2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/display/curve.cpp b/src/display/curve.cpp
index 9e571fdd0..04af56990 100644
--- a/src/display/curve.cpp
+++ b/src/display/curve.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,23 @@ SPCurve *sp_curve_new_from_foreign_bpath(NArtBpath const bpath[])
     return curve;
 }
 
+SPCurve *sp_curve_new_from_rect(NR::Maybe<NR::Rect> const &rect) 
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail(rect, NULL);
+	
+	SPCurve *c = sp_curve_new();
+
+    NR::Point p = rect->corner(0);    
+    sp_curve_moveto(c, p);
+    
+    for (int i=3; i>=0; i--) {
+    	sp_curve_lineto(c, rect->corner(i));
+    }
+    sp_curve_closepath_current(c);
+    
+    return c;	
+}
+
 /**
  * Increase refcount of curve.
  *
diff --git a/src/display/curve.h b/src/display/curve.h
index 5be8f5a4e..847d09f46 100644
--- a/src/display/curve.h
+++ b/src/display/curve.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "libnr/nr-forward.h"
 #include "libnr/nr-point.h"
+#include "libnr/nr-rect.h"
 
 /// Wrapper around NArtBpath.
 struct SPCurve {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ SPCurve *sp_curve_new();
 SPCurve *sp_curve_new_sized(gint length);
 SPCurve *sp_curve_new_from_bpath(NArtBpath *bpath);
 SPCurve *sp_curve_new_from_foreign_bpath(NArtBpath const bpath[]);
+SPCurve *sp_curve_new_from_rect(NR::Maybe<NR::Rect> const &rect);
 
 SPCurve *sp_curve_ref(SPCurve *curve);
 SPCurve *sp_curve_unref(SPCurve *curve);