diff --git a/platypush/plugins/http/request/rss.py b/platypush/plugins/http/request/rss.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..686b0ed25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/plugins/http/request/rss.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import feedparser
+
+from platypush.plugins import action
+from platypush.plugins.http.request import HttpRequestPlugin
+
+class HttpRequestRssPlugin(HttpRequestPlugin):
+    """
+    Plugin to programmatically retrieve and parse an RSS feed URL.
+
+    Requires:
+
+        * **feedparser** (``pip install feedparser``)
+    """
+
+    @action
+    def get(self, url):
+        response = super().get(url, output='text').output
+        feed = feedparser.parse(response)
+        return feed.entries
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
+
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/music/mpd/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/music/mpd/__init__.py
index d07c9f0fa..a895280aa 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/music/mpd/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/music/mpd/__init__.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class MusicMpdPlugin(MusicPlugin):
         return self._exec('shuffle')
 
     @action
-    def add(self, resource):
+    def add(self, resource, position=None):
         """
         Add a resource (track, album, artist, folder etc.) to the current playlist
 
@@ -219,14 +219,20 @@ class MusicMpdPlugin(MusicPlugin):
             for r in resource:
                 r = self._parse_resource(r)
                 try:
-                    self._exec('add', r)
+                    if position is None:
+                        self._exec('add', r)
+                    else:
+                        self._exec('addid', r, position)
                 except Exception as e:
                     self.logger.warning('Could not add {}: {}'.format(r, e))
 
             return self.status().output
 
         r = self._parse_resource(resource)
-        return self._exec('add', r)
+
+        if position is None:
+            return self._exec('add', r)
+        return self._exec('addid', r, position)
 
     @classmethod
     def _parse_resource(cls, resource):