diff --git a/beetsplug/fetchart.py b/beetsplug/fetchart.py
index 9c5ec5b6b..3abb3ee57 100644
--- a/beetsplug/fetchart.py
+++ b/beetsplug/fetchart.py
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@
 
 import os
 import re
-import tempfile
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from contextlib import closing
-from mimetypes import guess_extension
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
 import confuse
@@ -31,6 +29,13 @@ from beets import config, importer, plugins, ui, util
 from beets.util import bytestring_path, py3_path, sorted_walk, syspath
 from beets.util.artresizer import ArtResizer
 
+try:
+    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+    HAS_BEAUTIFUL_SOUP = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_BEAUTIFUL_SOUP = False
+
+
 CONTENT_TYPES = {
     'image/jpeg': [b'jpg', b'jpeg'],
     'image/png': [b'png']
@@ -907,10 +912,35 @@ class LastFM(RemoteArtSource):
                             .format(response.text))
             return
 
+
+class Spotify(RemoteArtSource):
+    NAME = "Spotify"
+
+    SPOTIFY_ALBUM_URL = 'https://open.spotify.com/album/'
+
+    def get(self, album, plugin, paths):
+        url = self.SPOTIFY_ALBUM_URL + album.mb_albumid
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(url)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+        except requests.RequestException as e:
+            self._log.debug("Error: " + str(e))
+            return
+        try:
+            html = response.text
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
+            image_url = soup.find('meta',
+                                  attrs={'property': 'og:image'})['content']
+            yield self._candidate(url=image_url,
+                                  match=Candidate.MATCH_EXACT)
+        except ValueError:
+            self._log.debug('Spotify: error loading response: {}'
+                            .format(response.text))
+            return
 # Try each source in turn.
 
 SOURCES_ALL = ['filesystem', 'coverart', 'itunes', 'amazon', 'albumart',
-               'wikipedia', 'google', 'fanarttv', 'lastfm', 'cover_art_url']
+               'spotify', 'wikipedia', 'google', 'fanarttv', 'lastfm', 'cover_art_url']
 
 ART_SOURCES = {
     'filesystem': FileSystem,
@@ -923,6 +953,7 @@ ART_SOURCES = {
     'fanarttv': FanartTV,
     'lastfm': LastFM,
     'cover_art_url': CoverArtUrl,
+    'spotify': Spotify,
 }
 SOURCE_NAMES = {v: k for k, v in ART_SOURCES.items()}
 
@@ -1011,6 +1042,12 @@ class FetchArtPlugin(plugins.BeetsPlugin, RequestMixin):
         if not self.config['lastfm_key'].get() and \
                 'lastfm' in available_sources:
             available_sources.remove('lastfm')
+        if not HAS_BEAUTIFUL_SOUP and \
+                'spotify' in available_sources:
+            self._log.debug('To use Spotify as an album art source, '
+                            'you must install the beautifulsoup4 module. See '
+                            'the documentation for further details.')
+            available_sources.remove('spotify')
         available_sources = [(s, c)
                              for s in available_sources
                              for c in ART_SOURCES[s].VALID_MATCHING_CRITERIA]
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b7aaa7dff..d7ddf6d03 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ for Python 3.6).
 
 New features:
 
+* :doc:`/plugins/fetchart`: The plugin can now get album art from `spotify`.
 * Added option to specify a URL in the `embedart` plugin.
   :bug:`83`
 * :ref:`list-cmd` `singleton:true` queries have been made faster
diff --git a/docs/plugins/fetchart.rst b/docs/plugins/fetchart.rst
index 2b884c5ad..2dc8cbf21 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/fetchart.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/fetchart.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ file. The available options are:
   PIL defaults to 75.
   Default: 0 (disabled)
 - **max_filesize**: The maximum size of a target piece of cover art in bytes.
-  When using an ImageMagick backend this sets 
+  When using an ImageMagick backend this sets
   ``-define jpeg:extent=max_filesize``. Using PIL this will reduce JPG quality
   by up to 50% to attempt to reach the target filesize. Neither method is
   *guaranteed* to reach the target size, however in most cases it should
@@ -254,6 +254,18 @@ the list of sources in your configutation.
 
 .. _register for a Last.fm API key: https://www.last.fm/api/account/create
 
+Spotify
+'''''''
+
+Spotify backend requires `BeautifulSoup`_, which you can install using `pip`_ by typing::
+
+    pip install beautifulsoup4
+
+Spotify backend is enabled by default and will update album art if a valid Spotify album id is found.
+
+.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io
+.. _BeautifulSoup: https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/
+
 Storing the Artwork's Source
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5c57cc7d..26cebaa87 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ setup(
 
         # Plugin (optional) dependencies:
         'absubmit': ['requests'],
-        'fetchart': ['requests', 'Pillow'],
+        'fetchart': ['requests', 'Pillow', 'beautifulsoup4'],
         'embedart': ['Pillow'],
         'embyupdate': ['requests'],
         'chroma': ['pyacoustid'],