diff --git a/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/listener.py b/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/listener.py
index 9559937..960dc8c 100644
--- a/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/listener.py
+++ b/src/mpd_now_playable/mpd/listener.py
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ class MpdStateListener(Player):
 		print(song)
 		listener.update(song)
 
+	async def albumart(self, file: str) -> bytes | None:
+		try:
+			albumart = await self.client.albumart(file)
+			return albumart.get("binary")
+		except CommandError:
+			return None
+
 	async def readpicture(self, file: str) -> bytes | None:
 		try:
 			readpic = await self.client.readpicture(file)
diff --git a/stubs/mpd/asyncio.pyi b/stubs/mpd/asyncio.pyi
index 221fcf4..6968141 100644
--- a/stubs/mpd/asyncio.pyi
+++ b/stubs/mpd/asyncio.pyi
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class MPDClient(MPDClientBase):
 	def idle(self, subsystems: Sequence[str] = ...) -> AsyncIterator[Sequence[str]]: ...
 	async def status(self) -> types.StatusResponse: ...
 	async def currentsong(self) -> types.CurrentSongResponse: ...
+	async def albumart(self, uri: str) -> types.ReadPictureResponse: ...
 	async def readpicture(self, uri: str) -> types.ReadPictureResponse: ...
 	async def play(self) -> None: ...
 	async def pause(self, pause: Literal[1, 0, None] = None) -> None: