diff --git a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_contact_list.py b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_contact_list.py
index 17742f16..8a88d3f3 100644
--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_contact_list.py
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_contact_list.py
@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ class ProfileContactList(object):
         """
         return self._selected
 
+    @property
+    def all_iter(self):
+        """return all know entities in cache as an iterator of tuples
+
+        entities are not sorted
+        """
+        return self._cache.iteritems()
+
+
     @property
     def items(self):
         """Return item representation for all visible entities in cache
@@ -179,6 +188,7 @@ class ProfileContactList(object):
         """
         return {jid_:cache for jid_, cache in self._cache.iteritems() if self.entityToShow(jid_)}
 
+
     def getItem(self, entity):
         """Return item representation of requested entity
 
@@ -718,6 +728,18 @@ class QuickContactListHandler(object):
             entities.update(contact_list.selected)
         return entities
 
+    @property
+    def all_iter(self):
+        """Return item representation for all entities in cache
+
+        items are unordered
+        """
+        for profile, contact_list in self._clist.iteritems():
+            for bare_jid, cache in contact_list.all_iter:
+                data = cache.copy()
+                data[C.CONTACT_PROFILE] = profile
+                yield bare_jid, data
+
     @property
     def items(self):
         """Return item representation for visible entities in cache
@@ -731,7 +753,6 @@ class QuickContactListHandler(object):
                 data = cache.copy()
                 items[bare_jid] = data
                 data[C.CONTACT_PROFILE] = profile
-            items.update(contact_list.items)
         return items
 
     @property
@@ -900,6 +921,10 @@ class QuickContactList(QuickWidget):
         """Method to be called by frontend after widget is initialised"""
         handler.register(self)
 
+    @property
+    def all_iter(self):
+        return handler.all_iter
+
     @property
     def items(self):
         return handler.items