diff --git a/beets/dbcore/query.py b/beets/dbcore/query.py
index 764ed0402..da466a6ba 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', 'hour')
-    date_formats = ('%Y', '%Y-%m', '%Y-%m-%d', '%Y-%m-%dT%H')
+    precisions = ('year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute')
+    date_formats = ('%Y', '%Y-%m', '%Y-%m-%d', '%Y-%m-%dT%H', '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M')
 
     def __init__(self, date, precision):
         """Create a period with the given date (a `datetime` object) and
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ class Period(object):
             return date + timedelta(days=1)
         elif 'hour' == precision:
             return date + timedelta(hours=1)
+        elif 'minute' == precision:
+            return date + timedelta(minutes=1)
         else:
             raise ValueError(u'unhandled precision {0}'.format(precision))
 
diff --git a/test/test_datequery.py b/test/test_datequery.py
index 12ce224c4..ea1974c41 100644
--- a/test/test_datequery.py
+++ b/test/test_datequery.py
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ class DateIntervalTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertExcludes('2000-01-01T12..2000-01-01T13',
                             '2000-01-01T14:30:00')
 
+    def test_minute_precision_intervals(self):
+        self.assertExcludes('2000-01-01T12:30..2000-01-01T12:31',
+                            '2000-01-01T12:29:59')
+        self.assertContains('2000-01-01T12:30..2000-01-01T12:31',
+                            '2000-01-01T12:30:00')
+        self.assertContains('2000-01-01T12:30..2000-01-01T12:31',
+                            '2000-01-01T12:30:30')
+        self.assertContains('2000-01-01T12:30..2000-01-01T12:31',
+                            '2000-01-01T12:30:59')
+        self.assertExcludes('2000-01-01T12:30..2000-01-01T12:31',
+                            '2000-01-01T12:31:00')
+
     def test_unbounded_endpoints(self):
         self.assertContains('..', date=datetime.max)
         self.assertContains('..', date=datetime.min)