diff --git a/backup/converter/moodle1/lib.php b/backup/converter/moodle1/lib.php
index 9fcda9e70f7..7e493b4348d 100644
--- a/backup/converter/moodle1/lib.php
+++ b/backup/converter/moodle1/lib.php
@@ -410,6 +410,23 @@ class moodle1_converter extends base_converter {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the list of stashed $itemids in the given stash
+     *
+     * @param string $stashname
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function get_stash_itemids($stashname) {
+        global $DB;
+
+        $search = array(
+            'backupid' => $this->get_id(),
+            'itemname' => $stashname
+        );
+
+        return array_keys($DB->get_records('backup_ids_temp', $search, '', 'itemid'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generates an artificial context id
      *
diff --git a/backup/converter/moodle1/simpletest/testlib.php b/backup/converter/moodle1/simpletest/testlib.php
index 03dbce67483..67e0bc6de75 100644
--- a/backup/converter/moodle1/simpletest/testlib.php
+++ b/backup/converter/moodle1/simpletest/testlib.php
@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ class moodle1_converter_test extends UnitTestCase {
         $this->assertIdentical('Hello', $converter->get_stash('tempinfo', 1));
         $this->assertIdentical('World', $converter->get_stash('tempinfo', 2));
 
+        // test get_stash_itemids()
+        $ids = $converter->get_stash_itemids('course_fileref');
+        $this->assertIsA($ids, 'array');
+        $this->assertTrue(empty($ids));
+
+        $converter->set_stash('course_fileref', null, 34);
+        $converter->set_stash('course_fileref', null, 52);
+        $ids = $converter->get_stash_itemids('course_fileref');
+        $this->assertEqual(2, count($ids));
+        $this->assertTrue(in_array(34, $ids));
+        $this->assertTrue(in_array(52, $ids));
+
         $converter->drop_stash_storage();
     }