diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
index 535317c407..858a2c6d97 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/session.h
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API Session : public PBD::StatefulDestructible, public PBD::Scop
 	 * @param pd Playlist disposition
 	 * @return list of newly created routes
 	 */
-	RouteList new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, const std::string& template_path, const std::string& name, PlaylistDisposition pd = NewPlaylist);
-	RouteList new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, XMLNode&, const std::string& name, PlaylistDisposition pd = NewPlaylist);
+	RouteList new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, PresentationInfo::order_t insert_at, const std::string& template_path, const std::string& name, PlaylistDisposition pd = NewPlaylist);
+	RouteList new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, PresentationInfo::order_t insert_at, XMLNode&, const std::string& name, PlaylistDisposition pd = NewPlaylist);
 	std::vector<std::string> get_paths_for_new_sources (bool allow_replacing, const std::string& import_file_path, uint32_t channels);
 
 	int bring_all_sources_into_session (boost::function<void(uint32_t,uint32_t,std::string)> callback);
diff --git a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
index 2e47cb8cd7..81d14b2a6f 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ LuaBindings::session (lua_State* L)
 		.addFunction ("set_dirty", &Session::set_dirty)
 		.addFunction ("unknown_processors", &Session::unknown_processors)
 
-		.addFunction<RouteList (Session::*)(uint32_t, const std::string&, const std::string&, PlaylistDisposition)> ("new_route_from_template", &Session::new_route_from_template)
+		.addFunction<RouteList (Session::*)(uint32_t, PresentationInfo::order_t, const std::string&, const std::string&, PlaylistDisposition)> ("new_route_from_template", &Session::new_route_from_template)
 		// TODO  session_add_audio_track  session_add_midi_track  session_add_mixed_track
 		//.addFunction ("new_midi_track", &Session::new_midi_track)
 		.endClass ()
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index 61bfce14b6..fc66dfe602 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -3158,7 +3158,8 @@ Session::new_audio_route (int input_channels, int output_channels, RouteGroup* r
 }
 
 RouteList
-Session::new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, const std::string& template_path, const std::string& name_base, PlaylistDisposition pd)
+Session::new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, PresentationInfo::order_t insert_at, const std::string& template_path, const std::string& name_base,
+                                  PlaylistDisposition pd)
 {
 	XMLTree tree;
 
@@ -3166,11 +3167,11 @@ Session::new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, const std::string& template
 		return RouteList();
 	}
 
-	return new_route_from_template (how_many, *tree.root(), name_base, pd);
+	return new_route_from_template (how_many, insert_at, *tree.root(), name_base, pd);
 }
 
 RouteList
-Session::new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, XMLNode& node, const std::string& name_base, PlaylistDisposition pd)
+Session::new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, PresentationInfo::order_t insert_at, XMLNode& node, const std::string& name_base, PlaylistDisposition pd)
 {
 	RouteList ret;
 	uint32_t number = 0;
@@ -3340,9 +3341,9 @@ Session::new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, XMLNode& node, const std::s
 	if (!ret.empty()) {
 		StateProtector sp (this);
 		if (Profile->get_trx()) {
-			add_routes (ret, false, false, false, PresentationInfo::max_order);
+			add_routes (ret, false, false, false, insert_at);
 		} else {
-			add_routes (ret, true, true, false, PresentationInfo::max_order);
+			add_routes (ret, true, true, false, insert_at);
 		}
 		IO::enable_connecting ();
 	}