diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstutils.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstutils.c
index 7770cf03c8..f4417cf46d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstutils.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstutils.c
@@ -4801,3 +4801,39 @@ gst_type_is_plugin_api (GType type, GstPluginAPIFlags * flags)
 
   return ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * gst_util_filename_compare:
+ * @a: a filename to compare with @b
+ * @b: a filename to compare with @a
+ *
+ * Compares the given filenames using natural ordering.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.24
+ */
+gint
+gst_util_filename_compare (const gchar * a, const gchar * b)
+{
+  gchar *a_utf8, *b_utf8;
+  gchar *a1, *b1;
+  gint ret;
+
+  /* Filenames in GLib are only guaranteed to be UTF-8 on Windows */
+  a_utf8 = g_filename_to_utf8 ((gchar *) a, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+  b_utf8 = g_filename_to_utf8 ((gchar *) b, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (a_utf8 == NULL || b_utf8 == NULL) {
+    return strcmp (a, b);
+  }
+
+  a1 = g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename (a_utf8, -1);
+  b1 = g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename (b_utf8, -1);
+  ret = strcmp (a1, b1);
+  g_free (a1);
+  g_free (b1);
+
+  g_free (a_utf8);
+  g_free (b_utf8);
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstutils.h b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstutils.h
index 7b4ec2e3b4..f42dab843a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstutils.h
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstutils.h
@@ -1243,6 +1243,9 @@ gboolean      gst_type_is_plugin_api            (GType type, GstPluginAPIFlags *
 GST_API
 guint         gst_util_ceil_log2                (guint32 v);
 
+GST_API
+gint          gst_util_filename_compare        (const gchar *a, const gchar *b);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __GST_UTILS_H__ */