diff --git a/mopidy/core/tracklist.py b/mopidy/core/tracklist.py
index e0497a9a..de875081 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/tracklist.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/tracklist.py
@@ -200,19 +200,32 @@ class TracklistController(object):
 
     # Methods
 
-    def index(self, tl_track):
+    def index(self, tl_track=None, tlid=None):
         """
         The position of the given track in the tracklist.
 
         :param tl_track: the track to find the index of
         :type tl_track: :class:`mopidy.models.TlTrack` or :class:`None`
+        :param tlid: of the track to find the index of
+        :type tlid: TLID number or :class:`None`
         :rtype: :class:`int` or :class:`None`
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 1.1
+            Added the *tlid* parameter
         """
         tl_track is None or validation.check_instance(tl_track, TlTrack)
-        try:
-            return self._tl_tracks.index(tl_track)
-        except ValueError:
-            return None
+        tlid is None or validation.check_integer(tlid, min=0)
+
+        if tl_track is not None:
+            try:
+                return self._tl_tracks.index(tl_track)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        elif tlid is not None:
+            for i, tl_track in enumerate(self._tl_tracks):
+                if tl_track.tlid == tlid:
+                    return i
+        return None
 
     def eot_track(self, tl_track):
         """
diff --git a/tests/core/test_tracklist.py b/tests/core/test_tracklist.py
index 1ff089cb..d9f918a8 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_tracklist.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_tracklist.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import unittest
 import mock
 
 from mopidy import backend, core
-from mopidy.models import Track
+from mopidy.models import TlTrack, Track
 from mopidy.utils import deprecation
 
 
@@ -102,3 +102,55 @@ class TracklistTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.core.tracklist.filter({'uri': 'a'})
 
     # TODO Extract tracklist tests from the local backend tests
+
+
+class TracklistIndexTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):  # noqa: N802
+        self.tracks = [
+            Track(uri='dummy1:a', name='foo'),
+            Track(uri='dummy1:b', name='foo'),
+            Track(uri='dummy1:c', name='bar'),
+        ]
+
+        def lookup(uris):
+            return {u: [t for t in self.tracks if t.uri == u] for u in uris}
+
+        self.core = core.Core(mixer=None, backends=[])
+        self.core.library.lookup = mock.Mock()
+        self.core.library.lookup.side_effect = lookup
+
+        self.tl_tracks = self.core.tracklist.add(uris=[
+            t.uri for t in self.tracks])
+
+    def test_index_returns_index_of_track(self):
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.core.tracklist.index(self.tl_tracks[0]))
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.core.tracklist.index(self.tl_tracks[1]))
+        self.assertEqual(2, self.core.tracklist.index(self.tl_tracks[2]))
+
+    def test_index_returns_none_if_item_not_found(self):
+        tl_track = TlTrack(0, Track())
+        self.assertEqual(self.core.tracklist.index(tl_track), None)
+
+    def test_index_returns_none_if_called_with_none(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.core.tracklist.index(None), None)
+
+    def test_index_errors_out_for_invalid_tltrack(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            self.core.tracklist.index('abc')
+
+    def test_index_return_index_when_called_with_tlids(self):
+        tl_tracks = self.tl_tracks
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.core.tracklist.index(tlid=tl_tracks[0].tlid))
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.core.tracklist.index(tlid=tl_tracks[1].tlid))
+        self.assertEqual(2, self.core.tracklist.index(tlid=tl_tracks[2].tlid))
+
+    def test_index_returns_none_if_tlid_not_found(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.core.tracklist.index(tlid=123), None)
+
+    def test_index_returns_none_if_called_with_tlid_none(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.core.tracklist.index(tlid=None), None)
+
+    def test_index_errors_out_for_invalid_tlid(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            self.core.tracklist.index(tlid=-1)
diff --git a/tests/local/test_tracklist.py b/tests/local/test_tracklist.py
index f405f218..a0add637 100644
--- a/tests/local/test_tracklist.py
+++ b/tests/local/test_tracklist.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import pykka
 from mopidy import core
 from mopidy.core import PlaybackState
 from mopidy.local import actor
-from mopidy.models import Playlist, TlTrack, Track
+from mopidy.models import Playlist, Track
 from mopidy.utils import deprecation
 
 from tests import dummy_audio, path_to_data_dir
@@ -176,16 +176,6 @@ class LocalTracklistProviderTest(unittest.TestCase):
         tl_tracks = self.controller.add(self.controller.tracks[1:2])
         self.assertEqual(tl_tracks[0].track, self.controller.tracks[1])
 
-    def test_index_returns_index_of_track(self):
-        tl_tracks = self.controller.add(self.tracks)
-        self.assertEqual(0, self.controller.index(tl_tracks[0]))
-        self.assertEqual(1, self.controller.index(tl_tracks[1]))
-        self.assertEqual(2, self.controller.index(tl_tracks[2]))
-
-    def test_index_returns_none_if_item_not_found(self):
-        tl_track = TlTrack(0, Track())
-        self.assertEqual(self.controller.index(tl_track), None)
-
     @populate_tracklist
     def test_move_single(self):
         self.controller.move(0, 0, 2)