diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
index c0661ac272..779b4e4dea 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
@@ -221,6 +221,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets an <see cref="IContent"/> object by Id
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ids">Ids of the Content to retrieve</param>
+        /// <returns><see cref="IContent"/></returns>
+        internal IEnumerable<IContent> GetByIds(IEnumerable<int> ids)
+        {
+            using (var repository = _repositoryFactory.CreateContentRepository(_uowProvider.GetUnitOfWork()))
+            {
+                return repository.GetAll(ids.ToArray());
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets an <see cref="IContent"/> object by its 'UniqueId'
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
index e7de992f94..862b55d8a2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/content.resource.js
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ function contentResource($q, $http, umbDataFormatter, umbRequestHelper) {
         return Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.contentApiBaseUrl + "GetById?id=" + contentId;
     }
     /** internal method to get the api url */
+    function getByIdsUrl(ids) {
+        var idQuery = "";
+        _.each(ids, function(item) {
+            idQuery += "ids=" + item + "&";
+        });
+        return Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.contentApiBaseUrl + "GetById?" + idQuery;
+    }
+    /** internal method to get the api url */
     function getEmptyContentUrl(contentTypeAlias, parentId) {
         return Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.contentApiBaseUrl + "GetEmpty?contentTypeAlias=" + contentTypeAlias + "&parentId=" + parentId;
     }
@@ -46,6 +54,22 @@ function contentResource($q, $http, umbDataFormatter, umbRequestHelper) {
 
             return deferred.promise; 
         },
+        
+        getByIds: function (ids) {
+
+            var deferred = $q.defer();
+
+            //go and get the data
+            $http.get(getByIdsUrl(ids)).
+                success(function (data, status, headers, config) {                    
+                    deferred.resolve(data);
+                }).
+                error(function (data, status, headers, config) {
+                    deferred.reject('Failed to retreive data for content ids ' + ids);
+                });
+
+            return deferred.promise;
+        },
 
         /** returns an empty content object which can be persistent on the content service
             requires the parent id and the alias of the content type to base the scaffold on */
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
index 5eebc7cc75..1beb8c20de 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Web.Http.ModelBinding;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Editors;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models.Mapping;
 using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
@@ -54,6 +55,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
             controllerContext.Configuration.Formatters.Remove(controllerContext.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter);
         }
 
+        public IEnumerable<ContentItemDisplay> GetByIds([FromUri]int[] ids)
+        {
+            var foundContent = ((ContentService) Services.ContentService).GetByIds(ids);
+
+            return foundContent.Select(x => _contentModelMapper.ToContentItemDisplay(x));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the content json for the content id
         /// </summary>