diff --git a/bwamem.c b/bwamem.c
index 3da9775..a221d28 100644
--- a/bwamem.c
+++ b/bwamem.c
@@ -537,7 +537,20 @@ void mem_chain2aln(const mem_opt_t *opt, int64_t l_pac, const uint8_t *pac, int
 			w = max_gap < opt->w? max_gap : opt->w;
 			if (qd - rd < w && rd - qd < w) break;
 		}
-		if (i < av->n) continue;
+		if (i < av->n) { // the seed is (almost) contained in an existing alignment
+			for (i = k + 1; i < c->n; ++i) { // check overlapping seeds in the same chain
+				const mem_seed_t *t;
+				if (srt[i] == 0) continue;
+				t = &c->seeds[(uint32_t)srt[i]];
+				if (t->len < s->len * .95) continue; // only check overlapping if t is long enough; TODO: more efficient by early stopping
+				if (s->qbeg <= t->qbeg && s->qbeg + s->len >= t->qbeg && t->qbeg - s->qbeg != t->rbeg - s->rbeg) break;
+				if (t->qbeg <= s->qbeg && t->qbeg + t->len >= s->qbeg && s->qbeg - t->qbeg != s->rbeg - t->rbeg) break;
+			}
+			if (i == c->n) { // no overlapping seeds; then skip extension
+				srt[k] = 0; // mark that seed extension has not been performed
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
 
 		a = kv_pushp(mem_alnreg_t, *av);
 		memset(a, 0, sizeof(mem_alnreg_t));
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 16f6f27..0d490bc 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 
 #ifndef PACKAGE_VERSION
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.7.3-r370-beta"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.7.3-r371-beta"
 #endif
 
 int bwa_fa2pac(int argc, char *argv[]);