diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/triggerbox.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/triggerbox.h
index f38369c47e..42c6f94089 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/triggerbox.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/triggerbox.h
@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API TriggerBox : public Processor
 	~TriggerBox ();
 
 	static CueRecords cue_records;
+	static bool cue_recording () { return _cue_recording; }
+	static void set_cue_recording (bool yn);
+	static PBD::Signal0<void> CueRecordingChanged;
 
 	void run (BufferSet& bufs, samplepos_t start_sample, samplepos_t end_sample, double speed, pframes_t nframes, bool result_required);
 	bool can_support_io_configuration (const ChanCount& in, ChanCount& out);
@@ -706,6 +709,7 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API TriggerBox : public Processor
 	static void init_pool();
 
 	static std::atomic<int> active_trigger_boxes;
+	static std::atomic<bool> _cue_recording;
 };
 
 class TriggerReference
diff --git a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
index 11d1d30c57..71176c5c3e 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
@@ -2184,6 +2184,8 @@ int TriggerBox::_first_midi_note = 60;
 std::atomic<int> TriggerBox::active_trigger_boxes (0);
 TriggerBoxThread* TriggerBox::worker = 0;
 CueRecords TriggerBox::cue_records (256);
+std::atomic<bool> TriggerBox::_cue_recording (false);
+PBD::Signal0<void> TriggerBox::CueRecordingChanged;
 
 void
 TriggerBox::init ()
@@ -2225,6 +2227,15 @@ TriggerBox::TriggerBox (Session& s, DataType dt)
 	Config->ParameterChanged.connect_same_thread (*this, boost::bind (&TriggerBox::parameter_changed, this, _1));
 }
 
+void
+TriggerBox::set_cue_recording (bool yn)
+{
+	if (yn != _cue_recording) {
+		_cue_recording = yn;
+		CueRecordingChanged ();
+	}
+}
+
 void
 TriggerBox::set_region (uint32_t slot, boost::shared_ptr<Region> region)
 {