diff --git a/core/ajax/share.php b/core/ajax/share.php
index f84325dc17..22f483ec0e 100644
--- a/core/ajax/share.php
+++ b/core/ajax/share.php
@@ -359,8 +359,24 @@ if (isset($_POST['action']) && isset($_POST['itemType']) && isset($_POST['itemSo
 							)
 						);
 					}
+					$contactManager = \OC::$server->getContactsManager();
+					$addressBookContacts = $contactManager->search($_GET['search'], ['CLOUD', 'FN']);
+					foreach ($addressBookContacts as $contact) {
+						if (isset($contact['CLOUD'])) {
+							foreach ($contact['CLOUD'] as $cloudId) {
+								$shareWith[] = array(
+									'label' => $contact['FN'] . ' (' . $cloudId . ')',
+									'value' => array(
+										'shareType' => \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_REMOTE,
+										'shareWith' => $cloudId
+									)
+								);
+							}
+						}
+					}
 				}
 
+
 				$sorter = new \OC\Share\SearchResultSorter((string)$_GET['search'],
 														   'label',
 														   \OC::$server->getLogger());
diff --git a/lib/private/share/share.php b/lib/private/share/share.php
index 954071fdd6..b2ac9ee6a4 100644
--- a/lib/private/share/share.php
+++ b/lib/private/share/share.php
@@ -1703,11 +1703,20 @@ class Share extends Constants {
 				$row['permissions'] &= ~\OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_SHARE;
 			}
 			// Add display names to result
+			$row['share_with_displayname'] = $row['share_with'];
 			if ( isset($row['share_with']) && $row['share_with'] != '' &&
-				isset($row['share_with']) && $row['share_type'] === self::SHARE_TYPE_USER) {
+				$row['share_type'] === self::SHARE_TYPE_USER) {
 				$row['share_with_displayname'] = \OCP\User::getDisplayName($row['share_with']);
-			} else {
-				$row['share_with_displayname'] = $row['share_with'];
+			} else if(isset($row['share_with']) && $row['share_with'] != '' &&
+				$row['share_type'] === self::SHARE_TYPE_REMOTE) {
+				$addressBookEntries = \OC::$server->getContactsManager()->search($row['share_with'], ['CLOUD']);
+				foreach ($addressBookEntries as $entry) {
+					foreach ($entry['CLOUD'] as $cloudID) {
+						if ($cloudID === $row['share_with']) {
+							$row['share_with_displayname'] = $entry['FN'];
+						}
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			if ( isset($row['uid_owner']) && $row['uid_owner'] != '') {
 				$row['displayname_owner'] = \OCP\User::getDisplayName($row['uid_owner']);