diff --git a/mopidy/backends/spotify/playback.py b/mopidy/backends/spotify/playback.py
index 63ee45cc..d7e622fb 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/spotify/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/spotify/playback.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import pygst
+pygst.require('0.10')
+import gst
+
 import logging
 import functools
 
@@ -55,5 +59,5 @@ class SpotifyPlaybackProvider(base.BasePlaybackProvider):
 
     def on_seek_data(self, time_position):
         logger.debug('playback.on_seek_data(%d) called', time_position)
-        self.backend.spotify.buffer_timestamp = time_position
+        self.backend.spotify.buffer_timestamp = time_position * gst.MSECOND
         self.backend.spotify.session.seek(time_position)
diff --git a/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py b/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
index 82287497..d372bfa4 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class SpotifySessionManager(process.BaseThread, PyspotifySessionManager):
 
         buffer_ = gst.Buffer(bytes(frames))
         buffer_.set_caps(gst.caps_from_string(capabilites))
-        buffer_.timestamp = self.buffer_timestamp * gst.MSECOND
+        buffer_.timestamp = self.buffer_timestamp
         buffer_.duration = num_frames * gst.SECOND / sample_rate
 
         self.buffer_timestamp += buffer_.duration