diff --git a/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp b/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
index e82bf747084ac58e6af476c1115678227b6d161a..68a338042ac0aaebbfd36fcf9dabce85f48eaa0b 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
@@ -424,6 +424,24 @@ bool twitCurl::timelinePublicGet()
                        twitCurlDefaults::TWITCURL_EXTENSIONFORMATS[m_eApiFormatType] );
 }
 
+/*++
+* @method: twitCurl::timelineHomeGet
+*
+* @description: method to get home timeline
+*
+* @input: none
+*
+* @output: true if GET is success, otherwise false. This does not check http
+*          response by twitter. Use getLastWebResponse() for that.
+*
+*--*/
+bool twitCurl::timelineHomeGet()
+{
+    /* Perform GET */
+    return performGet( twitterDefaults::TWITCURL_HOME_TIMELINE_URL +
+                       twitCurlDefaults::TWITCURL_EXTENSIONFORMATS[m_eApiFormatType] );
+}
+
 /*++
 * @method: twitCurl::featuredUsersGet
 *