diff --git a/src/core/mpris1.cpp b/src/core/mpris1.cpp
index f6a4be0df..84467ccd1 100644
--- a/src/core/mpris1.cpp
+++ b/src/core/mpris1.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 namespace mpris {
 
-Mpris1::Mpris1(Player* player, ArtLoader* art_loader, QObject* parent)
+Mpris1::Mpris1(PlayerInterface* player, ArtLoader* art_loader, QObject* parent)
   : QObject(parent)
 {
   qDBusRegisterMetaType<DBusStatus>();
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ Mpris1::Mpris1(Player* player, ArtLoader* art_loader, QObject* parent)
           player_, SLOT(CurrentSongChanged(Song,QString)));
 }
 
-Mpris1Root::Mpris1Root(Player* player, QObject* parent)
+Mpris1Root::Mpris1Root(PlayerInterface* player, QObject* parent)
     : QObject(parent), player_(player) {
   new MprisRoot(this);
   QDBusConnection::sessionBus().registerObject("/", this);
 }
 
-Mpris1Player::Mpris1Player(Player* player, QObject* parent)
+Mpris1Player::Mpris1Player(PlayerInterface* player, QObject* parent)
     : QObject(parent), player_(player) {
   new MprisPlayer(this);
   QDBusConnection::sessionBus().registerObject("/Player", this);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void Mpris1Player::PlaylistManagerInitialized() {
           SLOT(RepeatModeChanged()));
 }
 
-Mpris1TrackList::Mpris1TrackList(Player* player, QObject* parent)
+Mpris1TrackList::Mpris1TrackList(PlayerInterface* player, QObject* parent)
     : QObject(parent), player_(player) {
   new MprisTrackList(this);
   QDBusConnection::sessionBus().registerObject("/TrackList", this);
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int Mpris1Player::VolumeGet() const {
 }
 
 void Mpris1Player::PositionSet(int pos_msec) {
-  player_->Seek(pos_msec / 1e3);
+  player_->SeekTo(pos_msec / 1e3);
 }
 
 int Mpris1Player::PositionGet() const {
diff --git a/src/core/mpris1.h b/src/core/mpris1.h
index ab0af22cf..3a29678d9 100644
--- a/src/core/mpris1.h
+++ b/src/core/mpris1.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <QDBusArgument>
 #include <QObject>
 
-class Player;
+class PlayerInterface;
 class Playlist;
 
 struct DBusStatus {    // From Amarok.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Mpris1 : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-  Mpris1(Player* player, ArtLoader* art_loader, QObject* parent = 0);
+  Mpris1(PlayerInterface* player, ArtLoader* art_loader, QObject* parent = 0);
 
   static QVariantMap GetMetadata(const Song& song);
 
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ class Mpris1Root : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-  Mpris1Root(Player* player, QObject* parent = 0);
+  Mpris1Root(PlayerInterface* player, QObject* parent = 0);
 
   QString Identity();
   void Quit();
   Version MprisVersion();
 
 private:
-  Player* player_;
+  PlayerInterface* player_;
 };
 
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Mpris1Player : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-  Mpris1Player(Player* player, QObject* parent = 0);
+  Mpris1Player(PlayerInterface* player, QObject* parent = 0);
 
   void Pause();
   void Stop();
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private slots:
   void RepeatModeChanged();
 
 private:
-  Player* player_;
+  PlayerInterface* player_;
 
   QVariantMap last_metadata_;
 };
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Mpris1TrackList : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-  Mpris1TrackList(Player* player, QObject* parent = 0);
+  Mpris1TrackList(PlayerInterface* player, QObject* parent = 0);
 
   int AddTrack(const QString&, bool);
   void DelTrack(int index);
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ private slots:
   void PlaylistChanged(Playlist* playlist);
 
 private:
-  Player* player_;
+  PlayerInterface* player_;
 };
 
 } // namespace mpris
diff --git a/src/core/mpris2.cpp b/src/core/mpris2.cpp
index 8ce25384c..36cdc46d5 100644
--- a/src/core/mpris2.cpp
+++ b/src/core/mpris2.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const char* Mpris2::kMprisObjectPath = "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2";
 const char* Mpris2::kServiceName = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.clementine";
 const char* Mpris2::kFreedesktopPath = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties";
 
-Mpris2::Mpris2(Player* player, ArtLoader* art_loader,
+Mpris2::Mpris2(PlayerInterface* player, ArtLoader* art_loader,
                Mpris1* mpris1, QObject* parent)
   : QObject(parent),
     player_(player),
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ void Mpris2::Play() {
 
 void Mpris2::Seek(qlonglong offset) {
   if(CanSeek()) {
-    player_->Seek(player_->engine()->position_nanosec() / 1e9 + offset / 1e6);
+    player_->SeekTo(player_->engine()->position_nanosec() / 1e9 + offset / 1e6);
   }
 }
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ void Mpris2::SetPosition(const QDBusObjectPath& trackId, qlonglong offset) {
     offset *= 1e3;
 
     if(offset < player_->GetCurrentItem()->Metadata().length_nanosec()) {
-      player_->Seek(offset / 1e9);
+      player_->SeekTo(offset / 1e9);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/mpris2.h b/src/core/mpris2.h
index 760f6d663..d4a2bf77d 100644
--- a/src/core/mpris2.h
+++ b/src/core/mpris2.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 
 class MainWindow;
-class Player;
+class PlayerInterface;
 
 typedef QList<QVariantMap> TrackMetadata;
 typedef QList<QDBusObjectPath> TrackIds;
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ class Mpris2 : public QObject {
   Q_PROPERTY( bool CanEditTracks READ CanEditTracks )
 
 public:
-  Mpris2(Player* player, ArtLoader* art_loader, Mpris1* mpris1, QObject* parent = 0); 
+  Mpris2(PlayerInterface* player, ArtLoader* art_loader, Mpris1* mpris1,
+         QObject* parent = 0);
 
   void InitLibIndicate();
 
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ private:
 
   QVariantMap last_metadata_;
 
-  Player* player_;
+  PlayerInterface* player_;
   Mpris1* mpris1_;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/core/player.cpp b/src/core/player.cpp
index b02f4acf3..1605bba4e 100644
--- a/src/core/player.cpp
+++ b/src/core/player.cpp
@@ -36,16 +36,10 @@
 using boost::shared_ptr;
 
 
-Player::Player(PlaylistManager* playlists,
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBLASTFM
-               LastFMService* lastfm,
-#endif
-               QObject* parent)
-  : QObject(parent),
+Player::Player(PlaylistManager* playlists, LastFMService* lastfm, QObject* parent)
+  : PlayerInterface(parent),
     playlists_(playlists),
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBLASTFM
     lastfm_(lastfm),
-#endif
     engine_(new GstEngine),
     stream_change_type_(Engine::First),
     last_state_(Engine::Empty),
@@ -282,7 +276,7 @@ void Player::CurrentMetadataChanged(const Song& metadata) {
 #endif
 }
 
-void Player::Seek(int seconds) {
+void Player::SeekTo(int seconds) {
   qint64 nanosec = qBound(0ll, qint64(seconds) * qint64(1e9),
                           engine_->length_nanosec());
   engine_->Seek(nanosec);
@@ -294,11 +288,11 @@ void Player::Seek(int seconds) {
 }
 
 void Player::SeekForward() {
-  Seek(engine()->position_nanosec() / 1e9 + 5);
+  SeekTo(engine()->position_nanosec() / 1e9 + 5);
 }
 
 void Player::SeekBackward() {
-  Seek(engine()->position_nanosec() / 1e9 - 5);
+  SeekTo(engine()->position_nanosec() / 1e9 - 5);
 }
 
 void Player::EngineMetadataReceived(const Engine::SimpleMetaBundle& bundle) {
@@ -365,7 +359,7 @@ void Player::Pause() {
 void Player::Play() {
   switch (GetState()) {
     case Engine::Playing:
-      Seek(0);
+      SeekTo(0);
       break;
     case Engine::Paused:
       engine_->Unpause();
diff --git a/src/core/player.h b/src/core/player.h
index d5a8e8079..dfd91d61f 100644
--- a/src/core/player.h
+++ b/src/core/player.h
@@ -29,23 +29,77 @@
 #include "engines/engine_fwd.h"
 #include "playlist/playlistitem.h"
 
+class LastFMService;
 class PlaylistManager;
 class Settings;
 class MainWindow;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBLASTFM
-  class LastFMService;
-#endif
 
-class Player : public QObject {
+class PlayerInterface : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
 
- public:
-  Player(PlaylistManager* playlists,
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBLASTFM
-         LastFMService* lastfm,
-#endif
-         QObject* parent = 0);
+public:
+  PlayerInterface(QObject* parent = 0) : QObject(parent) {}
+
+  virtual EngineBase* engine() const = 0;
+  virtual Engine::State GetState() const = 0;
+  virtual int GetVolume() const = 0;
+
+  virtual PlaylistItemPtr GetCurrentItem() const = 0;
+  virtual PlaylistItemPtr GetItemAt(int pos) const = 0;
+  virtual PlaylistManager* playlists() const = 0;
+
+public slots:
+  virtual void ReloadSettings() = 0;
+
+  // Manual track change to the specified track
+  virtual void PlayAt(int i, Engine::TrackChangeType change, bool reshuffle) = 0;
+
+  // If there's currently a song playing, pause it, otherwise play the track
+  // that was playing last, or the first one on the playlist
+  virtual void PlayPause() = 0;
+
+  // Skips this track.  Might load more of the current radio station.
+  virtual void Next() = 0;
+
+  virtual void Previous() = 0;
+  virtual void SetVolume(int value) = 0;
+  virtual void VolumeUp() = 0;
+  virtual void VolumeDown() = 0;
+  virtual void SeekTo(int seconds) = 0;
+  // Moves the position of the currently playing song five seconds forward.
+  virtual void SeekForward() = 0;
+  // Moves the position of the currently playing song five seconds backwards.
+  virtual void SeekBackward() = 0;
+
+  virtual void HandleSpecialLoad(const PlaylistItem::SpecialLoadResult& result) = 0;
+  virtual void CurrentMetadataChanged(const Song& metadata) = 0;
+
+  virtual void Mute() = 0;
+  virtual void Pause() = 0;
+  virtual void Stop() = 0;
+  virtual void Play() = 0;
+  virtual void ShowOSD() = 0;
+
+signals:
+  void Playing();
+  void Paused();
+  void Stopped();
+  void PlaylistFinished();
+  void VolumeChanged(int volume);
+  void Error(const QString& message);
+  void TrackSkipped(PlaylistItemPtr old_track);
+  // Emitted when there's a manual change to the current's track position.
+  void Seeked(qlonglong microseconds);
+
+  void ForceShowOSD(Song);
+};
+
+class Player : public PlayerInterface {
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+  Player(PlaylistManager* playlists, LastFMService* lastfm, QObject* parent = 0);
   ~Player();
 
   void Init();
@@ -58,27 +112,18 @@ class Player : public QObject {
   PlaylistItemPtr GetItemAt(int pos) const;
   PlaylistManager* playlists() const { return playlists_; }
 
- public slots:
+public slots:
   void ReloadSettings();
 
-  // Manual track change to the specified track
   void PlayAt(int i, Engine::TrackChangeType change, bool reshuffle);
-
-  // If there's currently a song playing, pause it, otherwise play the track
-  // that was playing last, or the first one on the playlist
   void PlayPause();
-
-  // Skips this track.  Might load more of the current radio station.
   void Next();
-
   void Previous();
   void SetVolume(int value);
   void VolumeUp() { SetVolume(GetVolume() + 5); }
   void VolumeDown() { SetVolume(GetVolume() - 5); }
-  void Seek(int seconds);
-  // Moves the position of the currently playing song five seconds forward.
+  void SeekTo(int seconds);
   void SeekForward();
-  // Moves the position of the currently playing song five seconds backwards.
   void SeekBackward();
 
   void HandleSpecialLoad(const PlaylistItem::SpecialLoadResult& result);
@@ -90,19 +135,6 @@ class Player : public QObject {
   void Play();
   void ShowOSD();
 
- signals:
-  void Playing();
-  void Paused();
-  void Stopped();
-  void PlaylistFinished();
-  void VolumeChanged(int volume);
-  void Error(const QString& message);
-  void TrackSkipped(PlaylistItemPtr old_track);
-  // Emitted when there's a manual change to the current's track position.
-  void Seeked(qlonglong microseconds);
-
-  void ForceShowOSD(Song);
-
  private slots:
   void EngineStateChanged(Engine::State);
   void EngineMetadataReceived(const Engine::SimpleMetaBundle& bundle);
@@ -116,9 +148,7 @@ class Player : public QObject {
 
  private:
   PlaylistManager* playlists_;
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBLASTFM
   LastFMService* lastfm_;
-#endif
   QSettings settings_;
 
   PlaylistItemPtr current_item_;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9202989e3..773b2a8cf 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ using boost::scoped_ptr;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBLASTFM
   #include "radio/lastfmservice.h"
+#else
+  class LastFMService;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DBUS
@@ -292,19 +294,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   // Seed the random number generator
   srand(time(NULL));
 
+  // Create some key objects
   scoped_ptr<BackgroundThread<Database> > database(
       new BackgroundThreadImplementation<Database, Database>(NULL));
   database->Start(true);
   TaskManager task_manager;
   PlaylistManager playlists(&task_manager, NULL);
-
   RadioModel radio_model(database.get(), &task_manager, NULL);
-  Player player(&playlists
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBLASTFM
-                ,RadioModel::Service<LastFMService>()
-#endif
-                );
 
+  // Get the last.fm service if it's available
+  LastFMService* lastfm_service = NULL;
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBLASTFM
+  lastfm_service = RadioModel::Service<LastFMService>();
+#endif
+
+  // Create the player
+  Player player(&playlists, lastfm_service);
+
+  // Create the tray icon and OSD
   scoped_ptr<SystemTrayIcon> tray_icon(SystemTrayIcon::CreateSystemTrayIcon());
   OSD osd(tray_icon.get());
 
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/player.sip b/src/scripting/python/player.sip
index cf567824e..571ece8ab 100644
--- a/src/scripting/python/player.sip
+++ b/src/scripting/python/player.sip
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class Player : QObject {
+class PlayerInterface : QObject {
 
 %TypeHeaderCode
 #include "core/player.h"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public slots:
   void VolumeDown();
   void Mute();
 
-  void Seek(int seconds);
+  void SeekTo(int seconds);
   void SeekForward();
   void SeekBackward();
 
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ signals:
   void ForceShowOSD(Song);
 
 private:
-  Player();
+  PlayerInterface();
 };
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/pythonengine.cpp b/src/scripting/python/pythonengine.cpp
index e6ddd268c..a484f23d7 100644
--- a/src/scripting/python/pythonengine.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/python/pythonengine.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Script* PythonEngine::CreateScript(const ScriptInfo& info) {
     if (manager()->data().valid_) {
       AddObject(manager()->data().library_->backend(), sipType_LibraryBackend, "library");
       AddObject(manager()->data().library_view_, sipType_LibraryView, "library_view");
-      AddObject(manager()->data().player_, sipType_Player, "player");
+      AddObject(manager()->data().player_, sipType_PlayerInterface, "player");
       AddObject(manager()->data().playlists_, sipType_PlaylistManager, "playlists");
       AddObject(manager()->data().radio_model_, sipType_RadioModel, "radio_model");
       AddObject(manager()->data().settings_dialog_, sipType_SettingsDialog, "settings_dialog");
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/scriptinterface.sip b/src/scripting/python/scriptinterface.sip
index bab9379d0..14280921b 100644
--- a/src/scripting/python/scriptinterface.sip
+++ b/src/scripting/python/scriptinterface.sip
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ScriptInterface : QObject {
     CLASS(MergedProxyModel),
     CLASS(NetworkAccessManager),
     CLASS(ParserBase),
-    CLASS(Player),
+    CLASS(PlayerInterface),
     CLASS(Playlist),
     CLASS(PlaylistManager),
     CLASS(PlaylistParser),
diff --git a/src/scripting/scriptmanager.h b/src/scripting/scriptmanager.h
index 1fff7fe66..6f88ed095 100644
--- a/src/scripting/scriptmanager.h
+++ b/src/scripting/scriptmanager.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 class LanguageEngine;
 class Library;
 class LibraryView;
-class Player;
+class PlayerInterface;
 class PlaylistManager;
 class RadioModel;
 class Script;
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ public:
 
   struct GlobalData {
     GlobalData() : valid_(false) {}
-    GlobalData(Library* library, LibraryView* library_view, Player* player,
-               PlaylistManager* playlists, TaskManager* task_manager,
-               SettingsDialog* settings_dialog, RadioModel* radio_model)
+    GlobalData(Library* library, LibraryView* library_view,
+               PlayerInterface* player, PlaylistManager* playlists,
+               TaskManager* task_manager, SettingsDialog* settings_dialog,
+               RadioModel* radio_model)
       : valid_(true),
         library_(library),
         library_view_(library_view),
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public:
     bool valid_;
     Library* library_;
     LibraryView* library_view_;
-    Player* player_;
+    PlayerInterface* player_;
     PlaylistManager* playlists_;
     TaskManager* task_manager_;
     SettingsDialog* settings_dialog_;
diff --git a/src/ui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/ui/mainwindow.cpp
index 86d3fad1f..29b6ebc1c 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(
   connect(ui_->playlist->view(), SIGNAL(RightClicked(QPoint,QModelIndex)), SLOT(PlaylistRightClick(QPoint,QModelIndex)));
   connect(ui_->playlist->view(), SIGNAL(SeekTrack(int)), ui_->track_slider, SLOT(Seek(int)));
 
-  connect(ui_->track_slider, SIGNAL(ValueChanged(int)), player_, SLOT(Seek(int)));
+  connect(ui_->track_slider, SIGNAL(ValueChanged(int)), player_, SLOT(SeekTo(int)));
 
   // Database connections
   connect(database_->Worker().get(), SIGNAL(Error(QString)), SLOT(ShowErrorDialog(QString)));
@@ -1400,9 +1400,9 @@ void MainWindow::CommandlineOptionsReceived(const CommandlineOptions &options) {
     player_->SetVolume(player_->GetVolume() + options.volume_modifier());
 
   if (options.seek_to() != -1)
-    player_->Seek(options.seek_to() * 1e9);
+    player_->SeekTo(options.seek_to() * 1e9);
   else if (options.seek_by() != 0)
-    player_->Seek(player_->engine()->position_nanosec() + options.seek_by() * 1e9);
+    player_->SeekTo(player_->engine()->position_nanosec() + options.seek_by() * 1e9);
 
   if (options.play_track_at() != -1)
     player_->PlayAt(options.play_track_at(), Engine::Manual, true);