diff --git a/app/gegl/gimptilebackendtilemanager.c b/app/gegl/gimptilebackendtilemanager.c
index 10f5dc5d2a..82544be386 100644
--- a/app/gegl/gimptilebackendtilemanager.c
+++ b/app/gegl/gimptilebackendtilemanager.c
@@ -272,3 +272,11 @@ gimp_tile_manager_get_gegl_buffer (TileManager *tm,
 
   return buffer;
 }
+
+GeglBuffer *
+gimp_drawable_get_gegl_buffer (GimpDrawable *drawable,
+                               gboolean      write)
+{
+  return gimp_tile_manager_get_gegl_buffer (gimp_drawable_get_tiles (drawable), write);
+}
+
diff --git a/app/gegl/gimptilebackendtilemanager.h b/app/gegl/gimptilebackendtilemanager.h
index dacb940e7c..a3302ec0b6 100644
--- a/app/gegl/gimptilebackendtilemanager.h
+++ b/app/gegl/gimptilebackendtilemanager.h
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ GType             gimp_tile_backend_tile_manager_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 GeglTileBackend * gimp_tile_backend_tile_manager_new (TileManager *tm,
                                                       gboolean     write);
 
-GeglBuffer      * gimp_tile_manager_get_gegl_buffer  (TileManager *tm,
-                                                      gboolean     write);
+GeglBuffer      * gimp_tile_manager_get_gegl_buffer  (TileManager  *tm,
+                                                      gboolean      write);
+GeglBuffer      * gimp_drawable_get_gegl_buffer      (GimpDrawable *drawable,
+                                                      gboolean      write);
 
 G_END_DECLS