diff --git a/src/tag/Table.cxx b/src/tag/Table.cxx
index 93901c937..04577d8ac 100644
--- a/src/tag/Table.cxx
+++ b/src/tag/Table.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2003-2018 The Music Player Daemon Project
+ * Copyright 2003-2019 The Music Player Daemon Project
  * http://www.musicpd.org
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ tag_table_lookup(const struct tag_table *table, const char *name) noexcept
 	return TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES;
 }
 
+TagType
+tag_table_lookup(const struct tag_table *table, StringView name) noexcept
+{
+	for (; table->name != nullptr; ++table)
+		if (name.Equals(table->name))
+			return table->type;
+
+	return TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES;
+}
+
 /**
  * Looks up a string in a tag translation table (case insensitive).
  * Returns TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES if the specified name was not found
@@ -52,6 +62,16 @@ tag_table_lookup_i(const struct tag_table *table, const char *name) noexcept
 	return TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES;
 }
 
+TagType
+tag_table_lookup_i(const struct tag_table *table, StringView name) noexcept
+{
+	for (; table->name != nullptr; ++table)
+		if (name.EqualsIgnoreCase(table->name))
+			return table->type;
+
+	return TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES;
+}
+
 const char *
 tag_table_lookup(const tag_table *table, TagType type) noexcept
 {
diff --git a/src/tag/Table.hxx b/src/tag/Table.hxx
index 776a0ed1d..88e46b417 100644
--- a/src/tag/Table.hxx
+++ b/src/tag/Table.hxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2003-2018 The Music Player Daemon Project
+ * Copyright 2003-2019 The Music Player Daemon Project
  * http://www.musicpd.org
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "Type.h"
 #include "util/Compiler.h"
 
+struct StringView;
+
 struct tag_table {
 	const char *name;
 
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ gcc_pure
 TagType
 tag_table_lookup(const tag_table *table, const char *name) noexcept;
 
+gcc_pure
+TagType
+tag_table_lookup(const tag_table *table, StringView name) noexcept;
+
 /**
  * Looks up a string in a tag translation table (case insensitive).
  * Returns TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES if the specified name was not found
@@ -47,6 +53,10 @@ gcc_pure
 TagType
 tag_table_lookup_i(const tag_table *table, const char *name) noexcept;
 
+gcc_pure
+TagType
+tag_table_lookup_i(const tag_table *table, StringView name) noexcept;
+
 /**
  * Looks up a #TagType in a tag translation table and returns its
  * string representation.  Returns nullptr if the specified type was