diff --git a/docs/source/develop/segments.rst b/docs/source/develop/segments.rst
index f69a600c..66003a72 100644
--- a/docs/source/develop/segments.rst
+++ b/docs/source/develop/segments.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ object it should receive the following arguments:
 And also any other argument(s) specified by user in :ref:`args key 
 <config-themes-seg-args>` (no additional arguments by default).
 
+.. note::
+    For powerline-lint to work properly the following things may be needed:
+
+    #. If your segment is a :py:class:`powerline.segments.Segment` and used 
+       arguments are scattered over multiple methods 
+       :py:meth:`powerline.segments.Segment.argspecobjs` should be overridden in 
+       subclass to tell powerline-lint which objects should be inspected for 
+       arguments.
+    #. If your segment takes some arguments that are never listed, but accessed 
+       via ``kwargs.get()`` or you cannot use previous function for whatever 
+       reason :py:meth:`powerline.segments.Segment.additional_args` should be 
+       overridden in subclass.
+    #. If you are expecting user to use one :ref:`name <config-themes-seg-name>` 
+       for multiple segments which cannot be linked to the segment function 
+       automatically by powerline-lint (e.g. because there are no instances of 
+       the segments in question in the default configuration) you should use 
+       :py:func:`powerline.lint.checks.register_common_name`.
+
 Object representing segment may have the following attributes used by 
 powerline:
 
diff --git a/powerline/lint/__init__.py b/powerline/lint/__init__.py
index 49cb511a..51c25860 100644
--- a/powerline/lint/__init__.py
+++ b/powerline/lint/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from powerline.lint.checks import (check_matcher_func, check_ext, check_config,
                                    check_segment_module, check_exinclude_function, type_keys,
                                    check_segment_function, check_args, get_one_segment_function,
                                    check_highlight_groups, check_highlight_group, check_full_segment_data,
-                                   get_all_possible_functions, check_segment_data_key)
+                                   get_all_possible_functions, check_segment_data_key, register_common_name)
 from powerline.lint.spec import Spec
 from powerline.lint.context import Context
 
@@ -289,6 +289,10 @@ theme_spec = common_theme_spec().update(
 )
 
 
+def register_common_names():
+	register_common_name('player', 'powerline.segments.common.players', '_player')
+
+
 def check(paths=None, debug=False, echoerr=echoerr, require_ext=None):
 	'''Check configuration sanity
 
@@ -308,6 +312,7 @@ def check(paths=None, debug=False, echoerr=echoerr, require_ext=None):
 		``False`` if user configuration seems to be completely sane and ``True`` 
 		if some problems were found.
 	'''
+	register_common_names()
 	search_paths = paths or get_config_paths()
 	find_config_files = generate_config_finder(lambda: search_paths)
 
diff --git a/powerline/lint/checks.py b/powerline/lint/checks.py
index a59d4440..52abdb78 100644
--- a/powerline/lint/checks.py
+++ b/powerline/lint/checks.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import os
 import re
 import logging
 
+from collections import defaultdict
+
 from powerline.lib.threaded import ThreadedSegment
 from powerline.lib.unicode import unicode
 from powerline.lint.markedjson.markedvalue import MarkedUnicode
@@ -673,6 +675,16 @@ def get_one_segment_function(data, context, echoerr):
 			yield func
 
 
+common_names = defaultdict(set)
+
+
+def register_common_name(name, cmodule, cname):
+	s = cmodule + '.' + cname
+	cmodule_mark = Mark('<common name definition>', 1, 1, s, 1)
+	cname_mark = Mark('<common name definition>', 1, len(cmodule) + 1, s, len(cmodule) + 1)
+	common_names[name].add((MarkedUnicode(cmodule, cmodule_mark), MarkedUnicode(cname, cname_mark)))
+
+
 def get_all_possible_functions(data, context, echoerr):
 	name = context[-2][0]
 	module, name = name.rpartition('.')[::2]
@@ -681,6 +693,11 @@ def get_all_possible_functions(data, context, echoerr):
 		if func:
 			yield func
 	else:
+		if name in common_names:
+			for cmodule, cname in common_names[name]:
+				cfunc = import_segment(cname, data, context, echoerr, module=MarkedUnicode(cmodule, None))
+				if cfunc:
+					yield cfunc
 		for ext, theme_config in list_themes(data, context):
 			for segments in theme_config.get('segments', {}).values():
 				for segment in segments:
diff --git a/powerline/segments/common/players.py b/powerline/segments/common/players.py
index 45568728..838ff1c7 100644
--- a/powerline/segments/common/players.py
+++ b/powerline/segments/common/players.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class PlayerSegment(Segment):
 			'highlight_group': ['now_playing', 'player_' + (stats['state'] or 'fallback'), 'player'],
 		}]
 
+	def get_player_status(self, pl):
+		pass
+
 	def argspecobjs(self):
 		for ret in super(PlayerSegment, self).argspecobjs():
 			yield ret
@@ -112,6 +115,9 @@ Highlight groups used: ``player_fallback`` or ``player``, ``player_play`` or ``p
 '''
 
 
+_player = with_docstring(PlayerSegment(), _common_args.format('_player'))
+
+
 class CmusPlayerSegment(PlayerSegment):
 	def get_player_status(self, pl):
 		'''Return cmus player information.
@@ -459,5 +465,16 @@ class NowPlayingSegment(Segment):
 		assert(isinstance(player_segment, PlayerSegment))
 		return player_segment(**kwargs)
 
+	def argspecobjs(self):
+		for ret in super(NowPlayingSegment, self).argspecobjs():
+			yield ret
+		yield '__call__', PlayerSegment.__call__
+		for k, v in globals().items():
+			if isinstance(v, type) and issubclass(v, PlayerSegment) and v is not DbusPlayerSegment:
+				yield 'get_player_status', v.get_player_status
+
+	def omitted_args(self, name, method):
+		return (0,)
+
 
 now_playing = NowPlayingSegment()