diff --git a/bin/mpdevil b/bin/mpdevil
index 2d64641..1871e84 100755
--- a/bin/mpdevil
+++ b/bin/mpdevil
@@ -3316,6 +3316,7 @@ class MPDActionGroup(Gio.SimpleActionGroup):
 			self.add_action(action)
 
 		# connect
+		self._client.emitter.connect("state", self._on_state)
 		self._client.emitter.connect("disconnected", self._on_disconnected)
 		self._client.emitter.connect("reconnected", self._on_reconnected)
 
@@ -3355,6 +3356,11 @@ class MPDActionGroup(Gio.SimpleActionGroup):
 	def _on_consume(self, action, param):
 		self._client.wrapped_call("toggle_option", "consume")
 
+	def _on_state(self, emitter, state):
+		state_dict={"play": True, "pause": True, "stop": False}
+		for action in ("next","prev","seek-forward","seek-backward"):
+			self.lookup_action(action).set_enabled(state_dict[state])
+
 	def _on_disconnected(self, *args):
 		for action in self._simple_actions_data:
 			self.lookup_action(action).set_enabled(False)