diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 7637de58..41d5cccc 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Bug fix release.
 
 - MPD: Notify idling clients when a seek is performed. (Fixes: :issue:`1331`)
 
+- Core: Fix bug in playback controller. If changing to another track while
+  the player is paused, the new track would not be added to the history or
+  marked as currently playing. (Fixes: :issue:`1352`)
+
 
 v1.1.1 (2015-09-14)
 ===================
diff --git a/mopidy/core/playback.py b/mopidy/core/playback.py
index 9a11066b..eeba5106 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/playback.py
@@ -207,12 +207,15 @@ class PlaybackController(object):
         if old_state == PlaybackState.PLAYING:
             self._play(on_error_step=on_error_step)
         elif old_state == PlaybackState.PAUSED:
-            # NOTE: this is just a quick hack to fix #1177 as this code has
-            # already been killed in the gapless branch.
+            # NOTE: this is just a quick hack to fix #1177 and #1352 as this
+            # code has already been killed in the gapless branch.
             backend = self._get_backend()
             if backend:
                 backend.playback.prepare_change()
-                backend.playback.change_track(tl_track.track).get()
+                success = backend.playback.change_track(tl_track.track).get()
+                if success:
+                    self.core.tracklist._mark_playing(tl_track)
+                    self.core.history._add_track(tl_track.track)
             self.pause()
 
     # TODO: this is not really end of track, this is on_need_next_track
diff --git a/tests/core/test_playback.py b/tests/core/test_playback.py
index 5fab9f6b..d176db0b 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_playback.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_playback.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import pykka
 
 from mopidy import backend, core
 from mopidy.internal import deprecation
-from mopidy.models import Track
+from mopidy.models import TlTrack, Track
 
 from tests import dummy_audio as audio
 
@@ -808,6 +808,43 @@ class Bug1177RegressionTest(unittest.TestCase):
         b.playback.change_track.assert_called_once_with(track2)
 
 
+class Bug1352RegressionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test(self):
+        config = {
+            'core': {
+                'max_tracklist_length': 10000,
+            }
+        }
+
+        b = mock.Mock()
+        b.uri_schemes.get.return_value = ['dummy']
+        b.playback = mock.Mock(spec=backend.PlaybackProvider)
+        b.playback.change_track.return_value.get.return_value = True
+        b.playback.play.return_value.get.return_value = True
+
+        track1 = Track(uri='dummy:a', length=40000)
+        track2 = Track(uri='dummy:b', length=40000)
+
+        tl_track2 = TlTrack(1, track2)
+
+        c = core.Core(config, mixer=None, backends=[b])
+        c.tracklist.add([track1, track2])
+
+        c.history._add_track = mock.PropertyMock()
+        c.tracklist._mark_playing = mock.PropertyMock()
+
+        c.playback.play()
+        b.playback.change_track.reset_mock()
+        c.history._add_track.reset_mock()
+        c.tracklist._mark_playing.reset_mock()
+
+        c.playback.pause()
+        c.playback.next()
+        b.playback.change_track.assert_called_once_with(track2)
+        c.history._add_track.assert_called_once_with(track2)
+        c.tracklist._mark_playing.assert_called_once_with(tl_track2)
+
+
 class Bug1358RegressionTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):  # noqa: N802