diff --git a/share/gpodder/ui/qml/main_default.qml b/share/gpodder/ui/qml/main_default.qml
index 02796c3c1..62abe30d2 100644
--- a/share/gpodder/ui/qml/main_default.qml
+++ b/share/gpodder/ui/qml/main_default.qml
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ PageStackWindow {
 
         function loadSettings() {
             settingsAutorotate.checked = configProxy.autorotate
+            settingsIndexing.checked = trackerMinerConfig.get_index_podcasts()
 
             myGpoEnableSwitch.checked = controller.myGpoEnabled
             myGpoUsernameField.text = controller.myGpoUsername
@@ -330,6 +331,16 @@ PageStackWindow {
                         }
                     }
 
+                    SettingsHeader { text: _('Media indexing') }
+
+                    SettingsSwitch {
+                        id: settingsIndexing
+                        text: _('Show podcasts in Music app')
+                        onCheckedChanged: {
+                            trackerMinerConfig.set_index_podcasts(checked)
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     SettingsHeader { text: _('gpodder.net') }
 
                     SettingsSwitch {
diff --git a/src/gpodder/qmlui/__init__.py b/src/gpodder/qmlui/__init__.py
index fda9adcd1..549a338ef 100644
--- a/src/gpodder/qmlui/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gpodder/qmlui/__init__.py
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ def __init__(self, args, gpodder_core, dbus_bus_name):
 
         self.controller = Controller(self)
         self.media_buttons_handler = helper.MediaButtonsHandler()
+        self.tracker_miner_config = helper.TrackerMinerConfig()
         self.podcast_model = gPodderPodcastListModel()
         self.episode_model = gPodderEpisodeListModel(self.config)
         self.last_episode = None
@@ -786,6 +787,8 @@ def __init__(self, args, gpodder_core, dbus_bus_name):
         root_context.setContextProperty('configProxy', self.config_proxy)
         root_context.setContextProperty('mediaButtonsHandler',
                 self.media_buttons_handler)
+        root_context.setContextProperty('trackerMinerConfig',
+                self.tracker_miner_config)
 
         # Load the QML UI (this could take a while...)
         self.view.setSource(QUrl.fromLocalFile(QML('main_default.qml')))
diff --git a/src/gpodder/qmlui/helper.py b/src/gpodder/qmlui/helper.py
index 5fbfddac9..f86d95ed1 100644
--- a/src/gpodder/qmlui/helper.py
+++ b/src/gpodder/qmlui/helper.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 
 import gpodder
 
+import os
+
 from gpodder import util
 
 from PySide import QtCore
 
+import logging
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class Action(QtCore.QObject):
     def __init__(self, caption, action, target=None):
@@ -108,3 +112,68 @@ def handle_button(self, signal, button):
     previousPressed = QtCore.Signal()
     nextPressed = QtCore.Signal()
 
+class TrackerMinerConfig(QtCore.QObject):
+    FILENAME = os.path.expanduser('~/.config/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.cfg')
+    SECTION = 'IgnoredDirectories'
+    ENTRY = '$HOME/MyDocs/gPodder/'
+
+    def __init__(self, filename=None):
+        QtCore.QObject.__init__(self)
+        self._filename = filename or TrackerMinerConfig.FILENAME
+        self._index_podcasts = self.get_index_podcasts()
+
+    @QtCore.Slot(result=bool)
+    def get_index_podcasts(self):
+        """
+        Returns True if the gPodder directory is indexed, False otherwise
+        """
+        if not os.path.exists(self._filename):
+            logger.warn('File does not exist: %s', self._filename)
+            return False
+
+        for line in open(self._filename, 'r'):
+            if line.startswith(TrackerMinerConfig.SECTION + '='):
+                return (TrackerMinerConfig.ENTRY not in line)
+
+    @QtCore.Slot(bool, result=bool)
+    def set_index_podcasts(self, index_podcasts):
+        """
+        If index_podcasts is True, make sure the gPodder directory is indexed
+        If index_podcasts is False, ignore the gPodder directory in Tracker
+        """
+        if not os.path.exists(self._filename):
+            logger.warn('File does not exist: %s', self._filename)
+            return False
+
+        if self._index_podcasts == index_podcasts:
+            # Nothing to do
+            return True
+
+        tmp_filename = self._filename + '.gpodder.tmp'
+
+        out = open(tmp_filename, 'w')
+        for line in open(self._filename, 'r'):
+            if line.startswith(TrackerMinerConfig.SECTION + '='):
+                _, rest = line.rstrip('\n').split('=', 1)
+                directories = filter(None, rest.split(';'))
+
+                if index_podcasts:
+                    if TrackerMinerConfig.ENTRY in directories:
+                        directories.remove(TrackerMinerConfig.ENTRY)
+                else:
+                    if TrackerMinerConfig.ENTRY not in directories:
+                        directories.append(TrackerMinerConfig.ENTRY)
+
+                line = '%(section)s=%(value)s;\n' % {
+                    'section': TrackerMinerConfig.SECTION,
+                    'value': ';'.join(directories),
+                }
+                logger.info('Writing new config line: %s', line)
+
+            out.write(line)
+        out.close()
+
+        os.rename(tmp_filename, self._filename)
+        self._index_podcasts = index_podcasts
+        return True
+