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diff --git a/lily/bezier.cc b/lily/bezier.cc
index c4cdbb1c7b..b202d45dd6 100644
--- a/lily/bezier.cc
+++ b/lily/bezier.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
   This file is part of LilyPond, the GNU music typesetter.
 
-  Copyright (C) 1998--2012 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+  Copyright (C) 1998--2015 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 
   LilyPond is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -140,6 +140,22 @@ Bezier::curve_point (Real t) const
   return o;
 }
 
+// The return value is normalized unless zero or indefinite.
+Offset
+Bezier::dir_at_point (Real t) const
+{
+  Offset second_order[3];
+  Offset third_order[2];
+
+  for (vsize i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    second_order[i] = ((control_[i + 1] - control_[i]) * t) + control_[i];
+
+  for (vsize i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+    third_order[i] = ((second_order[i + 1] - second_order[i]) * t) + second_order[i];
+
+  return (third_order[1] - third_order[0]).direction ();
+}
+
 /*
   Cache binom (3, j) t^j (1-t)^{3-j}
 */