diff --git a/resources/lib/monitor.py b/resources/lib/monitor.py
index ba9f15ad..2cef71da 100644
--- a/resources/lib/monitor.py
+++ b/resources/lib/monitor.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from client import get_device_id
 from objects import Actions, PlaylistWorker, on_play, on_update, special_listener
 from helper import _, settings, window, dialog, event, api, JSONRPC
 from emby import Emby
+from webservice import WebService
 
 #################################################################################################
 
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ class Monitor(xbmc.Monitor):
         self.device_id = get_device_id()
         self.listener = Listener(self)
         self.listener.start()
+        self.webservice = WebService()
+        self.webservice.start()
         xbmc.Monitor.__init__(self)
 
     def onScanStarted(self, library):
diff --git a/resources/lib/webservice.py b/resources/lib/webservice.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83224ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/lib/webservice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+#################################################################################################
+
+import SimpleHTTPServer
+import BaseHTTPServer
+import logging
+import httplib
+import threading
+import urlparse
+import urllib
+
+import xbmc
+import xbmcvfs
+
+#################################################################################################
+
+PORT = 57578
+LOG = logging.getLogger("EMBY."+__name__)
+
+#################################################################################################
+
+
+class WebService(threading.Thread):
+
+    ''' Run a webservice to trigger playback.
+        Inspired from script.skin.helper.service by marcelveldt.
+    '''
+    stop_thread = False
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+
+    def stop(self):
+
+        ''' Called when the thread needs to stop
+        '''
+        try:
+            conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("127.0.0.1:%d" % PORT)
+            conn.request("QUIT", "/")
+            conn.getresponse()
+            self.stop_thread = True
+        except Exception as error:
+            LOG.exception(error)
+
+    def run(self):
+
+        ''' Called to start the webservice.
+        '''
+        LOG.info("--->[ webservice/%s ]", PORT)
+
+        try:
+            server = StoppableHttpServer(('127.0.0.1', PORT), StoppableHttpRequestHandler)
+            server.serve_forever()
+        except Exception as error:
+
+            if '10053' not in error: # ignore host diconnected errors
+                LOG.exception(error)
+
+        LOG.info("---<[ webservice ]")
+
+
+class Request(object):
+
+    ''' Attributes from urlsplit that this class also sets
+    '''
+    uri_attrs = ('scheme', 'netloc', 'path', 'query', 'fragment')
+
+    def __init__(self, uri, headers, rfile=None):
+
+        self.uri = uri
+        self.headers = headers
+        parsed = urlparse.urlsplit(uri)
+
+        for i, attr in enumerate(self.uri_attrs):
+            setattr(self, attr, parsed[i])
+
+        try:
+            body_len = int(self.headers.get('Content-length', 0))
+        except ValueError:
+            body_len = 0
+
+        self.body = rfile.read(body_len) if body_len and rfile else None
+
+
+class StoppableHttpServer(BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
+    
+    ''' Http server that reacts to self.stop flag.
+    '''
+    def serve_forever(self):
+        
+        ''' Handle one request at a time until stopped.
+        '''
+        self.stop = False
+
+        while not self.stop:
+
+            self.handle_request()
+            xbmc.sleep(100)
+
+
+class StoppableHttpRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    
+    ''' http request handler with QUIT stopping the server
+    '''
+    raw_requestline = ""
+
+    def __init__(self, request, client_address, server):
+        try:
+            SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.__init__(self, request, client_address, server)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    def do_QUIT(self):
+
+        ''' send 200 OK response, and set server.stop to True
+        '''
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.server.stop = True
+
+    def parse_request(self):
+    
+        ''' Modify here to workaround unencoded requests.
+        '''        
+        retval = SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.parse_request(self)
+        self.request = Request(self.path, self.headers, self.rfile)
+        
+        return retval
+
+    def do_HEAD(self):
+        
+        ''' Called on HEAD requests
+        '''
+        self.handle_request(True)
+
+        return
+
+    def get_params(self):
+        
+        ''' Get the params
+        '''
+        try:
+            params = dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(self.path[1:]))
+        except Exception:
+            params = {}
+
+        return params
+
+    def handle_request(self, headers_only=False):
+        
+        ''' Send headers and reponse
+        '''
+        try:
+            params = self.get_params()
+            LOG.info("Webservice called with params: %s", params)
+
+            path = ("plugin://plugin.video.emby?mode=play&id=%s&dbid=%s&filename=%s" 
+                    % (params.get('Id'), params.get('KodiId'), params.get('Name')))
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
+            self.send_header('Content-Length', len(path))
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(path.encode('utf-8'))
+
+        except Exception as error:
+
+            LOG.exception(error)
+            self.send_error(500, 'Exception occurred: %s' % error)
+
+        return
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        
+        ''' Called on GET requests
+        '''
+        self.handle_request()
+
+        return