diff --git a/apps/contacts/lib/addressbook.php b/apps/contacts/lib/addressbook.php
index afbf1d5920..4f00ce1f9e 100644
--- a/apps/contacts/lib/addressbook.php
+++ b/apps/contacts/lib/addressbook.php
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ class OC_Contacts_Addressbook{
 			$uid = OCP\USER::getUser();
 		}
 		$active = self::activeIds($uid);
+		$shared = OCP\Share::getItemsSharedWith('addressbook', OC_Contacts_Share::FORMAT_ADDRESSBOOKS);
 		$addressbooks = array();
 		$ids_sql = join(',', array_fill(0, count($active), '?'));
 		$prep = 'SELECT * FROM *PREFIX*contacts_addressbooks WHERE id IN ('.$ids_sql.') ORDER BY displayname';
@@ -249,7 +250,17 @@ class OC_Contacts_Addressbook{
 		}
 
 		while( $row = $result->fetchRow()){
-			$addressbooks[] = $row;
+			// Insert formatted shared addressbook instead
+			if ($row['userid'] != $uid) {
+				foreach ($shared as $addressbook) {
+					if ($addressbook['id'] == $row['id']) {
+						$addressbooks[] = $addressbook;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				$addressbooks[] = $row;
+			}
 		}
 		if(!count($addressbooks)) {
 			self::addDefault($uid);
diff --git a/apps/contacts/lib/app.php b/apps/contacts/lib/app.php
index ce66624c8f..3b16ffd5c1 100644
--- a/apps/contacts/lib/app.php
+++ b/apps/contacts/lib/app.php
@@ -24,16 +24,18 @@ class OC_Contacts_App {
 
 	public static function getAddressbook($id) {
 		$addressbook = OC_Contacts_Addressbook::find( $id );
-		if( $addressbook === false || $addressbook['userid'] != OCP\USER::getUser() && !OCP\Share::getItemSharedWithBySource('addressbook', $id)) {
-			if ($addressbook === false) {
-				OCP\Util::writeLog('contacts', 'Addressbook not found: '. $id, OCP\Util::ERROR);
-				OCP\JSON::error(array('data' => array( 'message' => self::$l10n->t('Addressbook not found.'))));
-			}
-			else {
+		if ($addressbook === false) {
+			OCP\Util::writeLog('contacts', 'Addressbook not found: '. $id, OCP\Util::ERROR);
+			OCP\JSON::error(array('data' => array( 'message' => self::$l10n->t('Addressbook not found.'))));
+			exit();
+		} else if ($addressbook['userid'] != OCP\USER::getUser()) {
+			if ($shared = OCP\Share::getItemSharedWithBySource('addressbook', $id)) {
+				$addressbook['displayname'] = $shared['item_target'];
+			} else {
 				OCP\Util::writeLog('contacts', 'Addressbook('.$id.') is not from '.OCP\USER::getUser(), OCP\Util::ERROR);
 				OCP\JSON::error(array('data' => array( 'message' => self::$l10n->t('This is not your addressbook.'))));
+				exit();
 			}
-			exit();
 		}
 		return $addressbook;
 	}