diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
index 5646602e4c..46ec2e0a93 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
@@ -1719,6 +1719,25 @@ RCOptionEditor::RCOptionEditor ()
 		    sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::set_autoscroll_editor)
 		    ));
 
+	ComboOption<RegionSelectionAfterSplit> *rsas = new ComboOption<RegionSelectionAfterSplit> (
+		    "region-selection-after-split",
+		    _("After splitting selected regions, select"),
+		    sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::get_region_selection_after_split),
+		    sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::set_region_selection_after_split));
+
+	// TODO: decide which of these modes are really useful
+	rsas->add(None, _("no regions"));
+	// rsas->add(NewlyCreatedLeft, _("newly-created regions before the split"));
+	// rsas->add(NewlyCreatedRight, _("newly-created regions after the split"));
+	rsas->add(NewlyCreatedBoth, _("newly-created regions"));
+	// rsas->add(Existing, _("unmodified regions in the existing selection"));
+	// rsas->add(ExistingNewlyCreatedLeft, _("existing selection and newly-created regions before the split"));
+	// rsas->add(ExistingNewlyCreatedRight, _("existing selection and newly-created regions after the split"));
+	rsas->add(ExistingNewlyCreatedBoth, _("existing selection and newly-created regions"));
+
+	add_option (_("Editor"), rsas);
+
+
 	/* AUDIO */
 
 	add_option (_("Audio"), new OptionEditorHeading (_("Buffering")));
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/rc_configuration_vars.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/rc_configuration_vars.h
index 0fd6c99218..0fd19aacd3 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/rc_configuration_vars.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/rc_configuration_vars.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ CONFIG_VARIABLE (bool, region_boundaries_from_selected_tracks, "region-boundarie
 CONFIG_VARIABLE (bool, region_boundaries_from_onscreen_tracks, "region-boundaries-from-onscreen_tracks", true)
 CONFIG_VARIABLE (bool, autoscroll_editor, "autoscroll-editor", true)
 CONFIG_VARIABLE (FadeShape, default_fade_shape, "default-fade-shape", FadeLinear)
+CONFIG_VARIABLE (RegionSelectionAfterSplit, region_selection_after_split, "selection-after-split", None)
 
 /* monitoring, mute, solo etc */
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/types.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/types.h
index 5daf9065e3..6cf373a016 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/types.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/types.h
@@ -353,6 +353,17 @@ namespace ARDOUR {
 		Lock
 	};
 
+	enum RegionSelectionAfterSplit {
+		None = 0,
+		NewlyCreatedLeft = 1,  // bit 0
+		NewlyCreatedRight = 2, // bit 1
+		NewlyCreatedBoth = 3,
+		Existing = 4,          // bit 2
+		ExistingNewlyCreatedLeft = 5,
+		ExistingNewlyCreatedRight = 6,
+		ExistingNewlyCreatedBoth = 7
+	};
+
 	enum RegionPoint {
 		Start,
 		End,
@@ -629,6 +640,7 @@ std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& o, ARDOUR::WaveformScale& sf);
 std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& o, ARDOUR::WaveformShape& sf);
 std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& o, ARDOUR::PositionLockStyle& sf);
 std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& o, ARDOUR::FadeShape& sf);
+std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& o, ARDOUR::RegionSelectionAfterSplit& sf);
 
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const ARDOUR::SampleFormat& sf);
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const ARDOUR::HeaderFormat& sf);
@@ -651,6 +663,7 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const ARDOUR::WaveformScale& sf);
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const ARDOUR::WaveformShape& sf);
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const ARDOUR::PositionLockStyle& sf);
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const ARDOUR::FadeShape& sf);
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const ARDOUR::RegionSelectionAfterSplit& sf);
 
 static inline ARDOUR::framepos_t
 session_frame_to_track_frame (ARDOUR::framepos_t session_frame, double speed)
diff --git a/libs/ardour/enums.cc b/libs/ardour/enums.cc
index c1eaa00977..0f60e3589d 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/enums.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/enums.cc
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ setup_enum_writer ()
 	TimecodeFormat _Session_TimecodeFormat;
 	Session::PullupFormat _Session_PullupFormat;
 	FadeShape _FadeShape;
+	RegionSelectionAfterSplit _RegionSelectionAfterSplit;
 	IOChange _IOChange;
 	AutomationType _AutomationType;
 	AutoState _AutoState;
@@ -460,6 +461,16 @@ setup_enum_writer ()
 	REGISTER_ENUM (FadeSymmetric);
 	REGISTER (_FadeShape);
 
+	REGISTER_ENUM(None);
+	REGISTER_ENUM(NewlyCreatedLeft);
+	REGISTER_ENUM(NewlyCreatedRight);
+	REGISTER_ENUM(NewlyCreatedBoth);
+	REGISTER_ENUM(Existing);
+	REGISTER_ENUM(ExistingNewlyCreatedLeft);
+	REGISTER_ENUM(ExistingNewlyCreatedRight);
+	REGISTER_ENUM(ExistingNewlyCreatedBoth);
+	REGISTER (_RegionSelectionAfterSplit);
+
 	REGISTER_CLASS_ENUM (Diskstream, Recordable);
 	REGISTER_CLASS_ENUM (Diskstream, Hidden);
 	REGISTER_CLASS_ENUM (Diskstream, Destructive);
@@ -918,6 +929,7 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const Evoral::OverlapType& var)
 	std::string s = enum_2_string (var);
 	return o << s;
 }
+
 std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& o, FadeShape& var)
 {
 	std::string s;
@@ -931,3 +943,17 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const FadeShape& var)
 	std::string s = enum_2_string (var);
 	return o << s;
 }
+
+std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& o, RegionSelectionAfterSplit& var)
+{
+	std::string s;
+	o >> s;
+	var = (RegionSelectionAfterSplit) string_2_enum (s, var);
+	return o;
+}
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const RegionSelectionAfterSplit& var)
+{
+	std::string s = enum_2_string (var);
+	return o << s;
+}