diff --git a/src/command.c b/src/command.c
index 4259b58e7..f61cb7630 100644
--- a/src/command.c
+++ b/src/command.c
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ int commandStatus(FILE * fp, unsigned int * permission, int argArrayLength,
 		char ** argArray) 
 {
         char * state = NULL;
+	int updateJobId;
 
         playPlaylistIfPlayerStopped();
         switch(getPlayerState()) {
@@ -194,7 +195,9 @@ int commandStatus(FILE * fp, unsigned int * permission, int argArrayLength,
                 myfprintf(fp,"%s: %u:%i:%i\n",COMMAND_STATUS_AUDIO,getPlayerSampleRate(),getPlayerBits(),getPlayerChannels());
         }
 
-	if(isUpdatingDB()) myfprintf(fp,"%s: 1\n",COMMAND_STATUS_UPDATING_DB);
+	if((updateJobId = isUpdatingDB())) {
+		myfprintf(fp,"%s: %i\n",COMMAND_STATUS_UPDATING_DB,updateJobId);
+	}
 
         if(getPlayerError()!=PLAYER_ERROR_NOERROR) {
                 myfprintf(fp,"%s: %s\n",COMMAND_STATUS_ERROR,getPlayerErrorStr());
diff --git a/src/directory.c b/src/directory.c
index 7ecc5bd62..17d91631c 100644
--- a/src/directory.c
+++ b/src/directory.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "listen.h"
 #include "interface.h"
 #include "volume.h"
+#include "mpd_types.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ char directorydb[MAXPATHLEN+1];
 
 int directory_updatePid = 0;
 
+mpd_uint16 directory_updateJobId = 0;
+
 DirectoryList * newDirectoryList();
 
 int addToDirectory(Directory * directory, char * shortname, char * name);
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ void deleteEmptyDirectoriesInDirectory(Directory * directory);
 int addSubDirectoryToDirectory(Directory * directory, char * shortname, char * name);
 
 int isUpdatingDB() {
-	if(directory_updatePid>0) return 1;
+	if(directory_updatePid>0) return directory_updateJobId;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +146,11 @@ int updateInit(FILE * fp) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	DEBUG("updateInit: fork()'d update child\n");
+	directory_updateJobId++;
+	if(directory_updateJobId > 1<<15) directory_updateJobId = 1;
+	DEBUG("updateInit: fork()'d update child for update job id %i\n",
+			(int)directory_updateJobId);
+	myfprintf(fp,"updating_db: %i\n",(int)directory_updateJobId);
 
 	return 0;
 }