diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/people.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/people.js
index db854ba5ec..fd20a71126 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/people.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/people.js
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ var _ = global._;
     };
     people.add(orig_person);
 
+    var persons = people.get_all_persons();
+    assert.equal(_.size(persons), 1);
+    assert.equal(persons[0].full_name, 'Original');
+
     var full_name = 'Isaac Newton';
     var email = 'isaac@example.com';
     var isaac = {
diff --git a/static/js/people.js b/static/js/people.js
index 82de64173b..eeb9284dff 100644
--- a/static/js/people.js
+++ b/static/js/people.js
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ exports.realm_get = function realm_get(email) {
     return realm_people_dict.get(email);
 };
 
+exports.get_all_persons = function () {
+    return people_dict.values();
+};
+
 exports.filter_people_by_search_terms = function (users, search_terms) {
         var filtered_users = {};