diff --git a/mopidy/backends/base/playback.py b/mopidy/backends/base/playback.py
index 88617d83..2dafda14 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/base/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/base/playback.py
@@ -373,7 +373,9 @@ class BasePlaybackController(object):
         self._seek(time_position)
 
     def _seek(self, time_position):
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        time_position_ms = int(time_position) * 1000
+        self._play_time_started = (self._current_wall_time - time_position_ms)
+        self._play_time_accumulated = time_position_ms
 
     def stop(self):
         """Stop playing."""
diff --git a/mopidy/backends/libspotify/__init__.py b/mopidy/backends/libspotify/__init__.py
index 5e99385e..2092b25b 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/libspotify/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/libspotify/__init__.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class LibspotifyPlaybackController(BasePlaybackController):
         seek_to_ms = int(time_position) * 1000
         result = self.backend.spotify.session.seek(seek_to_ms)
         self._set_output_state('PLAYING')
-        return True
+        super(LibspotifyPlaybackController, self)._seek(time_position)
 
     def _stop(self):
         result = self._set_output_state('READY')