diff --git a/extension/content-script.js b/extension/content-script.js
--- a/extension/content-script.js
+++ b/extension/content-script.js
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
 addCallback("mpris", "setVolume", function (message) {
     if (activePlayer) {
         activePlayer.volume = message.volume;
+        activePlayer.muted = (message.volume == 0.0);
     }
 });
 
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@
         currentTime: player.currentTime,
         playbackRate: player.playbackRate,
         volume: player.volume,
+        muted: player.muted,
         loop: player.loop,
         metadata: playerMetadata,
         callbacks: playerCallbacks
@@ -434,7 +436,8 @@
 
     player.addEventListener("volumechange", function () {
         sendPlayerInfo(player, "volumechange", {
-            volume: player.volume
+            volume: player.volume,
+            muted: player.muted
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/host/mprisplugin.h b/host/mprisplugin.h
--- a/host/mprisplugin.h
+++ b/host/mprisplugin.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
     QUrl m_artworkUrl;
 
     qreal m_volume = 1.0;
+    bool m_muted = false;
 
     qlonglong m_length = 0;
     qlonglong m_position = 0;
diff --git a/host/mprisplugin.cpp b/host/mprisplugin.cpp
--- a/host/mprisplugin.cpp
+++ b/host/mprisplugin.cpp
@@ -135,17 +135,21 @@
         m_artist.clear();
         m_artworkUrl.clear();
         m_volume = 1.0;
+        m_muted = false;
         m_length = 0;
         m_position = 0;
     } else if (event == QLatin1String("playing")) {
         setPlaybackStatus(QStringLiteral("Playing"));
         m_pageTitle = data.value(QStringLiteral("tabTitle")).toString();
         m_url = QUrl(data.value(QStringLiteral("url")).toString());
         m_mediaSrc = QUrl(data.value(QStringLiteral("mediaSrc")).toString());
 
-        const qreal volume = data.value(QStringLiteral("volume")).toDouble(1);
-        if (m_volume != volume) {
-            m_volume = volume;
+        const qreal oldVolume = volume();
+
+        m_volume = data.value(QStringLiteral("volume")).toDouble(1);
+        m_muted = data.value(QStringLiteral("muted")).toBool();
+
+        if (volume() != oldVolume) {
             emitPropertyChange(m_player, "Volume");
         }
 
@@ -208,6 +212,7 @@
         setPosition(position * 1000 * 1000);
     } else if (event == QLatin1String("volumechange")) {
         m_volume = data.value(QStringLiteral("volume")).toDouble(1);
+        m_muted = data.value(QStringLiteral("muted")).toBool();
         emitPropertyChange(m_player, "Volume");
     } else if (event == QLatin1String("metadata")) {
         processMetadata(data.value(QStringLiteral("metadata")).toObject());
@@ -294,6 +299,9 @@
 
 qreal MPrisPlugin::volume() const
 {
+    if (m_muted) {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
     return m_volume;
 }