diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bf3fba46db..61b928b97b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ver 0.24 (not yet released)
   - "sticker find" supports sort and window parameter and new sticker compare operators "eq", "lt" and "gt"
   - consume only idle flags that were subscribed to
   - volume command is no longer deprecated
+  - searching stored playlists respond now with song position
 * database
   - attribute "added" shows when each song was added to the database
   - fix integer overflows with 64-bit inode numbers
diff --git a/src/playlist/Print.cxx b/src/playlist/Print.cxx
index 10fecfa9df..a86f2cd4ca 100644
--- a/src/playlist/Print.cxx
+++ b/src/playlist/Print.cxx
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "Partition.hxx"
 #include "Instance.hxx"
 #include "PlaylistError.hxx"
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+#include "client/Response.hxx"
 
 static void
 playlist_provider_print(Response &r,
@@ -69,27 +71,34 @@ playlist_provider_search_print(Response &r,
 
 	unsigned skip = start_index;
 	unsigned n = end_index - start_index;
+	unsigned position = 0;
 
 	while ((song = e.NextSong()) != nullptr) {
 		const bool detail = playlist_check_translate_song(*song, base_uri,
 								  loader);
-		if (!filter->Match(static_cast<LightSong>(*song)))
+		if (!filter->Match(static_cast<LightSong>(*song))) {
+			++position;
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (skip > 0) {
 			--skip;
+			++position;
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (detail)
+		if (detail) {
 			song_print_info(r, *song);
-		else
+			r.Fmt(FMT_STRING("Pos: {}\n"), position);
+		} else
 			/* fallback if no detail was requested or no
 			   detail was available */
 			song_print_uri(r, *song);
 
 		if (--n == 0)
 			break;
+
+		++position;
 	}
 }