              0.18730352818965912, 0.020447958260774612, -0.15030759572982788, 0.05689578503370285, -0.0009095853311009705,
+              0.2749626338481903, 0.2565386891365051, 0.07571295648813248, 0.10791446268558502, -0.06575305759906769,
+              0.15336275100708008, 0.07056761533021927, 0.03287476301193237, -0.09044631570577621, 0.01777501218020916,
+              -0.04906218498945236, -0.04756792634725571, -0.006875281687825918, 0.04520256072282791, -0.02362387254834175,
+              -0.0668797641992569, 0.12266506254673004, -0.10895221680402756, 0.03791835159063339, -0.0195105392485857,
+              -0.031097881495952606, 0.04252675920724869, -0.09187793731689453, 0.0829525887966156, -0.003812957089394331,
+              0.0431736595928669, 0.07634212076663971, -0.05335947126150131, 0.0345163568854332, -0.049201950430870056,
+              0.02300390601158142, 0.007677287794649601, 0.015354577451944351, 0.007677287794649601, 0.007677288725972176,
+            ],
+          ],
+          splitChannels: true,
+          plugins: [win.Regions.create()],
+        })
+
+        win.wavesurfer.once('ready', () => resolve())
+      })
+
+      cy.wrap(waitForReady).then(done)
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should listen to events on a region', () => {
+    cy.window().then((win) => {
+      const regionsPlugin = win.wavesurfer.getActivePlugins()[0]
+
+      const region = regionsPlugin.addRegion({
+        start: 1,
+        end: 3,
+        content: 'Test region',
+        color: 'rgba(0, 100, 0, 0.2)',
+      })
+
+      expect(region.element.textContent).to.equal('Test region')
+
+      let eventHandlerCalled = false;
+
+      regionsPlugin.on('region-in', (reg, e) => {
+        expect(region).to.equal(reg)
+        eventHandlerCalled = true;
+      })
+
+      win.wavesurfer.setTime(2)
+
+      expect(eventHandlerCalled).to.be.true
+      expect(win.wavesurfer.isPlaying()).to.be.false
+      expect(win.wavesurfer.getCurrentTime()).to.equal(2)
+
+      win.wavesurfer.destroy()
+    })
+  })
+
+})
diff --git a/src/wavesurfer.ts b/src/wavesurfer.ts
index 7c73abfe9..c46083d1b 100644
--- a/src/wavesurfer.ts
+++ b/src/wavesurfer.ts
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ class WaveSurfer extends Player<WaveSurferEvents> {
   public setTime(time: number) {
     super.setTime(time)
     this.updateProgress(time)
+    this.emit('timeupdate', time)
   }
 
   /** Seek to a percentage of audio as [0..1] (0 = beginning, 1 = end) */