diff --git a/libs/waveview/wave_view.cc b/libs/waveview/wave_view.cc
index 2ada911244..127f108069 100644
--- a/libs/waveview/wave_view.cc
+++ b/libs/waveview/wave_view.cc
@@ -1324,6 +1324,12 @@ WaveView::set_global_logscaled (bool yn)
 	}
 }
 
+void
+WaveView::clear_cache ()
+{
+	WaveViewCache::get_instance()->clear_cache ();
+}
+
 samplecnt_t
 WaveView::region_length() const
 {
diff --git a/libs/waveview/waveview/wave_view.h b/libs/waveview/waveview/wave_view.h
index 6a8012b5e4..bca9007c3a 100644
--- a/libs/waveview/waveview/wave_view.h
+++ b/libs/waveview/waveview/wave_view.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ public:
 	static void set_global_logscaled (bool);
 	static void set_global_shape (Shape);
 	static void set_global_show_waveform_clipping (bool);
+	static void clear_cache ();
 
 	static double global_gradient_depth () { return _global_gradient_depth; }