diff --git a/src/MySQLBackend.cpp b/src/MySQLBackend.cpp
index 590305cbb939ed03a048bc0440dafbb78a5d2ce2..da20d8922cf79e6316531cf8f82cbb518a1ae964 100644
--- a/src/MySQLBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/MySQLBackend.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ void MySQLBackend::disconnect() {
 	delete m_getBuddySetting;
 	delete m_setUserOnline;
 	delete m_getOnlineUsers;
+	delete m_getUsers;
 	mysql_close(&m_conn);
 }
 
@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@ bool MySQLBackend::connect() {
 
 	m_setUserOnline = new Statement(&m_conn, "bi", "UPDATE " + m_prefix + "users SET online=?, last_login=NOW()  WHERE id=?");
 	m_getOnlineUsers = new Statement(&m_conn, "|s", "SELECT jid FROM " + m_prefix + "users WHERE online=1");
+	m_getUsers = new Statement(&m_conn, "|s", "SELECT jid FROM " + m_prefix + "users");
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -482,6 +484,20 @@ bool MySQLBackend::getOnlineUsers(std::vector<std::string> &users) {
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool MySQLBackend::getUsers(std::vector<std::string> &users) {
+	EXEC(m_getUsers, getUsers(users));
+	if (!exec_ok)
+		return false;
+
+	std::string jid;
+	while (m_getUsers->fetch() == 0) {
+		*m_getUsers >> jid;
+		users.push_back(jid);
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 long MySQLBackend::addBuddy(long userId, const BuddyInfo &buddyInfo) {
 // 	"INSERT INTO " + m_prefix + "buddies (user_id, uin, subscription, groups, nickname, flags) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)"
 	std::string groups = StorageBackend::serializeGroups(buddyInfo.groups);