diff --git a/beets/autotag/art.py b/beets/autotag/art.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1df76253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beets/autotag/art.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import urllib
+import sys
+import logging
+
+from beets.autotag.mb import album_for_id
+
+log = logging.getLogger('beets')
+
+AMAZON_URL = 'http://images.amazon.com/images/P/%s.%02i.LZZZZZZZ.jpg'
+AMAZON_INDICES = (1,2)
+AMAZON_CONTENT_TYPE = 'image/jpeg'
+
+def art_for_album(album):
+    """Given an album info dictionary from MusicBrainz, returns a path
+    to art for the album (or None if no art is found).
+    """
+    if album['asin']:
+        for index in AMAZON_INDICES:
+            # Fetch the image.
+            url = AMAZON_URL % (album['asin'], index)
+            try:
+                fn, headers = urllib.urlretrieve(url)
+            except IOError:
+                log.debug('error fetching art at URL %s' % url)
+                continue
+                
+            # Make sure it's actually an image.
+            if headers['Content-Type'] == AMAZON_CONTENT_TYPE:
+                return fn
+    else:
+        return None
+
+# Smoke test.
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    aid = sys.argv[1]
+    fn = art_for_album(album_for_id(aid))
+    if fn:
+        print fn
+        print len(open(fn).read())/1024
+    else:
+        print 'no art found'
diff --git a/beets/autotag/mb.py b/beets/autotag/mb.py
index 84a062ebe..32ba6fbca 100644
--- a/beets/autotag/mb.py
+++ b/beets/autotag/mb.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def release_dict(release, tracks=None):
            'album_id':  release.id,
            'artist':    release.artist.name,
            'artist_id': release.artist.id,
+           'asin':      release.asin,
           }
 
     # Release date.