diff --git a/mopidy/core/playback.py b/mopidy/core/playback.py
index 73866f16..9f6030c1 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/playback.py
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class PlaybackController(object):
 
         success = self.provider.seek(time_position)
         if success:
-            self._trigger_seeked()
+            self._trigger_seeked(time_position)
         return success
 
     def stop(self, clear_current_track=False):
@@ -553,6 +553,6 @@ class PlaybackController(object):
         logger.debug(u'Triggering options changed event')
         BackendListener.send('options_changed')
 
-    def _trigger_seeked(self):
+    def _trigger_seeked(self, time_position):
         logger.debug(u'Triggering seeked event')
-        BackendListener.send('seeked')
+        BackendListener.send('seeked', time_position=time_position)
diff --git a/mopidy/listeners.py b/mopidy/listeners.py
index 8958ac2c..a8794232 100644
--- a/mopidy/listeners.py
+++ b/mopidy/listeners.py
@@ -111,11 +111,14 @@ class BackendListener(object):
         """
         pass
 
-    def seeked(self):
+    def seeked(self, time_position):
         """
         Called whenever the time position changes by an unexpected amount, e.g.
         at seek to a new time position.
 
         *MAY* be implemented by actor.
+
+        :param time_position: the position that was seeked to in milliseconds
+        :type time_position: int
         """
         pass
diff --git a/tests/listeners_test.py b/tests/listeners_test.py
index 7a1c6fb9..896fedf0 100644
--- a/tests/listeners_test.py
+++ b/tests/listeners_test.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ class BackendListenerTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.listener.volume_changed()
 
     def test_listener_has_default_impl_for_seeked(self):
-        self.listener.seeked()
+        self.listener.seeked(0)