diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3be508b09..aa25d4f84 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2010-10-26  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.m (-mergedArrayWithArray:): new
+	method that returns the contact of the current array merged with
+	a unique copy of the objects of the array passed as parameter.
+
 	* SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoUserDefaults.m (-{set}ContactsCategories):
 	renamed version of the "contactCategories" accessors.
 
diff --git a/SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.h b/SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.h
index 7917af434..adf773809 100644
--- a/SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.h
+++ b/SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 /* foreach ... */
 - (NSArray *) resultsOfSelector: (SEL) operation;
 
+- (NSArray *) mergedArrayWithArray: (NSArray *) otherArray;
+
 @end
 
 @interface NSMutableArray (SOGoArrayUtilities)
diff --git a/SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.m b/SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.m
index 8d9315ea2..0111c0580 100644
--- a/SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.m
+++ b/SoObjects/SOGo/NSArray+Utilities.m
@@ -204,6 +204,25 @@
   return results;
 }
 
+- (NSArray *) mergedArrayWithArray: (NSArray *) otherArray
+{
+  NSMutableArray *mergedArray;
+  NSUInteger count, max;
+  id object;
+
+  max = [otherArray count];
+  mergedArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity: (max + [self count])];
+  [mergedArray setArray: self];
+  for (count = 0; count < max; count++)
+    {
+      object = [otherArray objectAtIndex: count];
+      if (![mergedArray containsObject: object])
+        [mergedArray addObject: object];
+    }
+
+  return mergedArray;
+}
+
 - (NSString *) jsonRepresentation
 {
   id currentElement;