diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/search_paths.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/search_paths.h
index 85ed2cbfd7..d52e4de058 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/search_paths.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/search_paths.h
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ namespace ARDOUR {
 	 */
 	LIBARDOUR_API PBD::Searchpath panner_search_path ();
 
+	/**
+	 * return a Searchpath containing directories in which to look for
+	 * route templates.
+	 */
+	LIBARDOUR_API PBD::Searchpath route_template_search_path ();
+
+	/**
+	 * return a Searchpath containing directories in which to look for
+	 * other templates.
+	 */
+	LIBARDOUR_API PBD::Searchpath template_search_path ();
+
 } // namespace ARDOUR
 
 #endif /* __libardour_search_paths_h__ */
diff --git a/libs/ardour/search_paths.cc b/libs/ardour/search_paths.cc
index 09227f6347..0efcce6451 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/search_paths.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/search_paths.cc
@@ -147,6 +147,22 @@ panner_search_path ()
 	return spath;
 }
 
+Searchpath
+template_search_path ()
+{
+	Searchpath spath (ardour_data_search_path());
+	spath.add_subdirectory_to_paths(templates_dir_name);
+	return spath;
+}
+
+Searchpath
+route_template_search_path ()
+{
+	Searchpath spath (ardour_data_search_path());
+	spath.add_subdirectory_to_paths(route_templates_dir_name);
+	return spath;
+}
+
 #ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 
 const char*
diff --git a/libs/ardour/template_utils.cc b/libs/ardour/template_utils.cc
index b912fdc446..8efe311536 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/template_utils.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/template_utils.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "ardour/directory_names.h"
 #include "ardour/filesystem_paths.h"
 #include "ardour/filename_extensions.h"
+#include "ardour/search_paths.h"
 #include "ardour/io.h"
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -37,22 +38,6 @@ using namespace PBD;
 
 namespace ARDOUR {
 
-Searchpath
-template_search_path ()
-{
-	Searchpath spath (ardour_data_search_path());
-	spath.add_subdirectory_to_paths(templates_dir_name);
-	return spath;
-}
-
-Searchpath
-route_template_search_path ()
-{
-	Searchpath spath (ardour_data_search_path());
-	spath.add_subdirectory_to_paths(route_templates_dir_name);
-	return spath;
-}
-
 std::string
 user_template_directory ()
 {