diff --git a/libgnucash/engine/Account.cpp b/libgnucash/engine/Account.cpp
index afcb769799..241bdcf9d7 100644
--- a/libgnucash/engine/Account.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/engine/Account.cpp
@@ -3242,6 +3242,15 @@ xaccAccountGetName (const Account *acc)
     return GET_PRIVATE(acc)->accountName;
 }
 
+std::vector<const Account*>
+gnc_account_get_all_parents (const Account *account)
+{
+    std::vector<const Account*> rv;
+    for (auto a = account; !gnc_account_is_root (a); a = gnc_account_get_parent (a))
+        rv.push_back (a);
+    return rv;
+}
+
 gchar *
 gnc_account_get_full_name(const Account *account)
 {
diff --git a/libgnucash/engine/Account.hpp b/libgnucash/engine/Account.hpp
index 89649acfc4..598cd0a5df 100644
--- a/libgnucash/engine/Account.hpp
+++ b/libgnucash/engine/Account.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ void gnc_account_foreach_split_until_date (const Account *acc, time64 end_date,
  *  @result Split* or nullptr if not found */
 Split* gnc_account_find_split (const Account*, std::function<bool(const Split*)>, bool);
 
+std::vector<const Account*> gnc_account_get_all_parents (const Account *account);
+
 #endif /* GNC_COMMODITY_HPP */
 /** @} */
 /** @} */