diff --git a/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp b/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
index 6addd2c48930b0ede4662684bff6718aed5a7ea4..f76ac81793a16fcb687fa8e8b7616724a9d31e30 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl/twitcurl.cpp
@@ -464,11 +464,16 @@ bool twitCurl::timelinePublicGet()
 *          response by twitter. Use getLastWebResponse() for that.
 *
 *--*/
-bool twitCurl::timelineHomeGet()
+bool twitCurl::timelineHomeGet(std::string sinceId)
 {
+    std::string buildUrl = twitterDefaults::TWITCURL_HOME_TIMELINE_URL +
+                           twitCurlDefaults::TWITCURL_EXTENSIONFORMATS[m_eApiFormatType];
+    if( sinceId.length() )
+    {
+        buildUrl += twitCurlDefaults::TWITCURL_URL_SEP_QUES + twitCurlDefaults::TWITCURL_SINCEID + sinceId;
+    }
     /* Perform GET */
-    return performGet( twitterDefaults::TWITCURL_HOME_TIMELINE_URL +
-                       twitCurlDefaults::TWITCURL_EXTENSIONFORMATS[m_eApiFormatType] );
+    return performGet( buildUrl );
 }
 
 /*++