diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am b/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
index cf7d035d..9e684ef5 100644
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 libdirdir = $(prefix)/lib/@PACKAGE@
-libdir_SCRIPTS = apport  arch  battery  cpu_count  cpu_freq  cpu_temp  color  custom  date  disk  disk_io  distro  entropy  fan_speed  hostname  ip_address  load_average  logo  mail  memory  menu  network  processes  raid  reboot_required  release  services  session  swap  time  time_binary time_utc trash updates_available  uptime  users  whoami  wifi_quality
+libdir_SCRIPTS = apport  arch  battery  cpu_count  cpu_freq  cpu_temp  color  custom  date  disk  disk_io  distro  entropy  fan_speed  hostname  ip_address  load_average  logo  mail  memory  menu  mpc  network  processes  raid  reboot_required  release  services  session  swap  time  time_binary time_utc trash updates_available  uptime  users  whoami  wifi_quality
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/mpc b/usr/lib/byobu/mpc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fcf34b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/mpc
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#    mpc: print current mpd song via mpc
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.
+#    Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Dustin Kirkland
+#
+#    Authors: Elan Ruusamäe <glen@pld-linux.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+__mpc_detail() {
+	uname -a
+}
+
+__mpc_playing() {
+	mpc status -f '' | grep -qF '[playing]'
+}
+
+__mpc() {
+	__mpc_playing || return 0
+	printf "%s " $(mpc current -f '[[%artist% - ]%title%]|[%file%]')
+}
+
+# vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab