diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayer.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayer.java
index 20ad3c0d22..4ef1caf8c7 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayer.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayer.java
@@ -283,6 +283,13 @@ public interface ExoPlayer {
    */
   int REPEAT_MODE_ALL = 2;
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the {@link Looper} associated with the playback thread.
+   *
+   * @return The {@link Looper} associated with the playback thread.
+   */
+  Looper getPlaybackLooper();
+
   /**
    * Register a listener to receive events from the player. The listener's methods will be called on
    * the thread that was used to construct the player. However, if the thread used to construct the
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImpl.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImpl.java
index 1350c13943..680cbe71ff 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImpl.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImpl.java
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
         repeatMode, eventHandler, playbackInfo, this);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Looper getPlaybackLooper() {
+    return internalPlayer.getPlaybackLooper();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void addListener(EventListener listener) {
     listeners.add(listener);
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImplInternal.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImplInternal.java
index b93b31bdaa..bcfcc4451b 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImplInternal.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImplInternal.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.google.android.exoplayer2;
 
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.HandlerThread;
+import android.os.Looper;
 import android.os.Message;
 import android.os.Process;
 import android.os.SystemClock;
@@ -270,6 +271,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
     internalPlaybackThread.quit();
   }
 
+  public Looper getPlaybackLooper() {
+    return internalPlaybackThread.getLooper();
+  }
+
   // MediaSource.Listener implementation.
 
   @Override
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/SimpleExoPlayer.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/SimpleExoPlayer.java
index a8c1d1d9f0..9bf98ff0dc 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/SimpleExoPlayer.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/SimpleExoPlayer.java
@@ -480,6 +480,11 @@ public class SimpleExoPlayer implements ExoPlayer {
 
   // ExoPlayer implementation
 
+  @Override
+  public Looper getPlaybackLooper() {
+    return player.getPlaybackLooper();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void addListener(EventListener listener) {
     player.addListener(listener);