diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
index dc884d9b40..0eff725a56 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
@@ -382,11 +382,13 @@ public:
 	bool io_name_is_legal (const std::string&) const;
 	std::shared_ptr<Route> route_by_name (std::string) const;
 	std::shared_ptr<Route> route_by_id (PBD::ID) const;
+	std::shared_ptr<Stripable> stripable_by_name (std::string) const;
 	std::shared_ptr<Stripable> stripable_by_id (PBD::ID) const;
 	std::shared_ptr<Stripable> get_remote_nth_stripable (PresentationInfo::order_t n, PresentationInfo::Flag) const;
 	std::shared_ptr<Route> get_remote_nth_route (PresentationInfo::order_t n) const;
 	std::shared_ptr<Route> route_by_selected_count (uint32_t cnt) const;
 	void routes_using_input_from (const std::string& str, RouteList& rl);
+	void find_matching_stripables_by_partial_name (std::string const & partial, std::vector<std::string>&) const;
 
 	bool route_name_unique (std::string) const;
 	bool route_name_internal (std::string) const;
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index 411ef4f26f..1eeb64e353 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -4466,7 +4466,34 @@ Session::route_by_name (string name) const
 		}
 	}
 
-	return std::shared_ptr<Route> ((Route*) 0);
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Stripable>
+Session::stripable_by_name (string name) const
+{
+	StripableList sl;
+	get_stripables (sl);
+
+	for (auto & s : sl) {
+		if (s->name() == name) {
+			return s;
+		}
+	}
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+void
+Session::find_matching_stripables_by_partial_name (std::string const & partial, std::vector<std::string>& matches) const
+{
+	StripableList sl;
+	get_stripables (sl);
+
+	for (auto & s : sl) {
+		if (s->name().find (partial) == 0) {
+			matches.push_back (s->name());
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<Route>