diff --git a/dronekit/__init__.py b/dronekit/__init__.py
index 9a573c9e1..0d6ab1d6b 100644
--- a/dronekit/__init__.py
+++ b/dronekit/__init__.py
@@ -2146,6 +2146,11 @@ def send_capabilties_request(self, vehicle, name, m):
         capability_msg = vehicle.message_factory.command_long_encode(0, 0, mavutil.mavlink.MAV_CMD_REQUEST_AUTOPILOT_CAPABILITIES, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
         vehicle.send_mavlink(capability_msg)
 
+    def play_tune(self, tune):
+        '''Request an AUTOPILOT_VERSION packet'''
+        msg = self.message_factory.play_tune_encode(0, 0, tune)
+        self.send_mavlink(msg)
+
     def wait_ready(self, *types, **kwargs):
         """
         Waits for specified attributes to be populated from the vehicle (values are initially ``None``).
diff --git a/examples/play_tune/play_tune.py b/examples/play_tune/play_tune.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df0995222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/play_tune/play_tune.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+© Copyright 2017, Peter Barker
+play_tune.py: GUIDED mode "simple goto" example (Copter Only)
+
+Demonstrates how to play a custom tune on a vehicle using the vehicle's buzzer
+
+Full documentation is provided at http://python.dronekit.io/examples/play_tune.html
+"""
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import time
+from dronekit import connect
+
+
+# Set up option parsing to get connection string
+import argparse
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Play tune on vehicle buzzer.')
+parser.add_argument('--connect',
+                    help="Vehicle connection target string. If not specified, SITL automatically started and used.")
+parser.add_argument('--tune', type=str, help="tune to play", default="AAAA")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+connection_string = args.connect
+sitl = None
+
+
+# Start SITL if no connection string specified
+if not connection_string:
+    print("SITL doesn't do tunes?!")
+    import dronekit_sitl
+    sitl = dronekit_sitl.start_default()
+    connection_string = sitl.connection_string()
+
+
+# Connect to the Vehicle
+print('Connecting to vehicle on: %s' % connection_string)
+vehicle = connect(connection_string, wait_ready=True)
+
+vehicle.play_tune(args.tune)