diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index f8a04d00..182db916 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Core API
   ``tl_track`` versions of the calls. (Fixes: :issue:`1131` PR: :issue:`1136`,
   :issue:`1140`)
 
+- Add :meth:`mopidy.core.playback.PlaybackController.get_current_tlid`.
+  (Part of: :issue:`1137`)
+
 - Update core to handle backend crashes and bad data. (Fixes: :issue:`1161`)
 
 Models
diff --git a/mopidy/core/playback.py b/mopidy/core/playback.py
index 3605db0f..5836ff68 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/playback.py
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ class PlaybackController(object):
 
         Returns a :class:`mopidy.models.Track` or :class:`None`.
         """
-        tl_track = self.get_current_tl_track()
-        if tl_track is not None:
-            return tl_track.track
+        return getattr(self.get_current_tl_track(), 'track', None)
 
     current_track = deprecation.deprecated_property(get_current_track)
     """
@@ -71,6 +69,18 @@ class PlaybackController(object):
         Use :meth:`get_current_track` instead.
     """
 
+    def get_current_tlid(self):
+        """
+        Get the currently playing or selected TLID.
+
+        Extracted from :meth:`get_current_tl_track` for convenience.
+
+        Returns a :class:`int` or :class:`None`.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.1
+        """
+        return getattr(self.get_current_tl_track(), 'tlid', None)
+
     def get_stream_title(self):
         """Get the current stream title or :class:`None`."""
         return self._stream_title
diff --git a/tests/core/test_playback.py b/tests/core/test_playback.py
index 7896ed4e..4b81dd8b 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_playback.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_playback.py
@@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ class CorePlaybackTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.core.playback.get_current_track(), self.tracks[0])
 
+    def test_get_current_tlid_none(self):
+        self.set_current_tl_track(None)
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.core.playback.get_current_tlid(), None)
+
+    def test_get_current_tlid_play(self):
+        self.core.playback.play(self.tl_tracks[0])
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.core.playback.get_current_tlid(), self.tl_tracks[0].tlid)
+
     # TODO Test state
 
     def test_play_selects_dummy1_backend(self):