diff --git a/beets/dbcore/query.py b/beets/dbcore/query.py
index 8ce4dac41..764ed0402 100644
--- a/beets/dbcore/query.py
+++ b/beets/dbcore/query.py
@@ -533,8 +533,8 @@ class Period(object):
     instants of time during January 2014.
     """
 
-    precisions = ('year', 'month', 'day')
-    date_formats = ('%Y', '%Y-%m', '%Y-%m-%d')
+    precisions = ('year', 'month', 'day', 'hour')
+    date_formats = ('%Y', '%Y-%m', '%Y-%m-%d', '%Y-%m-%dT%H')
 
     def __init__(self, date, precision):
         """Create a period with the given date (a `datetime` object) and
@@ -582,6 +582,8 @@ class Period(object):
                 return date.replace(year=date.year + 1, month=1)
         elif 'day' == precision:
             return date + timedelta(days=1)
+        elif 'hour' == precision:
+            return date + timedelta(hours=1)
         else:
             raise ValueError(u'unhandled precision {0}'.format(precision))
 
diff --git a/test/test_datequery.py b/test/test_datequery.py
index e81544aaa..d670d329b 100644
--- a/test/test_datequery.py
+++ b/test/test_datequery.py
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ class DateIntervalTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertExcludes('1999-12..2000-02', '1999-11-30T23:59:59')
         self.assertExcludes('1999-12..2000-02', '2000-03-01T00:00:00')
 
+    def test_hour_precision_intervals(self):
+        self.assertContains('2000-01-01T12..2000-01-01T13',
+                            '2000-01-01T12:30:00')
+
     def test_unbounded_endpoints(self):
         self.assertContains('..', date=datetime.max)
         self.assertContains('..', date=datetime.min)