diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/resolvers/ScriptInfoPlugin.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/resolvers/ScriptInfoPlugin.cpp
index 9634faaaa..aa08bf067 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/resolvers/ScriptInfoPlugin.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/resolvers/ScriptInfoPlugin.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "../utils/Logger.h"
 #include "../utils/Json.h"
+#include "../utils/NetworkAccessManager.h"
 
 using namespace Tomahawk;
 
@@ -145,22 +146,79 @@ ScriptInfoPlugin::onNotInCacheRequestDone( const QVariantMap& result )
     Q_D( ScriptInfoPlugin );
 
     ScriptJob* job = qobject_cast< ScriptJob* >( sender() );
+    sender()->deleteLater();
 
     // retrieve requestData from cache and delete it
     Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData requestData = d->requestDataCache[ job->id().toInt() ];
     d->requestDataCache.remove( job->id().toInt() );
 
-    emit info( requestData, result[ "data" ].toMap() );
-
     // retrieve criteria from cache and delete it
     Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoStringHash criteria = d->criteriaCache[ job->id().toInt() ];
     d->criteriaCache.remove( job->id().toInt() );
 
-    emit updateCache( criteria, result[ "maxAge" ].toLongLong(), requestData.type, result[ "data" ].toMap() );
 
-    sender()->deleteLater();
+    QVariantMap resultData = result[ "data" ].toMap();
+    switch ( requestData.type )
+    {
+        case InfoSystem::InfoAlbumCoverArt:
+        {
+            QNetworkRequest req( resultData[ "url" ].toUrl() );
+            QNetworkReply* reply = Tomahawk::Utils::nam()->get( req );
+            reply->setProperty( "requestData", QVariant::fromValue< Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData >( requestData ) );
+            reply->setProperty( "criteria", convertInfoStringHashToQVariantMap( criteria ) );
+            reply->setProperty( "maxAge", result[ "maxAge" ] );
+
+            connect( reply, SIGNAL( finished() ), SLOT( onCoverArtReturned() ) );
+        }
+        break;
+
+        default:
+        {
+            emit info( requestData, result[ "data" ].toMap() );
+            emit updateCache( criteria, result[ "maxAge" ].toLongLong(), requestData.type, resultData );
+            break;
+        }
+    };
 }
 
+void
+ScriptInfoPlugin::onCoverArtReturned()
+{
+    QNetworkReply* reply = qobject_cast< QNetworkReply* >( sender() );
+    reply->deleteLater();
+
+    QUrl redir = reply->attribute( QNetworkRequest::RedirectionTargetAttribute ).toUrl();
+    if ( redir.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData requestData = reply->property( "requestData" ).value< Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoRequestData >();
+        Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoStringHash criteria = convertQVariantMapToInfoStringHash( reply->property( "criteria" ).toMap() );
+
+        QByteArray ba = reply->readAll();
+        if ( ba.isNull() || ba.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            tLog() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Null byte array for cover of" << criteria["artist"] << criteria["album"];
+            emit info( requestData, QVariant() );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        QVariantMap returnedData;
+        returnedData["imgbytes"] = ba;
+        returnedData["url"] = reply->url().toString();
+
+        emit info( requestData, returnedData );
+        emit updateCache( criteria, reply->property( "maxAge" ).toLongLong(), requestData.type, returnedData );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Follow HTTP redirect
+        QNetworkRequest req( redir );
+        QNetworkReply* newReply = Tomahawk::Utils::nam()->get( req );
+        newReply->setProperty( "requestData", reply->property( "requestData" ) );
+        newReply->setProperty( "criteria", reply->property( "criteria" ) );
+        newReply->setProperty( "maxAge", reply->property( "maxAge" ) );
+        connect( newReply, SIGNAL( finished() ), SLOT( onCoverArtReturned() ) );
+    }
+}
 
 QSet< Tomahawk::InfoSystem::InfoType >
 ScriptInfoPlugin::parseSupportedTypes( const QVariant& variant )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/resolvers/ScriptInfoPlugin.h b/src/libtomahawk/resolvers/ScriptInfoPlugin.h
index fff6051b4..97df1bcf1 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/resolvers/ScriptInfoPlugin.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/resolvers/ScriptInfoPlugin.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ protected slots:
 
     void onGetInfoRequestDone( const QVariantMap& result );
     void onNotInCacheRequestDone( const QVariantMap& result );
+    void onCoverArtReturned();
 
     // boilerplate: to be removed with Qt5 (can be put into ScriptPlugin)
     void onScriptObjectDeleted();