diff --git a/src/Hooks.cpp b/src/Hooks.cpp
index 5bbb2309a..c42481543 100644
--- a/src/Hooks.cpp
+++ b/src/Hooks.cpp
@@ -242,6 +242,24 @@ void Hooks::onModify (const Task& before, Task& after)
   context.timer_hooks.stop ();
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+std::vector <std::string> Hooks::scripts (const std::string& event)
+{
+  std::vector <std::string> matching;
+  std::vector <std::string>::iterator i;
+  for (i = _scripts.begin (); i != _scripts.end (); ++i)
+  {
+    if (i->find ("/" + event) != std::string::npos)
+    {
+      File script (*i);
+      if (script.executable ())
+        matching.push_back (*i);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return matching;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int Hooks::execute (
   const std::string& command,
diff --git a/src/Hooks.h b/src/Hooks.h
index 6ed630f86..d6501da84 100644
--- a/src/Hooks.h
+++ b/src/Hooks.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public:
   void onModify (const Task&, Task&);
 
 private:
+  std::vector <std::string> scripts (const std::string&);
   int execute (const std::string&, const std::string&, std::string&);
 
 private: