diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index d730bb772a..f4647553f9 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #include "canvas/canvas.h"
 
 #include "actions.h"
+#include "ardour_ui.h"
 #include "audio_region_view.h"
 #include "audio_streamview.h"
 #include "audio_time_axis.h"
@@ -748,6 +749,11 @@ Editor::build_region_boundary_cache ()
 		}
 	}
 
+	//allow regions to snap to the video start (if any) as if it were a "region"
+	if (ARDOUR_UI::instance()->video_timeline) {
+		region_boundary_cache.push_back (ARDOUR_UI::instance()->video_timeline->get_video_start_offset());
+	}
+	
 	std::pair<samplepos_t, samplepos_t> ext = session_gui_extents (false);
 	samplepos_t session_end = ext.second;
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/video_timeline.h b/gtk2_ardour/video_timeline.h
index fd882adb3e..2e5aeb7ef7 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/video_timeline.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/video_timeline.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ class VideoTimeLine : public sigc::trackable, public ARDOUR::SessionHandlePtr, p
 	void toggle_offset_locked ();
 	bool is_offset_locked () { return video_offset_lock; }
 
+	ARDOUR::sampleoffset_t get_video_start_offset() { return video_start_offset; }
+
 	void open_video_monitor ();
 	void close_video_monitor ();
 	void control_video_monitor (int, int);