diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/template_utils.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/template_utils.h
index 9887ab9cdc..d89d0bcdaf 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/template_utils.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/template_utils.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace ARDOUR {
 	struct LIBARDOUR_API TemplateInfo {
 		std::string name;
 		std::string path;
+		std::string description;
 	};
 
 	LIBARDOUR_API void find_route_templates (std::vector<TemplateInfo>& template_names);
diff --git a/libs/ardour/template_utils.cc b/libs/ardour/template_utils.cc
index 81a7f31078..d355231115 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/template_utils.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/template_utils.cc
@@ -94,18 +94,19 @@ find_session_templates (vector<TemplateInfo>& template_names, bool read_xml)
 	for (vector<string>::iterator i = templates.begin(); i != templates.end(); ++i) {
 		string file = session_template_dir_to_file (*i);
 
+		TemplateInfo rti;
+		rti.name = Glib::path_get_basename (*i);
+		rti.path = *i;
+
 		if (read_xml) {
 			XMLTree tree;
 			if (!tree.read (file.c_str())) {
 				continue;
 			}
+			// TODO extract description,
+			// compare to Session::get_info_from_path
 		}
 
-		TemplateInfo rti;
-
-		rti.name = Glib::path_get_basename (*i);
-		rti.path = *i;
-
 		template_names.push_back (rti);
 	}
 }