diff --git a/src/artwork.c b/src/artwork.c
index dece08b8..6735d140 100644
--- a/src/artwork.c
+++ b/src/artwork.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "artwork.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SPOTIFY_H
+# include "spotify_webapi.h"
 # include "spotify.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ static int source_item_embedded_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx);
 static int source_item_own_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx);
 static int source_item_stream_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx);
 static int source_item_spotify_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx);
+static int source_item_spotifywebapi_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx);
 static int source_item_ownpl_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx);
 
 /* List of sources that can provide artwork for a group (i.e. usually an album
@@ -200,6 +202,12 @@ static struct artwork_source artwork_item_source[] =
       .data_kinds = (1 << DATA_KIND_SPOTIFY),
       .cache = ON_SUCCESS,
     },
+    {
+      .name = "Spotify web api",
+      .handler = source_item_spotifywebapi_get,
+      .data_kinds = (1 << DATA_KIND_SPOTIFY),
+      .cache = ON_SUCCESS,
+    },
     {
       .name = "playlist own",
       .handler = source_item_ownpl_get,
@@ -218,6 +226,57 @@ static struct artwork_source artwork_item_source[] =
 
 /* -------------------------------- HELPERS -------------------------------- */
 
+/* Reads an artwork file from the given url straight into an evbuf
+ *
+ * @out evbuf     Image data
+ * @in  url       URL for the image
+ * @return        0 on success, -1 on error
+ */
+static int
+artwork_url_read(struct evbuffer *evbuf, const char *url)
+{
+  struct http_client_ctx client;
+  struct keyval *kv;
+  const char *content_type;
+  int len;
+  int ret;
+
+  DPRINTF(E_SPAM, L_ART, "Trying internet artwork in %s\n", url);
+
+  ret = ART_E_NONE;
+
+  len = strlen(url);
+  if ((len < 14) || (len > PATH_MAX)) // Can't be shorter than http://a/1.jpg
+    goto out_url;
+
+  kv = keyval_alloc();
+  if (!kv)
+    goto out_url;
+
+  memset(&client, 0, sizeof(struct http_client_ctx));
+  client.url = url;
+  client.input_headers = kv;
+  client.input_body = evbuf;
+
+  if (http_client_request(&client) < 0)
+    goto out_kv;
+
+  content_type = keyval_get(kv, "Content-Type");
+  if (content_type && (strcmp(content_type, "image/jpeg") == 0))
+    ret = ART_FMT_JPEG;
+  else if (content_type && (strcmp(content_type, "image/png") == 0))
+    ret = ART_FMT_PNG;
+  else
+    ret = ART_FMT_JPEG;
+
+ out_kv:
+  keyval_clear(kv);
+  free(kv);
+
+ out_url:
+  return ret;
+}
+
 /* Reads an artwork file from the filesystem straight into an evbuf
  * TODO Use evbuffer_add_file or evbuffer_read?
  *
@@ -322,9 +381,10 @@ rescale_calculate(int *target_w, int *target_h, int width, int height, int max_w
   return 0;
 }
 
-/* Get an artwork file from the filesystem. Will rescale if needed.
+/*
+ * Either gets the artwork file given in "path" from the file system (rescaled if needed) or rescales the artwork given in "inbuf".
  *
- * @out evbuf        Image data
+ * @out evbuf        Image data (rescaled if needed)
  * @in  path         Path to the artwork file (alternative to inbuf)
  * @in  inbuf        Buffer with the artwork (alternative to path)
  * @in  max_w        Requested width
@@ -727,10 +787,7 @@ source_item_own_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx)
 static int
 source_item_stream_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx)
 {
-  struct http_client_ctx client;
   struct db_queue_item *queue_item;
-  struct keyval *kv;
-  const char *content_type;
   char *url;
   char *ext;
   int len;
@@ -764,34 +821,14 @@ source_item_stream_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx)
   if (ret > 0)
     goto out_url;
 
-  kv = keyval_alloc();
-  if (!kv)
-    goto out_url;
-
-  memset(&client, 0, sizeof(struct http_client_ctx));
-  client.url = url;
-  client.input_headers = kv;
-  client.input_body = ctx->evbuf;
-
-  if (http_client_request(&client) < 0)
-    goto out_kv;
-
-  content_type = keyval_get(kv, "Content-Type");
-  if (content_type && (strcmp(content_type, "image/jpeg") == 0))
-    ret = ART_FMT_JPEG;
-  else if (content_type && (strcmp(content_type, "image/png") == 0))
-    ret = ART_FMT_PNG;
+  ret = artwork_url_read(ctx->evbuf, url);
 
   if (ret > 0)
     {
-      DPRINTF(E_SPAM, L_ART, "Found internet stream artwork in %s (%s)\n", url, content_type);
+      DPRINTF(E_SPAM, L_ART, "Found internet stream artwork in %s (%d)\n", url, ret);
       cache_artwork_stash(ctx->evbuf, url, ret);
     }
 
- out_kv:
-  keyval_clear(kv);
-  free(kv);
-
  out_url:
   free(url);
 
@@ -867,12 +904,96 @@ source_item_spotify_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx)
 
   return ART_E_ERROR;
 }
+
+static int
+source_item_spotifywebapi_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx)
+{
+  struct evbuffer *raw;
+  struct evbuffer *evbuf;
+  char *artwork_url;
+  int content_type;
+  int ret;
+
+  artwork_url = NULL;
+  raw = evbuffer_new();
+  evbuf = evbuffer_new();
+  if (!raw || !evbuf)
+    {
+      DPRINTF(E_LOG, L_ART, "Out of memory for Spotify evbuf\n");
+      return ART_E_ERROR;
+    }
+
+  artwork_url = spotifywebapi_artwork_url_get(ctx->dbmfi->path, ctx->max_w, ctx->max_h);
+  if (!artwork_url)
+    {
+      DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_ART, "No artwork from Spotify for %s\n", ctx->dbmfi->path);
+      return ART_E_NONE;
+    }
+
+  ret = artwork_url_read(raw, artwork_url);
+  if (ret <= 0)
+    goto out_free_evbuf;
+
+  content_type = ret;
+
+  // Make a refbuf of raw for ffmpeg image size probing and possibly rescaling.
+  // We keep raw around in case rescaling is not necessary.
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBEVENT2_OLD
+  uint8_t *buf = evbuffer_pullup(raw, -1);
+  if (!buf)
+    {
+      DPRINTF(E_LOG, L_ART, "Could not pullup raw artwork\n");
+      goto out_free_evbuf;
+    }
+
+  ret = evbuffer_add_reference(evbuf, buf, evbuffer_get_length(raw), NULL, NULL);
+#else
+  ret = evbuffer_add_buffer_reference(evbuf, raw);
+#endif
+  if (ret < 0)
+    {
+      DPRINTF(E_LOG, L_ART, "Could not copy/ref raw image for ffmpeg\n");
+      goto out_free_evbuf;
+    }
+
+  // For non-file input, artwork_get() will also fail if no rescaling is required
+  ret = artwork_get(ctx->evbuf, NULL, evbuf, ctx->max_w, ctx->max_h, false);
+  if (ret == ART_E_ERROR)
+    {
+      DPRINTF(E_DBG, L_ART, "Not rescaling Spotify image\n");
+      ret = evbuffer_add_buffer(ctx->evbuf, raw);
+      if (ret < 0)
+	{
+	  DPRINTF(E_LOG, L_ART, "Could not add or rescale image to output evbuf\n");
+	  goto out_free_evbuf;
+	}
+    }
+
+  evbuffer_free(evbuf);
+  evbuffer_free(raw);
+  free(artwork_url);
+
+  return content_type;
+
+ out_free_evbuf:
+  evbuffer_free(evbuf);
+  evbuffer_free(raw);
+  free(artwork_url);
+
+  return ART_E_ERROR;
+}
 #else
 static int
 source_item_spotify_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx)
 {
   return ART_E_ERROR;
 }
+
+static int
+source_item_spotifywebapi_get(struct artwork_ctx *ctx)
+{
+  return ART_E_ERROR;
+}
 #endif
 
 /* First looks of the mfi->path is in any playlist, and if so looks in the dir
diff --git a/src/spotify_webapi.c b/src/spotify_webapi.c
index d9021fcb..2be2cfe1 100644
--- a/src/spotify_webapi.c
+++ b/src/spotify_webapi.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ struct spotify_playlist
   int tracks_count;
 };
 
-
 // Credentials for the web api
 static char *spotify_access_token;
 static char *spotify_refresh_token;
@@ -581,36 +580,42 @@ request_pagingobject_endpoint(const char *href, paging_item_cb item_cb, paging_r
 }
 
 static const char *
-get_album_image(json_object *jsonalbum)
+get_album_image(json_object *jsonalbum, int max_w)
 {
   json_object *jsonimages;
   json_object *jsonimage;
   int image_count;
   int index;
   const char *artwork_url;
-  int width;
-  int temp;
 
   artwork_url = NULL;
-  temp = 0;
-  width = 0;
 
-  if (json_object_object_get_ex(jsonalbum, "images", &jsonimages))
+  if (max_w <= 0)
     {
-      // Find image closest to ART_DEFAULT_WIDTH
-      image_count = json_object_array_length(jsonimages);
-      for (index = 0; index < image_count; index++)
-        {
-	  jsonimage = json_object_array_get_idx(jsonimages, index);
-	  if (jsonimage)
-	    {
-	      temp = jparse_int_from_obj(jsonimage, "width");
+      return NULL;
+    }
 
-	      if (temp > width && temp < ART_DEFAULT_WIDTH)
-		{
-		  artwork_url = jparse_str_from_obj(jsonimage, "url");
-		  width = temp;
-		}
+  if (!json_object_object_get_ex(jsonalbum, "images", &jsonimages))
+    {
+      DPRINTF(E_DBG, L_SPOTIFY, "No images in for spotify album object found\n");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  // Find first image that has a smaller width than the given max_w
+  // (this should avoid the need for resizing and improve performance at the cost of some quality loss)
+  // Note that Spotify returns the images ordered descending by width (widest image first)
+  image_count = json_object_array_length(jsonimages);
+  for (index = 0; index < image_count; index++)
+    {
+      jsonimage = json_object_array_get_idx(jsonimages, index);
+      if (jsonimage)
+	{
+	  artwork_url = jparse_str_from_obj(jsonimage, "url");
+
+	  if (jparse_int_from_obj(jsonimage, "width") <= max_w)
+	    {
+	      // We have the first image that has a smaller width than the given max_w
+	      break;
 	    }
 	}
     }
@@ -619,7 +624,7 @@ get_album_image(json_object *jsonalbum)
 }
 
 static void
-parse_metadata_track(json_object *jsontrack, struct spotify_track *track)
+parse_metadata_track(json_object *jsontrack, struct spotify_track *track, int max_w)
 {
   json_object *jsonalbum;
   json_object *jsonartists;
@@ -633,7 +638,8 @@ parse_metadata_track(json_object *jsontrack, struct spotify_track *track)
       if (json_object_object_get_ex(jsonalbum, "artists", &jsonartists))
 	track->album_artist = jparse_str_from_array(jsonartists, 0, "name");
 
-      track->artwork_url = get_album_image(jsonalbum);
+      if (max_w > 0)
+	track->artwork_url = get_album_image(jsonalbum, max_w);
     }
 
   if (json_object_object_get_ex(jsontrack, "artists", &jsonartists))
@@ -679,7 +685,7 @@ get_year_from_date(const char *date)
 }
 
 static void
-parse_metadata_album(json_object *jsonalbum, struct spotify_album *album)
+parse_metadata_album(json_object *jsonalbum, struct spotify_album *album, int max_w)
 {
   json_object* jsonartists;
 
@@ -701,7 +707,8 @@ parse_metadata_album(json_object *jsonalbum, struct spotify_album *album)
   album->release_date_precision = jparse_str_from_obj(jsonalbum, "release_date_precision");
   album->release_year = get_year_from_date(album->release_date);
 
-  album->artwork_url = get_album_image(jsonalbum);
+  if (max_w > 0)
+    album->artwork_url = get_album_image(jsonalbum, max_w);
 
   // TODO Genre is an array of strings ('genres'), but it is always empty (https://github.com/spotify/web-api/issues/157)
   //album->genre = jparse_str_from_obj(jsonalbum, "genre");
@@ -1056,7 +1063,7 @@ queue_add_track(const char *uri, int position, char reshuffle, uint32_t item_id,
   if (!response)
     return -1;
 
-  parse_metadata_track(response, &track);
+  parse_metadata_track(response, &track, ART_DEFAULT_WIDTH);
 
   DPRINTF(E_DBG, L_SPOTIFY, "Got track: '%s' (%s) \n", track.name, track.uri);
 
@@ -1097,7 +1104,7 @@ queue_add_album_tracks(json_object *item, int index, int total, void *arg)
 
   param = arg;
 
-  parse_metadata_track(item, &track);
+  parse_metadata_track(item, &track, ART_DEFAULT_WIDTH);
 
   if (!track.uri || !track.is_playable)
     {
@@ -1125,7 +1132,7 @@ queue_add_album(const char *uri, int position, char reshuffle, uint32_t item_id,
 
   album_endpoint_uri = get_album_endpoint_uri(uri);
   json_album = request_endpoint_with_token_refresh(album_endpoint_uri);
-  parse_metadata_album(json_album, &param.album);
+  parse_metadata_album(json_album, &param.album, ART_DEFAULT_WIDTH);
 
   ret = db_queue_add_start(&param.queue_add_info, position);
   if (ret < 0)
@@ -1164,7 +1171,7 @@ queue_add_playlist_tracks(json_object *item, int index, int total, void *arg)
       return -1;
     }
 
-  parse_metadata_track(jsontrack, &track);
+  parse_metadata_track(jsontrack, &track, ART_DEFAULT_WIDTH);
   track.added_at = jparse_str_from_obj(item, "added_at");
   track.mtime = jparse_time_from_obj(item, "added_at");
 
@@ -1436,7 +1443,7 @@ saved_album_add(json_object *item, int index, int total, void *arg)
     }
 
   // Map album information
-  parse_metadata_album(jsonalbum, &album);
+  parse_metadata_album(jsonalbum, &album, 0);
   album.added_at = jparse_str_from_obj(item, "added_at");
   album.mtime = jparse_time_from_obj(item, "added_at");
 
@@ -1453,7 +1460,7 @@ saved_album_add(json_object *item, int index, int total, void *arg)
       if (!jsontrack)
 	break;
 
-      parse_metadata_track(jsontrack, &track);
+      parse_metadata_track(jsontrack, &track, 0);
       track.mtime = album.mtime;
 
       ret = track_add(&track, &album, NULL, dir_id);
@@ -1506,7 +1513,7 @@ saved_playlist_tracks_add(json_object *item, int index, int total, void *arg)
       return -1;
     }
 
-  parse_metadata_track(jsontrack, &track);
+  parse_metadata_track(jsontrack, &track, 0);
   track.added_at = jparse_str_from_obj(item, "added_at");
   track.mtime = jparse_time_from_obj(item, "added_at");
 
@@ -1827,6 +1834,29 @@ spotifywebapi_pl_remove(const char *uri)
   library_exec_async(webapi_pl_remove, strdup(uri));
 }
 
+char *
+spotifywebapi_artwork_url_get(const char *uri, int max_w, int max_h)
+{
+  json_object *response;
+  struct spotify_track track;
+  char *artwork_url;
+
+  response = request_track(uri);
+  if (!response)
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  parse_metadata_track(response, &track, max_w);
+
+  DPRINTF(E_DBG, L_SPOTIFY, "Got track artwork url: '%s' (%s) \n", track.artwork_url, track.uri);
+
+  artwork_url = safe_strdup(track.artwork_url);
+  jparse_free(response);
+
+  return artwork_url;
+}
+
 void
 spotifywebapi_status_info_get(struct spotifywebapi_status_info *info)
 {
diff --git a/src/spotify_webapi.h b/src/spotify_webapi.h
index 00090441..aa62b574 100644
--- a/src/spotify_webapi.h
+++ b/src/spotify_webapi.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ void
 spotifywebapi_pl_save(const char *uri);
 void
 spotifywebapi_pl_remove(const char *uri);
+char *
+spotifywebapi_artwork_url_get(const char *uri, int max_w, int max_h);
 
 void
 spotifywebapi_status_info_get(struct spotifywebapi_status_info *info);