diff --git a/extension/content-script.js b/extension/content-script.js
--- a/extension/content-script.js
+++ b/extension/content-script.js
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@
         sendPlayerInfo(player, "waiting");
     });
 
+    // playlist is now empty or being reloaded, stop player
+    player.addEventListener("emptied", function () {
+        sendPlayerInfo(player, "emptied");
+    });
+
     // opposite of "waiting", we finished buffering enough
     // only if we are playing, though, should we set playback state back to playing
     player.addEventListener("canplay", function () {
diff --git a/extension/extension.js b/extension/extension.js
--- a/extension/extension.js
+++ b/extension/extension.js
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
     }
 });
 
-addRuntimeCallback("mpris", ["paused", "stopped", "waiting", "canplay"], function (message, sender, action) {
+addRuntimeCallback("mpris", ["paused", "stopped", "waiting", "canplay", "emptied"], function (message, sender, action) {
     if (currentPlayerTabId == sender.tab.id) {
         sendPortMessage("mpris", action);
     }
diff --git a/host/mprisplugin.cpp b/host/mprisplugin.cpp
--- a/host/mprisplugin.cpp
+++ b/host/mprisplugin.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@
         // opposite of "waiting", only forwarded by our extension when
         // canplay is emitted with the player *not* paused
         setPlaybackStatus(QStringLiteral("Playing"));
+    } else if (event == QLatin1String("emptied")) {
+        // the media has become empty; for example, this event is sent if the media
+        // has already been loaded (or partially loaded), and the load() method is called to reload it.
+        // e.g. when using Ajax page navigation and the user nagivated away
+        setPlaybackStatus(QStringLiteral("Stopped"));
     } else if (event == QLatin1String("duration")) {
         const qreal length = data.value(QStringLiteral("duration")).toDouble();