diff --git a/lib/private/preferences.php b/lib/private/preferences.php
index e6d9f28b1d..a4bfc650d0 100644
--- a/lib/private/preferences.php
+++ b/lib/private/preferences.php
@@ -205,6 +205,43 @@ class Preferences {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the preference for an array of users
+	 * @param string $app
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param array $users
+	 * @return array Mapped values: userid => value
+	 */
+	public function getValueForUsers($app, $key, $users) {
+		if (empty($users) || !is_array($users)) {
+			return array();
+		}
+
+		$chunked_users = array_chunk($users, 50, true);
+		$placeholders_50 = implode(',', array_fill(0, 50, '?'));
+
+		$userValues = array();
+		foreach ($chunked_users as $chunk) {
+			$queryParams = $chunk;
+			array_unshift($queryParams, $key);
+			array_unshift($queryParams, $app);
+
+			$placeholders = (sizeof($chunk) == 50) ? $placeholders_50 : implode(',', array_fill(0, sizeof($chunk), '?'));
+
+			$query = 'SELECT `userid`, `configvalue` '
+				. ' FROM `*PREFIX*preferences` '
+				. ' WHERE `appid` = ? AND `configkey` = ?'
+				. ' AND `userid` IN (' . $placeholders . ')';
+			$result = $this->conn->executeQuery($query, $queryParams);
+
+			while ($row = $result->fetch()) {
+				$userValues[$row['userid']] = $row['configvalue'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $userValues;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Deletes a key
 	 * @param string $user user
diff --git a/tests/lib/preferences.php b/tests/lib/preferences.php
index f1f6ed0800..499be914fb 100644
--- a/tests/lib/preferences.php
+++ b/tests/lib/preferences.php
@@ -184,6 +184,43 @@ class Test_Preferences_Object extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$preferences->setValue('grg', 'bar', 'foo', 'v2');
 	}
 
+	public function testGetUserValues()
+	{
+		$query = \OC_DB::prepare('INSERT INTO `*PREFIX*preferences` VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?)');
+		$query->execute(array('SomeUser', 'testGetUserValues', 'somekey', 'somevalue'));
+		$query->execute(array('AnotherUser', 'testGetUserValues', 'somekey', 'someothervalue'));
+		$query->execute(array('AUser', 'testGetUserValues', 'somekey', 'somevalue'));
+
+		$preferences = new OC\Preferences(\OC_DB::getConnection());
+		$users = array('SomeUser', 'AnotherUser', 'NoValueSet');
+
+		$values = $preferences->getValueForUsers('testGetUserValues', 'somekey', $users);
+		$this->assertUserValues($values);
+
+		// Add a lot of users so the array is chunked
+		for ($i = 1; $i <= 75; $i++) {
+			array_unshift($users, 'NoValueBefore#' . $i);
+			array_push($users, 'NoValueAfter#' . $i);
+		}
+
+		$values = $preferences->getValueForUsers('testGetUserValues', 'somekey', $users);
+		$this->assertUserValues($values);
+
+		// Clean DB after the test
+		$query = \OC_DB::prepare('DELETE FROM `*PREFIX*preferences` WHERE `appid` = ?');
+		$query->execute(array('testGetUserValues'));
+	}
+
+	protected function assertUserValues($values) {
+		$this->assertEquals(2, sizeof($values));
+
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('SomeUser', $values);
+		$this->assertEquals('somevalue', $values['SomeUser']);
+
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('AnotherUser', $values);
+		$this->assertEquals('someothervalue', $values['AnotherUser']);
+	}
+
 	public function testDeleteKey()
 	{
 		$connectionMock = $this->getMock('\OC\DB\Connection', array(), array(), '', false);