diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/builtins/PlayerBuiltins.cpp b/xbmc/interfaces/builtins/PlayerBuiltins.cpp
index fcface1ddb0d2..76b7fc01c1b05 100644
--- a/xbmc/interfaces/builtins/PlayerBuiltins.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/interfaces/builtins/PlayerBuiltins.cpp
@@ -495,8 +495,11 @@ int PlayOrQueueMedia(const std::vector<std::string>& params, bool forcePlay)
       CMediaSettings::GetInstance().SetMediaStartWindowed(true);
     else if (StringUtils::EqualsNoCase(params[i], "resume"))
     {
-      // force the item to resume (if applicable)
-      if (VIDEO::UTILS::GetItemResumeInformation(item).isResumable)
+      // Force the item to resume (if applicable).
+      // If item is provided by a plugin, we don't know if this can be resumed or not at this point,
+      // that information was lost when the item was turned into a string but we were told to resume
+      // so we will try to do that.
+      if (item.IsPlugin() || VIDEO::UTILS::GetItemResumeInformation(item).isResumable)
         item.SetStartOffset(STARTOFFSET_RESUME);
       else
         item.SetStartOffset(0);