diff --git a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/src/Misc/Util.h b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/src/Misc/Util.h
index c0dc73ee2..341bdf546 100644
--- a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/src/Misc/Util.h
+++ b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/src/Misc/Util.h
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ std::string stringFrom(T x)
     return ss.str();
 }
 
+template<class T>
+std::string stringFrom(REALTYPE x)
+{
+    char buf[64];
+    sprintf( buf, "%f", x );
+    return buf;
+}
+
+
 template<class T>
 T stringTo(const char *x)
 {