diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/mixer_scene.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/mixer_scene.h
index afb9a5f156..7bdd6bb86a 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/mixer_scene.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/mixer_scene.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public:
 
 	void snapshot ();
 	bool apply () const;
+	bool apply (AutomationControlSet const&) const;
 	void clear ();
 	bool empty () const { return _ctrl_map.empty (); }
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
index 1c5d340ba1..3caae966f0 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
@@ -1215,6 +1215,7 @@ public:
 	boost::shared_ptr<PBD::Controllable> recently_touched_controllable () const;
 
 	bool apply_nth_mixer_scene (size_t);
+	bool apply_nth_mixer_scene (size_t, RouteList const&);
 	void store_nth_mixer_scene (size_t);
 	bool nth_mixer_scene_valid (size_t) const;
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
index 9fa7f8b994..a0cd532bb6 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
@@ -1846,7 +1846,8 @@ LuaBindings::common (lua_State* L)
 		.endClass ()
 
 		.beginWSPtrClass <MixerScene> ("MixerScene")
-		.addFunction ("apply", &MixerScene::apply)
+		.addFunction ("apply", (bool (MixerScene::*)() const)&MixerScene::apply)
+		.addFunction ("apply_to", (bool (MixerScene::*)(AutomationControlSet const&) const)&MixerScene::apply)
 		.addFunction ("snapshot", &MixerScene::snapshot)
 		.addFunction ("clear", &MixerScene::clear)
 		.addFunction ("empty", &MixerScene::empty)
@@ -2809,7 +2810,8 @@ LuaBindings::common (lua_State* L)
 
 		.addFunction ("bundles", &Session::bundles)
 
-		.addFunction ("apply_nth_mixer_scene", &Session::apply_nth_mixer_scene)
+		.addFunction ("apply_nth_mixer_scene", (bool (Session::*)(size_t))&Session::apply_nth_mixer_scene)
+		.addFunction ("apply_nth_mixer_scene_to", (bool (Session::*)(size_t, RouteList const&))&Session::apply_nth_mixer_scene)
 		.addFunction ("store_nth_mixer_scene", &Session::store_nth_mixer_scene)
 		.addFunction ("nth_mixer_scene_valid", &Session::nth_mixer_scene_valid)
 		.addFunction ("nth_mixer_scene", &Session::nth_mixer_scene)
diff --git a/libs/ardour/mixer_scene.cc b/libs/ardour/mixer_scene.cc
index 0a7901f22d..5a5c447965 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/mixer_scene.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/mixer_scene.cc
@@ -138,6 +138,19 @@ MixerScene::apply () const
 	return rv;
 }
 
+bool
+MixerScene::apply (AutomationControlSet const& acs) const
+{
+	bool rv = false;
+	std::set<PBD::ID> done;
+
+	for (auto const& c : acs) {
+		rv |= recurse_to_master (c, done);
+	}
+
+	return rv;
+}
+
 XMLNode&
 MixerScene::get_state () const
 {
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index 7f2de21938..62f08ffbbe 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -7536,6 +7536,30 @@ Session::apply_nth_mixer_scene (size_t nth)
 	return scene->apply ();
 }
 
+bool
+Session::apply_nth_mixer_scene (size_t nth, RouteList const& rl)
+{
+	boost::shared_ptr<MixerScene> scene;
+	{
+		Glib::Threads::RWLock::ReaderLock lm (_mixer_scenes_lock);
+		if (_mixer_scenes.size () <= nth) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (!_mixer_scenes[nth]) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		scene = _mixer_scenes[nth];
+	}
+	assert (scene);
+
+	AutomationControlSet acs;
+	for (auto const& r : rl) {
+		r->automatables (acs);
+	}
+
+	return scene->apply (acs);
+}
+
 void
 Session::store_nth_mixer_scene (size_t nth)
 {