diff --git a/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py b/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
index b6c89cbfc3f..a61dac88150 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
@@ -141,7 +141,13 @@ class MpdDevice(MediaPlayerDevice):
     @property
     def media_title(self):
         """ Title of current playing media. """
-        return self.currentsong['title']
+        name = self.currentsong.get('name', None)
+        title = self.currentsong['title']
+
+        if name is None:
+            return title
+        else:
+            return '{}: {}'.format(name, title)
 
     @property
     def media_artist(self):