diff --git a/picard/script/functions.py b/picard/script/functions.py
index a476bc024..586137dda 100644
--- a/picard/script/functions.py
+++ b/picard/script/functions.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import operator
 import re
 import unicodedata
 
+from picard.const.countries import RELEASE_COUNTRIES
 from picard.metadata import MULTI_VALUED_JOINER
 from picard.script.parser import (
     MultiValue,
@@ -1354,3 +1355,16 @@ def func_unique(parser, multi, case_sensitive="", separator=MULTI_VALUED_JOINER)
     if not case_sensitive:
         multi_value._multi = list({v.lower(): v for v in multi_value}.values())
     return multi_value.separator.join(sorted(set(multi_value)))
+
+
+@script_function(documentation=N_(
+    """`$countryname(country_code)`
+
+Returns the name of the country for the specified country code.  If the country code is invalid an empty string will be returned.
+"""
+))
+def func_countryname(parser, country_code):
+    code = country_code.strip().upper()
+    if code not in RELEASE_COUNTRIES:
+        return ''
+    return RELEASE_COUNTRIES[code]
diff --git a/test/test_script.py b/test/test_script.py
index 192ffe9a2..2badc8714 100644
--- a/test/test_script.py
+++ b/test/test_script.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017 Antonio Larrosa
 # Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Wieland Hoffmann
 # Copyright (C) 2018 virusMac
-# Copyright (C) 2020 Bob Swift
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Bob Swift
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -1568,3 +1568,21 @@ class ScriptParserTest(PicardTestCase):
             self.parser.eval("$unique()")
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ScriptError, areg):
             self.parser.eval("$unique(B:AB; D:C; E:D; A:A; C:X,1,:,extra)")
+
+    def test_cmd_countryname(self):
+        context = Metadata()
+        context["foo"] = "ca"
+        context["bar"] = ""
+        context["baz"] = "INVALID"
+        self.assertScriptResultEquals("$countryname(ca)", "Canada", context)
+        self.assertScriptResultEquals("$countryname(CA)", "Canada", context)
+        self.assertScriptResultEquals("$countryname(%foo%)", "Canada", context)
+        self.assertScriptResultEquals("$countryname(%bar%)", "", context)
+        self.assertScriptResultEquals("$countryname(%baz%)", "", context)
+        self.assertScriptResultEquals("$countryname(INVALID)", "", context)
+        # Tests with invalid number of arguments
+        areg = r"^\d+:\d+:\$countryname: Wrong number of arguments for \$countryname: Expected exactly 1, "
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ScriptError, areg):
+            self.parser.eval("$countryname()")
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ScriptError, areg):
+            self.parser.eval("$countryname(CA, UK)")