diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/readonly_control.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/readonly_control.h
index 0e130938af..3a0dd6ebf1 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/readonly_control.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/readonly_control.h
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API ReadOnlyControl : public PBD::Destructible
 public:
 	ReadOnlyControl (std::shared_ptr<Plugin>, const ParameterDescriptor&, uint32_t pnum);
 
-	double get_parameter () const;
+	virtual double get_parameter () const;
 	std::string describe_parameter ();
 	const ParameterDescriptor& desc() const { return _desc; }
 
-private:
+protected:
 	std::weak_ptr<Plugin> _plugin;
 	const ParameterDescriptor _desc;
 	uint32_t _parameter_num;
diff --git a/libs/ardour/region_fx_plugin.cc b/libs/ardour/region_fx_plugin.cc
index 9f5cffbf6f..7107c9d105 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/region_fx_plugin.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/region_fx_plugin.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,76 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace ARDOUR;
 using namespace PBD;
 
+class TimedReadOnlyControl : public ReadOnlyControl {
+public:
+	TimedReadOnlyControl (std::shared_ptr<Plugin> p, const ParameterDescriptor& desc, uint32_t pnum)
+		: ReadOnlyControl (p, desc, pnum)
+		, _flush (false)
+	{}
+
+	double get_parameter () const {
+		std::shared_ptr<Plugin> p = _plugin.lock();
+
+		if (!p) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		samplepos_t when = p->session().audible_sample ();
+
+		Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock lm (_history_mutex);
+		auto it = _history.lower_bound (when);
+		if (it != _history.begin ()) {
+			--it;
+		}
+		if (it == _history.end ()) {
+			return p->get_parameter (_parameter_num);
+		} else {
+			return it->second;
+		}
+	}
+
+	void flush () {
+		_flush = true;
+	}
+
+	void store_value (samplepos_t start, samplepos_t end) {
+		std::shared_ptr<Plugin> p = _plugin.lock();
+		if (!p) {
+			return;
+		}
+		double value = p->get_parameter (_parameter_num);
+		Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock lm (_history_mutex);
+		if (_flush) {
+			_flush = false;
+			_history.clear ();
+		}
+		auto it = _history.lower_bound (start);
+		if (it != _history.begin ()) {
+			--it;
+			if (it->second == value) {
+				return;
+			}
+			assert (start > it->first);
+			if (start - it->first < 512) {
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		_history[start] = value;
+
+		if (_history.size () > 2000 && std::distance (_history.begin(), it) > 1500) {
+			samplepos_t when = min (start, p->session().audible_sample ());
+			auto io = _history.lower_bound (when - p->session().sample_rate ());
+			if (std::distance (io, it) > 1) {
+				_history.erase (_history.begin(), io);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+private:
+	std::map<samplepos_t, double> _history;
+	mutable Glib::Threads::Mutex  _history_mutex;
+	bool                          _flush;
+};
+
 RegionFxPlugin::RegionFxPlugin (Session& s, Temporal::TimeDomain const td, std::shared_ptr<Plugin> plug)
 	: SessionObject (s, (plug ? plug->name () : string ("toBeRenamed")))
 	, TimeDomainProvider (td)
@@ -320,7 +390,7 @@ RegionFxPlugin::create_parameters ()
 		plugin->get_parameter_descriptor (i, desc);
 
 		if (!plugin->parameter_is_input (i)) {
-			_control_outputs[i] = std::shared_ptr<ReadOnlyControl> (new ReadOnlyControl (plugin, desc, i));
+			_control_outputs[i] = std::shared_ptr<TimedReadOnlyControl> (new TimedReadOnlyControl (plugin, desc, i));
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -549,6 +619,11 @@ void
 RegionFxPlugin::flush ()
 {
 	_flush.store (1);
+
+	for (auto const& i : _control_outputs) {
+		shared_ptr<TimedReadOnlyControl> toc = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<TimedReadOnlyControl>(i.second);
+		toc->flush ();
+	}
 }
 
 bool
@@ -1167,6 +1242,11 @@ RegionFxPlugin::connect_and_run (BufferSet& bufs, samplepos_t start, samplepos_t
 		}
 	}
 
+	for (auto const& i : _control_outputs) {
+		shared_ptr<TimedReadOnlyControl> toc = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<TimedReadOnlyControl>(i.second);
+		toc->store_value (start + pos, end + pos);
+	}
+
 	const samplecnt_t l = effective_latency ();
 	if (_plugin_signal_latency != l) {
 		_plugin_signal_latency= l;