diff --git a/briar-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/api/socialbackup/SocialBackupManager.java b/briar-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/api/socialbackup/SocialBackupManager.java
index f8f4522ac..d3fa8e486 100644
--- a/briar-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/api/socialbackup/SocialBackupManager.java
+++ b/briar-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/api/socialbackup/SocialBackupManager.java
@@ -78,4 +78,11 @@ public interface SocialBackupManager extends
 	 */
 	byte[] getReturnShardPayloadBytes(Transaction txn, ContactId contactId)
 			throws DbException;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a list of the contact ids of your custodians, or an empty
+	 * list if no backup exists.
+	 */
+	List<ContactId> getCustodianContactIds(Transaction txn);
 }
diff --git a/briar-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/socialbackup/SocialBackupManagerImpl.java b/briar-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/socialbackup/SocialBackupManagerImpl.java
index 530542d00..60b4cab03 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/socialbackup/SocialBackupManagerImpl.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/socialbackup/SocialBackupManagerImpl.java
@@ -612,4 +612,30 @@ class SocialBackupManagerImpl extends ConversationClientImpl
 				results.entrySet().iterator().next();
 		return new Pair<>(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
 	}
+
+	public List<ContactId> getCustodianContactIds(Transaction txn) {
+		ArrayList<ContactId> contactIds = new ArrayList<>();
+		try {
+			BackupMetadata b = getBackupMetadata(txn);
+		    if (b == null) throw new DbException();
+			List<Author> custodians = b.getCustodians();
+			for (Author custodian : custodians) {
+				contactIds.add(authorToContactId(txn, custodian));
+			}
+		} catch (DbException ignored) {
+			// Will return an empty list
+		}
+		return contactIds;
+	}
+
+	private ContactId authorToContactId(Transaction txn, Author author)
+			throws DbException {
+		ArrayList<Contact> contacts =
+				(ArrayList<Contact>) contactManager.getContacts(txn);
+		for (Contact c : contacts) {
+			if (c.getAuthor().equals(author)) return c.getId();
+		}
+		throw new DbException();
+	}
+
 }