diff --git a/doc/fcrange.fncs b/doc/fcrange.fncs
index 6054595..4181b80 100644
--- a/doc/fcrange.fncs
+++ b/doc/fcrange.fncs
@@ -62,3 +62,13 @@
 all memory associated with it.
 @SINCE@		2.11.91
 @@
+
+@RET@		FcBool
+@FUNC@		FcRangeGetDouble
+@TYPE1@		const FcRange *			@ARG1@		range
+@TYPE2@		double *      			@ARG2@		begin
+@TYPE3@		double *			@ARG3@		end
+@PURPOSE@	Get the range in double
+@DESC@
+Returns in <parameter>begin</parameter> and <parameter>end</parameter> as the range.
+@SINCE@		2.11.91
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index e5b0959..afc917c 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@
 FcPublic FcRange *
 FcRangeCopy (const FcRange *r);
 
+FcPublic FcBool
+FcRangeGetDouble(const FcRange *range, double *begin, double *end);
+
 /* fcweight.c */
 
 FcPublic int
diff --git a/src/fcrange.c b/src/fcrange.c
index 39eafd8..37cf067 100644
--- a/src/fcrange.c
+++ b/src/fcrange.c
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+FcBool
+FcRangeGetDouble(const FcRange *range, double *begin, double *end)
+{
+    if (!range)
+	return FcFalse;
+    if (range->is_double)
+    {
+	if (begin)
+	    *begin = range->u.d.begin;
+	if (end)
+	    *end = range->u.d.end;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	if (begin)
+	    *begin = (double)range->u.i.begin;
+	if (end)
+	    *end = (double)range->u.i.end;
+    }
+
+    return FcTrue;
+}
+
 FcRange
 FcRangeCanonicalize (const FcRange *range)
 {