diff --git a/i18nlangtag/source/languagetag/languagetag.cxx b/i18nlangtag/source/languagetag/languagetag.cxx
index c2716e4a6a9f..8ea944bf8f85 100644
--- a/i18nlangtag/source/languagetag/languagetag.cxx
+++ b/i18nlangtag/source/languagetag/languagetag.cxx
@@ -842,6 +842,31 @@ OUString LanguageTag::getRegionFromLangtag()
 }
 
 
+OUString LanguageTag::getVariantsFromLangtag()
+{
+    OUString aVariants;
+    synCanonicalize();
+    if (maBcp47.isEmpty())
+        return aVariants;
+    if (mpImplLangtag)
+    {
+        const lt_list_t* pVariantsT = lt_tag_get_variants( MPLANGTAG);
+        for (const lt_list_t* pE = pVariantsT; pE; pE = lt_list_next( pE))
+        {
+            const lt_pointer_t pV = lt_list_value( pE);
+            if (pV)
+            {
+                if (aVariants.isEmpty())
+                    aVariants = OUString::createFromAscii( static_cast<const char*>(pV));
+                else
+                    aVariants += "-" + OUString::createFromAscii( static_cast<const char*>(pV));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return aVariants;
+}
+
+
 const com::sun::star::lang::Locale & LanguageTag::getLocale( bool bResolveSystem ) const
 {
     if (!bResolveSystem && mbSystemLocale)
@@ -1016,6 +1041,12 @@ OUString LanguageTag::getRegion() const
 }
 
 
+OUString LanguageTag::getVariants() const
+{
+    return const_cast<LanguageTag*>(this)->getVariantsFromLangtag();
+}
+
+
 OUString LanguageTag::getGlibcLocaleString( const OUString & rEncoding ) const
 {
     OUString aRet;
diff --git a/include/i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx b/include/i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx
index 1a1d69deaae6..3843493e9282 100644
--- a/include/i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx
+++ b/include/i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ public:
      */
     OUString                        getRegion() const;
 
+    /** Get BCP 47 variant subtags, of the IANA Language Subtag Registry.
+
+        If there are multiple variant subtags they are separated by '-'.
+
+        This is NOT related to Locale.Variant!
+
+        Always resolves an empty tag to the system locale.
+     */
+    OUString                        getVariants() const;
+
     /** Get a GLIBC locale string.
 
         Always resolves an empty tag to the system locale.
@@ -483,6 +493,7 @@ private:
     OUString    getLanguageFromLangtag();
     OUString    getScriptFromLangtag();
     OUString    getRegionFromLangtag();
+    OUString    getVariantsFromLangtag();
 
     void            resetVars();