diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/ItemsWithPersonHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/ItemsWithPersonHandler.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..624abc7620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/HttpHandlers/ItemsWithPersonHandler.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Api.HttpHandlers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets all items within containing a person
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ItemsWithPersonHandler : ItemListHandler
+    {
+        protected override IEnumerable<BaseItem> ItemsToSerialize
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                Folder parent = ApiService.GetItemById(QueryString["id"]) as Folder;
+
+                PersonType? personType = null;
+
+                string type = QueryString["persontype"];
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(type))
+                {
+                    personType = (PersonType)Enum.Parse(typeof(PersonType), type, true);
+                }
+
+                return Kernel.Instance.GetItemsWithPerson(parent, QueryString["name"], personType, UserId);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
index 0a295fba46..4bd6d89e82 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     <Compile Include="HttpHandlers\InProgressItemsHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HttpHandlers\ItemHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HttpHandlers\ItemListHandler.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="HttpHandlers\ItemsWithPersonHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HttpHandlers\JsonHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HttpHandlers\PersonHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HttpHandlers\PluginConfigurationHandler.cs" />
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Plugin.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Plugin.cs
index efbd9725eb..92127f98cc 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Plugin.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Plugin.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
             {
                 return new ItemsWithYearHandler();
             }
+            else if (localPath.EndsWith("/api/itemswithperson", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return new ItemsWithPersonHandler();
+            }
             else if (localPath.EndsWith("/api/years", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return new YearsHandler();
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/ApiClient.cs b/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/ApiClient.cs
index f8c9170a72..d1c9edf736 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/ApiClient.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/ApiClient.cs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a Year
+        /// Gets all items that contain a given Year
         /// </summary>
         public async Task<IEnumerable<ApiBaseItemWrapper<ApiBaseItem>>> GetItemsWithYearAsync(string name, Guid userId)
         {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a Genre
+        /// Gets all items that contain a given Genre
         /// </summary>
         public async Task<IEnumerable<ApiBaseItemWrapper<ApiBaseItem>>> GetItemsWithGenreAsync(string name, Guid userId)
         {
@@ -222,6 +222,24 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets all items that contain a given Person
+        /// </summary>
+        public async Task<IEnumerable<ApiBaseItemWrapper<ApiBaseItem>>> GetItemsWithPersonAsync(string name, PersonType? personType, Guid userId)
+        {
+            string url = ApiUrl + "/itemswithgenre?userId=" + userId.ToString() + "&name=" + name;
+
+            if (personType.HasValue)
+            {
+                url += "&persontype=" + personType.Value.ToString();
+            }
+
+            using (Stream stream = await HttpClient.GetStreamAsync(url))
+            {
+                return JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromStream<IEnumerable<ApiBaseItemWrapper<ApiBaseItem>>>(stream);
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets all studious
         /// </summary>
@@ -249,7 +267,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a Studio
+        /// Gets all items that contain a given Studio
         /// </summary>
         public async Task<IEnumerable<ApiBaseItemWrapper<ApiBaseItem>>> GetItemsWithStudioAsync(string name, Guid userId)
         {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
index a8baec8351..18598d0144 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
@@ -306,6 +306,29 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller
             return GetParentalAllowedRecursiveChildren(parent, userId).Where(f => f.Studios != null && f.Studios.Any(s => s.Equals(studio, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Finds all recursive items within a top-level parent that contain the given person and are allowed for the current user
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="personType">Specify this to limit results to a specific PersonType</param>
+        public IEnumerable<BaseItem> GetItemsWithPerson(Folder parent, string person, PersonType? personType, Guid userId)
+        {
+            return GetParentalAllowedRecursiveChildren(parent, userId).Where(c =>
+            {
+                if (c.People != null)
+                {
+                    if (personType.HasValue)
+                    {
+                        return c.People.Any(p => p.Name.Equals(person, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && p.PersonType == personType.Value);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        return c.People.Any(p => p.Name.Equals(person, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            });
+        }
         /// <summary>
         /// Finds all recursive items within a top-level parent that contain the given genre and are allowed for the current user
         /// </summary>
@@ -321,7 +344,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller
         {
             return GetParentalAllowedRecursiveChildren(parent, userId).Where(f => f.ProductionYear.HasValue && f.ProductionYear == year);
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Finds all recursive items within a top-level parent that contain the given person and are allowed for the current user
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ItemController.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ItemController.cs
index 0c62ce7d9a..10648eca09 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ItemController.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ItemController.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Events;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Events;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
 {