diff --git a/mopidy/backends/libspotify.py b/mopidy/backends/libspotify.py
index d46f80fa..047f1328 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/libspotify.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/libspotify.py
@@ -81,10 +81,16 @@ class LibspotifyLibraryController(BaseLibraryController):
                 else:
                     spotify_query.append(u'%s:"%s"' % (field, value))
         spotify_query = u' '.join(spotify_query)
-        logger.debug(u'Spotify search query: %s', spotify_query)
         logger.debug(u'In search method, search for: %s' % spotify_query)
         my_end, other_end = multiprocessing.Pipe()
         self.backend.spotify.search(spotify_query.encode(ENCODING), other_end)
+        logger.debug(u'In Library.search(), waiting for search results')
+        my_end.poll(None)
+        logger.debug(u'In Library.search(), receiving search results')
+        playlist = my_end.recv()
+        logger.debug(u'In Library.search(), done receiving search results')
+        logger.debug(['%s' % t.name for t in playlist.tracks])
+        return playlist
 
 
 class LibspotifyPlaybackController(BasePlaybackController):