diff --git a/beetsplug/plexupdate.py b/beetsplug/plexupdate.py
index 5aa096486..02ed2324c 100644
--- a/beetsplug/plexupdate.py
+++ b/beetsplug/plexupdate.py
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 """Updates an Plex library whenever the beets library is changed.
 
+Plex Home users enter the Plex Token to enable updating.
 Put something like the following in your config.yaml to configure:
     plex:
         host: localhost
         port: 32400
+        token: token
 """
 from __future__ import (division, absolute_import, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
 
 import requests
 from urlparse import urljoin
+from urllib import urlencode
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from beets import config
 from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
 
 
-def get_music_section(host, port):
+def get_music_section(host, port, token):
     """Getting the section key for the music library in Plex.
     """
-    api_endpoint = 'library/sections'
+    api_endpoint = append_token('library/sections', token)
     url = urljoin('http://{0}:{1}'.format(host, port), api_endpoint)
 
     # Sends request.
@@ -31,12 +34,13 @@ def get_music_section(host, port):
             return child.get('key')
 
 
-def update_plex(host, port):
+def update_plex(host, port, token):
     """Sends request to the Plex api to start a library refresh.
     """
     # Getting section key and build url.
-    section_key = get_music_section(host, port)
+    section_key = get_music_section(host, port, token)
     api_endpoint = 'library/sections/{0}/refresh'.format(section_key)
+    api_endpoint = append_token(api_endpoint, token)
     url = urljoin('http://{0}:{1}'.format(host, port), api_endpoint)
 
     # Sends request and returns requests object.
@@ -44,6 +48,14 @@ def update_plex(host, port):
     return r
 
 
+def append_token(url, token):
+    """Appends the Plex Home token to the api call if required.
+    """
+    if token:
+        url += '?' + urlencode({'X-Plex-Token': token})
+    return url
+
+
 class PlexUpdate(BeetsPlugin):
     def __init__(self):
         super(PlexUpdate, self).__init__()
@@ -51,7 +63,8 @@ class PlexUpdate(BeetsPlugin):
         # Adding defaults.
         config['plex'].add({
             u'host': u'localhost',
-            u'port': 32400})
+            u'port': 32400,
+            u'token': u''})
 
         self.register_listener('database_change', self.listen_for_db_change)
 
@@ -68,7 +81,8 @@ class PlexUpdate(BeetsPlugin):
         try:
             update_plex(
                 config['plex']['host'].get(),
-                config['plex']['port'].get())
+                config['plex']['port'].get(),
+                config['plex']['token'].get())
             self._log.info('... started.')
 
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index daf9210df..4f24cc37e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Fixes:
 * Fix a bug, where the autotagger still considers matches that are specifically
   listed under the config's ignored section. :bug:`1487`
 * Fix a bug with unicode strings when generating thumbnails. :bug:`1485`
+* :doc:`/plugins/plexupdate`: Fixed library updates not working when in a Plex
+  Home by allowing a token with requests.
 
 
 1.3.13 (April 24, 2015)
diff --git a/docs/plugins/plexupdate.rst b/docs/plugins/plexupdate.rst
index 09ff940de..2e589f6a5 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/plexupdate.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/plexupdate.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ which looks like this::
     plex:
         host: localhost
         port: 32400
+        token: token
+
+Use the token configuration option only when in a Plex Home (see `Plex Token`_)
 
 To use the ``plexupdate`` plugin you need to install the `requests`_ library with:
 
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ server every time you change your beets library.
 
 .. _Plex: http://plex.tv/
 .. _requests: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/
+.. _Plex Token: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204059436-Finding-your-account-token-X-Plex-Token
 
 Configuration
 -------------
@@ -33,3 +37,5 @@ The available options under the ``plex:`` section are:
   Default: ``localhost``.
 - **port**: The Plex server port.
   Default: 32400.
+- **token**: The Plex Home token.
+  Default: Empty.
diff --git a/test/test_plexupdate.py b/test/test_plexupdate.py
index b173e23e4..9949be933 100644
--- a/test/test_plexupdate.py
+++ b/test/test_plexupdate.py
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class PlexUpdateTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
         # Test if section key is "2" out of the mocking data.
         self.assertEqual(get_music_section(
             self.config['plex']['host'],
-            self.config['plex']['port']), '2')
+            self.config['plex']['port'],
+            self.config['plex']['token']), '2')
 
     @responses.activate
     def test_update_plex(self):
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ class PlexUpdateTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
         # Testing status code of the mocking request.
         self.assertEqual(update_plex(
             self.config['plex']['host'],
-            self.config['plex']['port']).status_code, 200)
+            self.config['plex']['port'],
+            self.config['plex']['token']).status_code, 200)
 
 
 def suite():