diff --git a/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc b/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
index cdb91e8ccd..cc843260ba 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/sndfilesource.cc
@@ -395,6 +395,21 @@ SndFileSource::open ()
 		}
 	}
 #endif
+	if (!writable()) {
+		cerr << "Check for cues with " << _sndfile << endl;
+		uint32_t cc;
+		if (sf_command (_sndfile, SFC_GET_CUE_COUNT, &cc, sizeof (cc)) == SF_TRUE) {
+			cerr << "cc is " << cc << endl;
+		}
+
+		SF_CUES cues;
+		if (sf_command (_sndfile, SFC_GET_CUE, &cues, sizeof (SF_CUES)) == SF_TRUE) {
+			cerr << "Found " << cues.cue_count << " cues !\n";
+			for (size_t n = 0; n < cues.cue_count; ++n) {
+				_cue_markers.push_back (CueMarker (string_compose (X_("cue %1"), n+1), cues.cue_points[n].sample_offset));
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (!_broadcast_info) {
 		_broadcast_info = new BroadcastInfo;