diff --git a/src/engine/Account.c b/src/engine/Account.c
index 6db562a3ad..af07f2783b 100644
--- a/src/engine/Account.c
+++ b/src/engine/Account.c
@@ -1835,6 +1835,39 @@ xaccAccountGetLotList (Account *acc)
   return (acc->lots);
 }
 
+LotList *
+xaccAccountFindOpenLots (Account *acc,
+			gboolean (*match_func)(GNCLot *lot,
+					       gpointer user_data),
+			gpointer user_data, GCompareFunc sort_func)
+{
+  GList *lot_list;
+  GList *retval = NULL;
+
+  if (!acc)
+    return NULL;
+
+  lot_list = xaccAccountGetLotList (acc);
+  for ( ; lot_list ; lot_list = lot_list->next ) {
+    GNCLot *lot = lot_list->data;
+
+    /* If this lot is closed, then ignore it */
+    if (gnc_lot_is_closed (lot))
+      continue;
+
+    if (match_func && !(match_func)(lot, user_data))
+      continue;
+
+    /* Ok, this is a valid lot.  Add it to our list of lots */
+    if (sort_func)
+      retval = g_list_insert_sorted (retval, lot, sort_func);
+    else
+      retval = g_list_prepend (retval, lot);
+  }
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
 /********************************************************************\
 \********************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/src/engine/Account.h b/src/engine/Account.h
index 86f2a20ef9..c3d0d07ecd 100644
--- a/src/engine/Account.h
+++ b/src/engine/Account.h
@@ -312,6 +312,16 @@ gnc_numeric     xaccAccountGetBalanceAsOfDate (Account *account, time_t date);
 SplitList*      xaccAccountGetSplitList (Account *account);
 LotList*        xaccAccountGetLotList (Account *account);
 
+/* Find a list of open lots that match the match_func.  Sort according
+ * to sort_func.  If match_func is NULL, then all open lots are returned.
+ * If sort_func is NULL, then the returned list has no particular order.
+ * The caller must free to returned list.
+ */
+LotList * xaccAccountFindOpenLots (Account *acc,
+				   gboolean (*match_func)(GNCLot *lot,
+							  gpointer user_data),
+				   gpointer user_data, GCompareFunc sort_func);
+
 gboolean        xaccAccountGetTaxRelated (Account *account);
 void            xaccAccountSetTaxRelated (Account *account,
                                           gboolean tax_related);