diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 664a22e15e..89685bdce6 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
   ([#6161](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/6161)).
 * Add demo app to show how to use the Android 10 `SurfaceControl` API with
   ExoPlayer ([#677](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/677)).
+* Add `Player.onPlaybackSuppressionReasonChanged` to allow listeners to
+  detect playbacks suppressions (e.g. audio focus loss) directly
+  ([#6203](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/6203)).
 
 ### 2.10.5 (2019-09-20) ###
 
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImpl.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImpl.java
index cbbf5cacbc..dd8fbee53c 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImpl.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ExoPlayerImpl.java
@@ -264,17 +264,21 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
       internalPlayer.setPlayWhenReady(internalPlayWhenReady);
     }
     boolean playWhenReadyChanged = this.playWhenReady != playWhenReady;
+    boolean suppressionReasonChanged = this.playbackSuppressionReason != playbackSuppressionReason;
     this.playWhenReady = playWhenReady;
     this.playbackSuppressionReason = playbackSuppressionReason;
     boolean isPlaying = isPlaying();
     boolean isPlayingChanged = oldIsPlaying != isPlaying;
-    if (playWhenReadyChanged || isPlayingChanged) {
+    if (playWhenReadyChanged || suppressionReasonChanged || isPlayingChanged) {
       int playbackState = playbackInfo.playbackState;
       notifyListeners(
           listener -> {
             if (playWhenReadyChanged) {
               listener.onPlayerStateChanged(playWhenReady, playbackState);
             }
+            if (suppressionReasonChanged) {
+              listener.onPlaybackSuppressionReasonChanged(playbackSuppressionReason);
+            }
             if (isPlayingChanged) {
               listener.onIsPlayingChanged(isPlaying);
             }
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/Player.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/Player.java
index fafbd25c32..d809dcbc88 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/Player.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/Player.java
@@ -392,6 +392,14 @@ public interface Player {
      */
     default void onPlayerStateChanged(boolean playWhenReady, @State int playbackState) {}
 
+    /**
+     * Called when the value returned from {@link #getPlaybackSuppressionReason()} changes.
+     *
+     * @param playbackSuppressionReason The current {@link PlaybackSuppressionReason}.
+     */
+    default void onPlaybackSuppressionReasonChanged(
+        @PlaybackSuppressionReason int playbackSuppressionReason) {}
+
     /**
      * Called when the value of {@link #isPlaying()} changes.
      *