diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_Preload.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_Preload.cpp
index 4061169ffc..b034228233 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_Preload.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_Preload.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ SoundReader *RageSoundReader_Preload::Copy() const
 	return new RageSoundReader_Preload(*this);
 }
 
+int RageSoundReader_Preload::GetReferenceCount() const
+{
+	return buf.GetReferenceCount();
+}
+
 rc_string::rc_string()
 {
 	buf = new string;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_Preload.h b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_Preload.h
index 5e3a80c666..2a28766117 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_Preload.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_Preload.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public:
 	~rc_string();
 	string &get_owned();
 	const string &get() const;
+	int GetReferenceCount() const { return *cnt; }
 };
 
 class RageSoundReader_Preload: public SoundReader
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ public:
 	unsigned GetNumChannels() const { return channels; }
 	bool IsStreamingFromDisk() const { return false; }
 
+	/* Return the total number of copies of this sound.  (If 1 is returned,
+	 * this is the last copy.) */
+	int GetReferenceCount() const;
+
 	SoundReader *Copy() const;
 	~RageSoundReader_Preload() { }