diff --git a/libs/temporal/tempo.cc b/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
index 5503c022b7..46ab09b260 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
+++ b/libs/temporal/tempo.cc
@@ -366,6 +366,17 @@ Meter::round_up_to_beat (Temporal::BBT_Time const & bbt) const
 	return b;
 }
 
+Temporal::BBT_Time
+Meter::round_to_beat (Temporal::BBT_Time const & bbt) const
+{
+	Temporal::BBT_Time b = bbt.round_to_beat ();
+	if (b.beats > _divisions_per_bar) {
+		b.bars++;
+		b.beats = 1;
+	}
+	return b;
+}
+
 Temporal::Beats
 Meter::to_quarters (Temporal::BBT_Offset const & offset) const
 {
diff --git a/libs/temporal/temporal/tempo.h b/libs/temporal/temporal/tempo.h
index e20979a9a7..65bb96289f 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/temporal/tempo.h
+++ b/libs/temporal/temporal/tempo.h
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ class LIBTEMPORAL_API Meter {
 	BBT_Time bbt_subtract (BBT_Time const & bbt, BBT_Offset const & sub) const;
 	BBT_Time round_to_bar (BBT_Time const &) const;
 	BBT_Time round_up_to_beat (BBT_Time const &) const;
+	BBT_Time round_to_beat (BBT_Time const &) const;
 	Beats    to_quarters (BBT_Offset const &) const;
 
 	XMLNode& get_state () const;