diff --git a/Quake/snd_dma.c b/Quake/snd_dma.c
index 48cf0329..9bb77e7c 100644
--- a/Quake/snd_dma.c
+++ b/Quake/snd_dma.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,27 @@ qboolean S_BackgroundTrackIsPlaying( void )
 	return (NULL != s_backgroundStream) && (!s_backgroundPaused); 
 }
 
+/*
+ ==========================
+ S_BackgroundTrackIsPaused
+ ==========================
+ */
+qboolean S_BackgroundTrackIsPaused( void )
+{
+	return (NULL != s_backgroundStream) && (s_backgroundPaused); 
+}
+
+/*
+ ==========================
+ S_BackgroundTrackIsLooping
+ ==========================
+ */
+qboolean S_BackgroundTrackIsLooping( void )
+{
+	return s_backgroundLoop; 
+}
+
+
 void S_BlockSound (void)
 {
 /* FIXME: do we really need the blocking at the
diff --git a/Quake/sound.h b/Quake/sound.h
index 3bde09a4..73c63400 100644
--- a/Quake/sound.h
+++ b/Quake/sound.h
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ void S_Base_StopBackgroundTrack( void );
 qboolean S_Base_StartBackgroundTrack( const char *intro, qboolean loop, S_BackgroundTrackFinishedCallback callback, void *userdata );
 void S_UpdateBackgroundTrack( void );
 qboolean S_BackgroundTrackIsPlaying( void );
+qboolean S_BackgroundTrackIsPaused( void );
+qboolean S_BackgroundTrackIsLooping( void );
 
 /* resamples a whole file. return value must be freed with free() */
 void *Snd_Resample(int inrate, int inwidth, int innumsamples, int channels, const void *indata,