diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/fixed_delay.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/fixed_delay.h
index ab2b597ba1..90bfcebf59 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/fixed_delay.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/fixed_delay.h
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ public:
 	/** zero all buffers */
 	void flush();
 
+	/** @return configured delay time in samples */
+	samplecnt_t delay () const { return _delay; }
+
 private:
 	samplecnt_t _max_delay;
 	samplecnt_t _buf_size;