diff --git a/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp b/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
index a3a0d60e..df0395ba 100644
--- a/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
+++ b/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ const FrameList &ID3v2::Tag::frameList() const
   return d->frameList;
 }
 
+const FrameList &ID3v2::Tag::frameList(const ByteVector &frameID)
+{
+  return d->frameListMap[frameID];
+}
+
 void ID3v2::Tag::addFrame(Frame *frame)
 {
   d->frameList.append(frame);
diff --git a/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.h b/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.h
index ea416174..bcc24130 100644
--- a/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.h
+++ b/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.h
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ namespace TagLib {
        *
        * \warning You should not modify this data structure directly, instead
        * use addFrame() and removeFrame().
+       *
+       * \see frameList()
        */
       const FrameListMap &frameListMap() const;
 
@@ -214,6 +216,19 @@ namespace TagLib {
        */
       const FrameList &frameList() const;
 
+      /*!
+       * Returns the frame list for frames with the id \a frameID or an empty
+       * list if there are no frames of that type.  This is just a convenience
+       * and is equivalent to:
+       *
+       * \code
+       * frameListMap()[frameID];
+       * \endcode
+       *
+       * \see frameListMap()
+       */
+      const FrameList &frameList(const ByteVector &frameID);
+
       /*!
        * Add a frame to the tag.  At this point the tag takes ownership of
        * the frame and will handle freeing its memory.