diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
index b6c28db920..faa3e6ac06 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@
       <menuitem action='lower-region-to-bottom'/>
     </menu>
     <menu action='RegionMenuMIDI'>
-      <menuitem action='insert-patch-change'/>
+      <menuitem action='insert-patch-change-context'/>
       <menuitem action='quantize-region'/>
       <menuitem action='fork-region'/>
       <menuitem action='show-region-list-editor'/>
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor.h b/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
index 2b03e210a9..28701ef559 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ class Editor : public PublicEditor, public PBD::ScopedConnectionList, public ARD
 	void reset_region_scale_amplitude ();
 	void adjust_region_gain (bool up);
 	void quantize_region ();
-	void insert_patch_change ();
+	void insert_patch_change (bool from_context);
 	void fork_region ();
 
 	void do_insert_time ();
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
index efb78c48ce..7297f3f897 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
@@ -1402,7 +1402,8 @@ Editor::register_region_actions ()
 		);
 
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "quantize-region", _("Quantize..."), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::quantize_region));
-	reg_sens (_region_actions, "insert-patch-change", _("Insert Patch Change..."), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::insert_patch_change));
+	reg_sens (_region_actions, "insert-patch-change", _("Insert Patch Change..."), sigc::bind (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::insert_patch_change), false));
+	reg_sens (_region_actions, "insert-patch-change-context", _("Insert Patch Change..."), sigc::bind (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::insert_patch_change), true));
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "fork-region", _("Fork"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::fork_region));
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "strip-region-silence", _("Strip Silence..."), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::strip_region_silence));
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "set-selection-from-region", _("Set Range Selection"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::set_selection_from_region));
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index d387f7c0eb..39f6fa2b88 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -4555,14 +4555,20 @@ Editor::quantize_region ()
 }
 
 void
-Editor::insert_patch_change ()
+Editor::insert_patch_change (bool from_context)
 {
 	RegionSelection rs = get_regions_from_selection_and_entered ();
 	if (rs.empty ()) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	framepos_t const p = get_preferred_edit_position (false);
+	framepos_t p;
+
+	if (!from_context) {
+		p = get_preferred_edit_position (false);
+	} else {
+		p = event_frame (&context_click_event, 0, 0);
+	}
 
 	Evoral::PatchChange<Evoral::MusicalTime> empty (0, 0, 0, 0);
 	PatchChangeDialog d (0, _session, empty, Gtk::Stock::ADD);