diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4658523..c2e54be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "fluent-uri",
  "m3u8-rs",
+ "mpd",
  "mpris-player",
  "mps-interpreter",
  "rodio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c7e4fe7..2b2531c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ mps-player = { version = "0.8.0", path = "./mps-player", default-features = fals
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 # TODO fix need to specify OS-specific dependency of mps-player
-mps-player = { version = "0.8.0", path = "./mps-player", features = ["mpris-player"] }
+mps-player = { version = "0.8.0", path = "./mps-player", features = ["mpris-player", "mpd"] }
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = false
diff --git a/mps-interpreter/src/processing/mpd.rs b/mps-interpreter/src/processing/mpd.rs
index 1a40e4d..3bc1bfb 100644
--- a/mps-interpreter/src/processing/mpd.rs
+++ b/mps-interpreter/src/processing/mpd.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fn song_to_item(song: Song) -> MpsItem {
     */
 
     for (tag, value) in song.tags {
-        item.set_field(&tag, MpsTypePrimitive::parse(value));
+        item.set_field(&tag.to_lowercase(), MpsTypePrimitive::parse(value));
     }
     item
 }
diff --git a/mps-player/Cargo.toml b/mps-player/Cargo.toml
index 4d9e42b..1ede60a 100644
--- a/mps-player/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mps-player/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 rodio = { version = "^0.15", features = ["symphonia-all"]}
 m3u8-rs = { version = "^3.0" }
 fluent-uri = { version = "^0.1" }
+mpd = { version = "0.0.12", optional = true }
 
 # local
 mps-interpreter = { path = "../mps-interpreter", version = "0.8.0" }
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ mps-interpreter = { path = "../mps-interpreter", version = "0.8.0" }
 mpris-player = { version = "^0.6", path = "../mpris-player", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["os-controls"]
+default = ["os-controls", "mpd"]
 os-controls = []
 
 # I wish this worked...
diff --git a/mps-player/src/errors.rs b/mps-player/src/errors.rs
index 920facb..08a29ab 100644
--- a/mps-player/src/errors.rs
+++ b/mps-player/src/errors.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use std::convert::Into;
 pub enum PlayerError {
     Playback(PlaybackError),
     Uri(UriError),
+    #[cfg(feature = "mpd")]
+    Mpd(String),
 }
 
 impl PlayerError {
@@ -15,6 +17,11 @@ impl PlayerError {
     /*pub(crate) fn from_err_uri<E: Display>(err: E) -> Self {
         Self::Uri(UriError::from_err(err))
     }*/
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "mpd")]
+    pub(crate) fn from_err_mpd<E: Display>(err: E) -> Self {
+        Self::Mpd(format!("{}", err))
+    }
 }
 
 impl Display for PlayerError {
@@ -22,6 +29,8 @@ impl Display for PlayerError {
         match self {
             Self::Playback(p) => (p as &dyn Display).fmt(f),
             Self::Uri(u) => (u as &dyn Display).fmt(f),
+            #[cfg(feature = "mpd")]
+            Self::Mpd(m) => (m as &dyn Display).fmt(f),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/mps-player/src/player.rs b/mps-player/src/player.rs
index 2939ec4..5a33f94 100644
--- a/mps-player/src/player.rs
+++ b/mps-player/src/player.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ use rodio::{decoder::Decoder, OutputStream, OutputStreamHandle, Sink};
 
 use m3u8_rs::{MediaPlaylist, MediaSegment};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "mpd")]
+use mpd::{Client, Song};
+
 use super::uri::Uri;
 
 use mps_interpreter::{tokens::MpsTokenReader, MpsFaye, MpsItem};
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@ pub struct MpsPlayer<'a, T: MpsTokenReader + 'a> {
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     output_stream: OutputStream, // this is required for playback, so it must live as long as this struct instance
     output_handle: OutputStreamHandle,
+    #[cfg(feature = "mpd")]
+    mpd_connection: Option<Client<std::net::TcpStream>>,
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: MpsTokenReader + 'a> MpsPlayer<'a, T> {
@@ -32,9 +37,17 @@ impl<'a, T: MpsTokenReader + 'a> MpsPlayer<'a, T> {
             sink: Sink::try_new(&output_handle).map_err(PlayerError::from_err_playback)?,
             output_stream: stream,
             output_handle: output_handle,
+            #[cfg(feature = "mpd")]
+            mpd_connection: None,
         })
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "mpd")]
+    pub fn connect_mpd(&mut self, addr: std::net::SocketAddr) -> Result<(), PlayerError> {
+        self.mpd_connection = Some(Client::connect(addr).map_err(PlayerError::from_err_mpd)?);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn play_all(&mut self) -> Result<(), PlayerError> {
         while let Some(item) = self.runner.next() {
             self.sink.sleep_until_end();
@@ -149,7 +162,7 @@ impl<'a, T: MpsTokenReader + 'a> MpsPlayer<'a, T> {
                     if let Some(filename) =
                         music_filename(&music)
                     {
-                        println!("Adding file `{}` to playlist", filename);
+                        //println!("Adding file `{}` to playlist", filename);
                         playlist.segments.push(MediaSegment {
                             uri: filename,
                             title: music_title(&music),
@@ -201,7 +214,20 @@ impl<'a, T: MpsTokenReader + 'a> MpsPlayer<'a, T> {
                     self.sink.append(source);
                     Ok(())
                 },
-                //TODO "mpd:" => {},
+                #[cfg(feature = "mpd")]
+                "mpd:" => {
+                    if let Some(mpd_client) = &mut self.mpd_connection {
+                        //println!("Pushing {} into MPD queue", uri.path());
+                        let song = Song {
+                            file: uri.path().to_owned(),
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        };
+                        mpd_client.push(song).map_err(PlayerError::from_err_playback)?;
+                        Ok(())
+                    } else {
+                        Err(PlayerError::from_err_playback("Cannot play MPD song: no MPD client connected"))
+                    }
+                },
                 scheme => Err(UriError::Unsupported(scheme.to_owned()).into())
             },
             None => {
diff --git a/mps-player/src/uri.rs b/mps-player/src/uri.rs
index 22cf5f1..612de22 100644
--- a/mps-player/src/uri.rs
+++ b/mps-player/src/uri.rs
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ impl<'a> Uri<&'a str> {
             None => self.0
         }
     }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn uri(&self) -> &'a str {
+        self.0
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index ac2d3a3..fd5a701 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,19 @@ pub struct CliArgs {
     /// The volume at which to playback audio, out of 1.0
     #[clap(long)]
     pub volume: Option<f32>,
+
+    /// MPD server for music playback
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    pub mpd: Option<String>,
 }
 
 pub fn parse() -> CliArgs {
     CliArgs::parse()
 }
+
+pub fn validate(args: &CliArgs) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if let Some(mpd_addr) = &args.mpd {
+        let _: std::net::SocketAddr = mpd_addr.parse().map_err(|e| format!("Unrecognized MPS address `{}`: {}", mpd_addr, e))?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1bc3de3..082fd2d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ fn play_cursor() -> Result<(), PlayerError> {
 
 fn main() {
     let args = cli::parse();
+    if let Err(e) = cli::validate(&args) {
+        eprintln!("{}", e);
+        return;
+    }
 
     if let Some(script_file) = &args.file {
         // interpret script
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ fn main() {
         // build playback controller
         let script_file2 = script_file.clone();
         let volume = args.volume.clone();
+        let mpd = args.mpd.clone();
         let player_builder = move || {
             let script_reader = io::BufReader::new(
                 std::fs::File::open(&script_file2)
@@ -84,10 +89,13 @@ fn main() {
             );
             let runner = MpsFaye::with_stream(script_reader);
 
-            let player = MpsPlayer::new(runner).unwrap();
+            let mut player = MpsPlayer::new(runner).unwrap();
             if let Some(vol) = volume {
                 player.set_volume(vol);
             }
+            if let Some(mpd) = mpd {
+                player.connect_mpd(mpd.parse().unwrap()).unwrap();
+            }
             player
         };
         if let Some(playlist_file) = &args.playlist {
diff --git a/src/repl.rs b/src/repl.rs
index 9e6f1af..bc55e89 100644
--- a/src/repl.rs
+++ b/src/repl.rs
@@ -47,23 +47,36 @@ pub fn repl(args: CliArgs) {
     term.set_title("mps");
     let (writer, reader) = channel_io();
     let volume = args.volume.clone();
+    let mpd = args.mpd.clone();
     let player_builder = move || {
         let runner = MpsFaye::with_stream(reader);
 
-        let player = MpsPlayer::new(runner).unwrap();
+        let mut player = MpsPlayer::new(runner).unwrap();
         if let Some(vol) = volume {
             player.set_volume(vol);
         }
+        if let Some(mpd) = mpd {
+            player.connect_mpd(mpd.parse().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        }
         player
     };
     let mut state = ReplState::new(writer, term);
     if let Some(playlist_file) = &args.playlist {
-        writeln!(
-            state.terminal,
-            "Playlist mode (output: `{}`)",
-            playlist_file
-        )
-        .expect("Failed to write to terminal output");
+        if args.mpd.is_some() {
+            writeln!(
+                state.terminal,
+                "Playlist mode (output: `{}` & MPD)",
+                playlist_file
+            )
+            .expect("Failed to write to terminal output");
+        } else {
+            writeln!(
+                state.terminal,
+                "Playlist mode (output: `{}`)",
+                playlist_file
+            )
+            .expect("Failed to write to terminal output");
+        }
         let mut player = player_builder();
         let mut playlist_writer =
             io::BufWriter::new(std::fs::File::create(playlist_file).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
@@ -85,8 +98,13 @@ pub fn repl(args: CliArgs) {
                 .expect("Failed to flush playlist to file");
         });
     } else {
-        writeln!(state.terminal, "Playback mode (output: audio device)")
-            .expect("Failed to write to terminal output");
+        if args.mpd.is_some() {
+            writeln!(state.terminal, "Playback mode (output: audio device & MPD)")
+                .expect("Failed to write to terminal output");
+        } else {
+            writeln!(state.terminal, "Playback mode (output: audio device)")
+                .expect("Failed to write to terminal output");
+        }
         let ctrl = MpsController::create_repl(player_builder);
         read_loop(&args, &mut state, || {
             if args.wait {