diff --git a/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp b/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
index aa3c1c9b6..9b8f2b96e 100644
--- a/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
+++ b/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
@@ -1089,6 +1089,11 @@ public:
         return hecl::ProjectPath(getProject(), getRelativePath() + _S('|') + auxStr);
     }
 
+    hecl::ProjectPath ensureAuxInfo(const SystemString& auxStr) const
+    {
+        return ensureAuxInfo(auxStr.c_str());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @brief Type of path
      */
@@ -1194,6 +1199,29 @@ public:
 
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief handy functions not directly provided via STL strings
+ */
+class StringUtils
+{
+public:
+    static bool BeginsWith(const SystemString& str, const SystemChar* test)
+    {
+        size_t len = StrLen(test);
+        if (len > str.size())
+            return false;
+        return !StrCmp(str.data(), test);
+    }
+
+    static bool EndsWith(const SystemString& str, const SystemChar* test)
+    {
+        size_t len = StrLen(test);
+        if (len > str.size())
+            return false;
+        return !StrCmp(&*(str.end() - len), test);
+    }
+};
+
 /**
  * @brief Mutex-style centralized resource-path tracking
  *
diff --git a/hecl/lib/ProjectPath.cpp b/hecl/lib/ProjectPath.cpp
index 342faee39..301311198 100644
--- a/hecl/lib/ProjectPath.cpp
+++ b/hecl/lib/ProjectPath.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ void ProjectPath::assign(const ProjectPath& parentPath, const std::string& path)
 ProjectPath ProjectPath::getCookedPath(const Database::DataSpecEntry& spec) const
 {
     ProjectPath woExt = getWithExtension(nullptr, true);
-    return ProjectPath(m_proj->getProjectCookedPath(spec), woExt.getRelativePath());
+    ProjectPath ret(m_proj->getProjectCookedPath(spec), woExt.getRelativePath());
+
+    if (getAuxInfo().size())
+        return ret.getWithExtension((_S('.') + getAuxInfo()).c_str());
+    else
+        return ret;
 }
 
 ProjectPath::Type ProjectPath::getPathType() const