diff --git a/C4/Koha.pm b/C4/Koha.pm
index 8889c665af..66e17a5950 100644
--- a/C4/Koha.pm
+++ b/C4/Koha.pm
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ BEGIN {
 		&GetAuthorisedValues
 		&GetAuthorisedValueCategories
 		&GetKohaAuthorisedValues
+		&GetKohaAuthorisedValuesFromField
     &GetKohaAuthorisedValuesMapping
     &GetKohaAuthorisedValueLib
     &GetAuthorisedValueByCode
@@ -1134,6 +1135,37 @@ sub GetKohaAuthorisedValues {
   }
 }
 
+=head2 GetKohaAuthorisedValuesFromField
+
+Takes $field, $subfield, $fwcode as parameters.
+
+If $opac parameter is set to a true value, displays OPAC descriptions rather than normal ones when they exist.
+$subfield can be undefined
+
+Returns hashref of Code => description
+
+Returns undef if no authorised value category is defined for the given field and subfield 
+
+=cut
+
+sub GetKohaAuthorisedValuesFromField {
+  my ($field, $subfield, $fwcode,$opac) = @_;
+  $fwcode='' unless $fwcode;
+  my %values;
+  my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
+  my $avcode = GetAuthValCodeFromField($field, $subfield, $fwcode);
+  if ($avcode) {  
+	my $sth = $dbh->prepare("select authorised_value, lib, lib_opac from authorised_values where category=? ");
+   	$sth->execute($avcode);
+	while ( my ($val, $lib, $lib_opac) = $sth->fetchrow_array ) { 
+		$values{$val} = ($opac && $lib_opac) ? $lib_opac : $lib;
+   	}
+   	return \%values;
+  } else {
+	return;
+  }
+}
+
 =head2 GetKohaAuthorisedValuesMapping
 
 Takes a hash as a parameter. The interface key indicates the