diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index aab6edc6a..bee2f52d2 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -951,6 +951,14 @@ std::string leftJustify (const std::string& input, const int width)
   return input + std::string (width - utf8_text_length (input), ' ');
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+std::string rightJustifyZero (const int input, const int width)
+{
+  std::stringstream s;
+  s << std::setw (width) << std::setfill ('0') << input;
+  return s.str ();
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 std::string rightJustify (const int input, const int width)
 {
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index bda520f93..8023e6014 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const std::string format (const std::string&, const std::string&, const std::str
 
 std::string leftJustify (const int, const int);
 std::string leftJustify (const std::string&, const int);
+std::string rightJustifyZero (const int, const int);
 std::string rightJustify (const int, const int);
 std::string rightJustify (const std::string&, const int);