diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
index f1109e0341..3796f73669 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@
       <menuitem action='track-solo-toggle'/>
       <menuitem action='track-mute-toggle'/>
       <menu action='TrackPlaylistMenu'>
+        <menuitem action='show-plist-selector'/>
+        <separator/>
         <menuitem action='new-playlists-for-all-tracks'/>
         <menuitem action='new-playlists-for-armed-tracks'/>
         <menuitem action='new-playlists-for-selected-tracks'/>
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor.h b/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
index a435604afa..5268094077 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
@@ -1537,6 +1537,8 @@ private:
 	void toggle_all_existing_automation ();
 	void toggle_layer_display ();
 
+	void launch_playlist_selector ();
+
 	void reverse_selection ();
 	void edit_envelope ();
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
index be6867ae99..638ed21176 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ Editor::register_actions ()
 	reg_sens (editor_actions, "toggle-all-existing-automation", _("Toggle All Existing Automation"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::toggle_all_existing_automation));
 	reg_sens (editor_actions, "toggle-layer-display", _("Toggle Layer Display"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::toggle_layer_display));
 
+	act = reg_sens (editor_actions, "show-plist-selector", _("Show Playlist Selector"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::launch_playlist_selector));
+	ActionManager::stripable_selection_sensitive_actions.push_back (act);
+
 	/* these "overlap" with Region/nudge-* and also Common/nudge-* but
 	 * provide a single editor-related action that will nudge a region,
 	 * selected marker or playhead
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index fb5af16401..5820e63737 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -8669,6 +8669,22 @@ Editor::toggle_layer_display ()
 
 }
 
+void
+Editor::launch_playlist_selector ()
+{
+	TrackViewList & tvl (selection->tracks);
+	TrackViewList::const_iterator t = tvl.begin();
+	if (t == tvl.end()) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	RouteTimeAxisView* rtav = dynamic_cast<RouteTimeAxisView*> (*t);
+
+	if (rtav && rtav->is_track()) {
+		rtav->show_playlist_selector ();
+	}
+}
+
 vector<MidiRegionView*>
 Editor::filter_to_unique_midi_region_views (RegionSelection const & ms) const
 {
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.h b/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.h
index 460591bbb0..20c349050d 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ public:
 	void clear_playlist ();
 
 	void        use_playlist (Gtk::RadioMenuItem* item, boost::weak_ptr<ARDOUR::Playlist> wpl);
+	void        show_playlist_selector ();
 
 	/* used by EditorRoutes */
 	static Gtkmm2ext::ActiveState solo_active_state (boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Stripable>);
@@ -244,7 +245,6 @@ protected:
 	void        build_playlist_menu ();
 	Gtk::Menu*  playlist_action_menu;
 
-	void         show_playlist_selector ();
 	void         show_playlist_copy_selector ();
 	void         show_playlist_share_selector ();
 	void         show_playlist_steal_selector ();