2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/whitespace.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/whitespace.h
index 444be112b0..dcdb4e5f27 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/whitespace.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/whitespace.h
@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+namespace Glib {
+	class ustring;
+}
+
 namespace PBD {
 
 // returns the empty string if the entire string is whitespace
 // so check length after calling.
 extern void strip_whitespace_edges (std::string& str);
+extern void strip_whitespace_edges (Glib::ustring& str);
 
 } // namespace PBD
 
diff --git a/libs/pbd/whitespace.cc b/libs/pbd/whitespace.cc
index d73fced321..7fafd07c6f 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/whitespace.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/whitespace.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 */
 
 #include "pbd/whitespace.h"
+#include <glibmm/ustring.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -77,4 +78,12 @@ strip_whitespace_edges (string& str)
     }
 }
 
+void
+strip_whitespace_edges (Glib::ustring& str)
+{   
+	string copy (str.raw());
+	strip_whitespace_edges (copy);
+	str = copy;
+}
+
 } // namespace PBD