diff --git a/examples/player.js b/examples/player.js
index 01319b3..9d20ecf 100644
--- a/examples/player.js
+++ b/examples/player.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ var player = Player({
 	supportedInterfaces: ['player']
 });
 
+player.getPosition = function() {
+  // return the position of your player
+  return 0;
+}
+
 // Events
 var events = ['raise', 'quit', 'next', 'previous', 'pause', 'playpause', 'stop', 'play', 'seek', 'position', 'open', 'volume', 'loopStatus', 'shuffle'];
 events.forEach(function (eventName) {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 51f2464..98a3971 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function lcfirst(str) {
  * * `playPause` - Pauses playback.  If playback is already paused, resumes playback. If playback is stopped, starts playback.
  * * `stop` - Stops playback.
  * * `play` - Starts or resumes playback.
- * * `seek` - Seeks forward in the current track by the specified number of microseconds. With event data `{ delta, position }`.
+ * * `seek` - Seeks forward in the current track by the specified number of microseconds. With event data `offset`.
  * * `position` - Sets the current track position in microseconds. With event data `{ trackId, position }`.
  * * `open` - Opens the Uri given as an argument. With event data `{ uri }`.
  * * `activatePlaylist` -  Starts playing the given playlist. With event data `playlistId`.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function lcfirst(str) {
  * @property {Double} minimumRate - The minimum value which the Rate property can take.
  * @property {Double} maximumRate - The maximum value which the Rate property can take.
  * @property {Array} playlists - The current playlists set by Player#setPlaylists. (Not a DBus property).
- * @property {Integer} activePlaylist - The currently-active playlist.
+ * @property {String} activePlaylist - The id of the currently-active playlist.
  */
 function Player(opts) {
   if (!(this instanceof Player)) {
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ function Player(opts) {
   this.name = opts.name;
   this.supportedInterfaces = opts.supportedInterfaces || ['player'];
   this._tracks = [];
-  this.position = 0;
   this.init(opts);
 }
 util.inherits(Player, events.EventEmitter);
@@ -201,16 +200,27 @@ Player.prototype._addEventedPropertiesList = function(iface, props) {
 };
 
 /**
- * Sets the position of the player to `position + delta` and emits the `Seeked`
- * DBus signal to listening clients.
+ * Gets the position of this player. This method is intended to be overridden
+ * by the user to return the position of the player in microseconds.
+ *
+ * @name Player#getPosition
+ * @function
+ * @returns {Integer} - The current position of the player in microseconds.
+ */
+Player.prototype.getPosition = function() {
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Emits the `Seeked` DBus signal to listening clients with the given position.
  *
  * @name Player#seeked
  * @function
- * @param {Integer} delta - The change in position in microseconds.
+ * @param {Integer} position - The position in microseconds.
  */
-Player.prototype.seeked = function(delta) {
-  this.position += delta || 0;
-  this.interfaces.player.Seeked(this.position);
+Player.prototype.seeked = function(position) {
+  position = position || 0;
+  this.interfaces.player.Seeked(position);
 };
 
 Player.prototype.getTrackIndex = function(trackId) {
diff --git a/src/interfaces/player.js b/src/interfaces/player.js
index 75c4716..c0bdf53 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/player.js
+++ b/src/interfaces/player.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class PlayerInterface extends MprisInterface {
   _Rate = 1;
   _Shuffle = false;
   _Volume = 0;
-  _Position = 0;
   _LoopStatus = 'None';
   _PlaybackStatus = 'Stopped';
 
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ class PlayerInterface extends MprisInterface {
 
   @property({signature: 'x', access: ACCESS_READ})
   get Position() {
-    return this._Position;
+    return this.player.getPosition();
   }
 
   @property({signature: 's'})
@@ -156,11 +155,7 @@ class PlayerInterface extends MprisInterface {
   Seek(offset) {
     // XXX overflow
     offset = JSBI.toNumber(offset);
-    let e = {
-      delta: offset,
-      position: (this.player.position || 0) + offset
-    };
-    this.player.emit('seek', e);
+    this.player.emit('seek', offset);
   }
 
   @method({inSignature: 'ox'})
diff --git a/test/player.test.js b/test/player.test.js
index 1330739..cb9b366 100644
--- a/test/player.test.js
+++ b/test/player.test.js
@@ -188,18 +188,23 @@ test('position specific properties, methods, and signals should work', async ()
     return peer.Ping();
   };
 
-  // position starts at 0
+  // position defaults to always being 0
   let position = await props.Get(PLAYER_IFACE, 'Position');
   expect(position).toEqual(new Variant('x', JSBI.BigInt(0)));
 
+  // when the getter is set, it should return what the getter returns
+  player.getPosition = function() {
+    return 99;
+  }
+
+  position = await props.Get(PLAYER_IFACE, 'Position');
+  expect(position).toEqual(new Variant('x', JSBI.BigInt(99)));
+
   // Seek
-  let cb = jest.fn(e => {
-    player.seeked(e.delta);
-  });
+  let cb = jest.fn();
   player.once('seek', cb);
   await playerIface.Seek(99);
-  expect(cb).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ delta: 99, position: 99 });
-  expect(player.position).toEqual(99);
+  expect(cb).toHaveBeenCalledWith(99);
 
   // SetPosition
   cb = jest.fn();
@@ -209,8 +214,7 @@ test('position specific properties, methods, and signals should work', async ()
 
   cb = jest.fn();
   playerIface.once('Seeked', cb);
-  player.seeked(99);
+  player.seeked(200);
   await ping();
-  // this one updates position
-  expect(cb).toHaveBeenCalledWith(JSBI.BigInt(198));
+  expect(cb).toHaveBeenCalledWith(JSBI.BigInt(200));
 });