diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 24438c652f..6a136512c7 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -667,6 +667,11 @@ int for_each_remote_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 	return for_each_ref_in("refs/remotes/", fn, cb_data);
 }
 
+int for_each_replace_ref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+{
+	return do_for_each_ref("refs/replace/", fn, 13, 0, cb_data);
+}
+
 int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	return do_for_each_ref("refs/", fn, 0,
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index c11f6a6d58..777b5b7ca6 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern int for_each_ref_in(const char *, each_ref_fn, void *);
 extern int for_each_tag_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
 extern int for_each_branch_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
 extern int for_each_remote_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
+extern int for_each_replace_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
 
 /* can be used to learn about broken ref and symref */
 extern int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn, void *);