diff --git a/beets/device.py b/beets/device.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c54aa979c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beets/device.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import gpod
+import os
+import sys
+import socket
+import locale
+
+def start_sync(pod):
+    # Make sure we have a version of libgpod with these
+    # iPhone-specific functions.
+    if hasattr(gpod, 'itdb_start_sync'):
+        gpod.itdb_start_sync(pod._itdb)
+def stop_sync(pod):
+    if hasattr(gpod, 'itdb_stop_sync'):
+        gpod.itdb_stop_sync(pod._itdb)
+
+def pod_path(name):
+    #FIXME: os.path.expanduser('~') to get $HOME is hacky!
+    return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.gvfs', name)
+
+def get_pod(path):
+    return gpod.Database(path)
+
+def add(pod, items):
+    def cbk(db, track, it, total):
+        print 'copying', track
+    start_sync(pod)
+    try:
+        for item in items:
+            track = pod.new_Track()
+            track['userdata'] = {
+                'transferred': 0,
+                'hostname': socket.gethostname(),
+                'charset': locale.getpreferredencoding(),
+                'pc_mtime': os.stat(item.path).st_mtime,
+            }
+            track._set_userdata_utf8('filename', item.path.encode())
+            track['artist'] = item.artist
+            track['title'] = item.title
+            track['BPM'] = item.bpm
+            track['genre'] = item.genre
+            track['album'] = item.album
+            track['cd_nr'] = item.disc
+            track['cds'] = item.disctotal
+            track['track_nr'] = item.track
+            track['tracks'] = item.tracktotal
+            track['tracklen'] = int(item.length * 1000)
+        pod.copy_delayed_files(cbk)
+    finally:
+        pod.close()
+        stop_sync(pod)
+
diff --git a/bts b/bts
index 8205ad563..26168bbe6 100755
--- a/bts
+++ b/bts
@@ -176,6 +176,21 @@ class BeetsApp(cmdln.Cmdln):
         from beets.player.bpd import Server
         Server(self.lib, host, int(port), password).run()
 
+    def do_dadd(self, subcmd, opts, name, *criteria):
+        """${cmd_name}: add files to a device
+        
+        ${cmd_usage}
+        ${cmd_option_list}
+        """
+        q = ' '.join(criteria)
+        if not q.strip(): q = None
+        items = self.lib.items(query=q)
+
+        from beets import device
+        path = device.pod_path(name)
+        pod = device.get_pod(path)
+
+        device.add(pod, items)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app = BeetsApp()