diff --git a/src/cards/ha-media_player-card.html b/src/cards/ha-media_player-card.html
index b6fb7e8e53..661341c342 100644
--- a/src/cards/ha-media_player-card.html
+++ b/src/cards/ha-media_player-card.html
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
       }
 
       .controls {
+        position: relative;
         @apply(--paper-font-body1);
         padding: 8px;
         border-bottom-left-radius: 2px;
@@ -112,6 +113,14 @@
         height: 44px;
       }
 
+      .controls .progress {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 0;
+        left: 0;
+        width: 100%;
+        --paper-progress-active-color: red;
+      }
+
       paper-icon-button {
         opacity: var(--dark-primary-opacity);
       }
@@ -150,6 +159,13 @@
     </div>
 
     <div class='controls layout horizontal justified'>
+      <paper-progress
+        max='[[playbackDuration]]'
+        value='[[playbackPosition]]'
+        hidden$='[[!playbackVisible]]'
+        class='progress'
+      ></paper-progress>
+
       <paper-icon-button
         icon='mdi:power'
         on-tap='handleTogglePower'
@@ -221,13 +237,86 @@ Polymer({
       value: 1,
       reflectToAttribute: true,
     },
+
+    playbackDuration: {
+      type: Number,
+    },
+
+    playbackPosition: {
+      type: Number,
+    },
+
+    playbackVisible: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      value: false,
+    },
   },
 
   playerObjChanged: function (playerObj) {
+    var timeSincePositionValid;
+
     if (!playerObj.isOff && !playerObj.isIdle) {
       this.$.cover.style.backgroundImage = playerObj.stateObj.attributes.entity_picture ?
         'url(' + playerObj.stateObj.attributes.entity_picture + ')' : '';
     }
+
+    if (typeof this._positionTracking === 'undefined') {
+      this._positionTracking = {
+        position: null,  // last value of media_position
+        time: null,      // when that value was updated
+        interval: null,  // interval timer to update playbackPosition property
+      };
+    }
+
+    // clear previous interval timer
+    if (this._positionTracking.interval) {
+      clearInterval(this._positionTracking.interval);
+      this._positionTracking.interval = null;
+    }
+
+    // update playback state from object
+    if (playerObj.stateObj.attributes.media_position_updated_at) {
+      // when was the position valid?
+      timeSincePositionValid = Math.abs(
+        new Date() - Date.parse(playerObj.stateObj.attributes.media_position_updated_at)
+      );
+
+      // update "current" position (in ms) to reflect that
+      this._positionTracking.position = (1000 * playerObj.stateObj.attributes.media_position) +
+        timeSincePositionValid;
+
+      // base playbackPosition calculations on calculate position now
+      this._positionTracking.time = Date.now();
+
+      // playbackDuration is expressed in ms (rounded to the next second)
+      this.playbackDuration = 1000 * playerObj.stateObj.attributes.media_duration;
+    } else {
+      // no playback position
+      this._positionTracking.position = null;
+      this._positionTracking.time = null;
+      this.playbackDuration = null;
+    }
+
+    if (playerObj.isPlaying && this._positionTracking.position != null && this.playbackDuration) {
+      // playback is in progress, update the playback status on an interval timer
+      // we choose 200ms here in order to get the playback paper-progress control movement smooth
+      this._positionTracking.interval = setInterval(this.updatePlaybackPosition.bind(this), 200);
+    } else {
+      // no playback in progress (or no playback info), update playback status
+      this.updatePlaybackPosition();
+    }
+  },
+
+  updatePlaybackPosition: function () {
+    if (this._positionTracking.position != null && this.playbackDuration) {
+      // calculate playback position in ms
+      this.playbackPosition = this._positionTracking.position +
+        (Date.now() - this._positionTracking.time);
+      this.playbackVisible = true;
+    } else {
+      this.playbackPosition = null;
+      this.playbackVisible = false;
+    }
   },
 
   computeBannerClasses: function (playerObj) {