diff --git a/fsl/data/image.py b/fsl/data/image.py
index 5e2a49195c57471374769772a7464b5faf8de3ce..c81acf89f8a22d6d3f66cbd504421b043eb0b466 100644
--- a/fsl/data/image.py
+++ b/fsl/data/image.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and file names:
 
    looksLikeImage
    removeExt
+   splitExt
    addExt
    defaultExt
    loadIndexedImageFile
@@ -799,6 +800,15 @@ def removeExt(filename):
     return fslpath.removeExt(filename, ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS)
 
 
+def splitExt(filename):
+    """Splits the base name and extension for the given ``filename``.
+
+    See :func:`~fsl.utils.path.splitExt`.
+    """
+
+    return fslpath.splitExt(filename, ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS)
+
+
 def addExt(prefix, mustExist=True):
     """Adds a file extension to the given file ``prefix``.