diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/playlist/VLCPlayerController.h b/modules/gui/macosx/playlist/VLCPlayerController.h
index 27d0d47ed740d4b6c5e86c0e8c256faa09d0777e..c0fc152547da352f8c867f73cb91b978b3ebfa4f 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/playlist/VLCPlayerController.h
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/playlist/VLCPlayerController.h
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  */
 extern NSString *VLCPlayerCurrentMediaItemChanged;
 
+/**
+ * Listen to VLCPlayerMetadataChangedForCurrentMedia to be notified if metadata such as title, artwork, etc change
+ * for the media item currently played
+ * @note the affected player object will be the object of the notification
+ */
+extern NSString *VLCPlayerMetadataChangedForCurrentMedia;
+
 /**
  * Listen to VLCPlayerStateChanged to be notified if the player's state changes
  * @note the affected player object will be the object of the notification
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/playlist/VLCPlayerController.m b/modules/gui/macosx/playlist/VLCPlayerController.m
index 661c69c95944e4cfddc8db534d99955e77a166ef..22e44f492bfc8440c1ac59de2dd8f1bfd80cf8e3 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/playlist/VLCPlayerController.m
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/playlist/VLCPlayerController.m
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>
 
 NSString *VLCPlayerCurrentMediaItemChanged = @"VLCPlayerCurrentMediaItemChanged";
+NSString *VLCPlayerMetadataChangedForCurrentMedia = @"VLCPlayerMetadataChangedForCurrentMedia";
 NSString *VLCPlayerStateChanged = @"VLCPlayerStateChanged";
 NSString *VLCPlayerErrorChanged = @"VLCPlayerErrorChanged";
 NSString *VLCPlayerBufferFill = @"VLCPlayerBufferFill";
@@ -668,6 +669,9 @@ static const struct vlc_player_aout_cbs player_aout_callbacks = {
     }
 
     input_item_Release(inputItem);
+
+    [_defaultNotificationCenter postNotificationName:VLCPlayerMetadataChangedForCurrentMedia
+                                              object:self];
 }
 
 - (void)nextVideoFrame