diff --git a/static/js/muting.js b/static/js/muting.js
index 49161225e7..3c40b698c0 100644
--- a/static/js/muting.js
+++ b/static/js/muting.js
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ exports.is_topic_muted = function (stream, topic) {
     return sub_dict && sub_dict.get(topic);
 };
 
+exports.get_muted_topics = function () {
+    var topics = [];
+    muted_topics.each(function (sub_dict, stream) {
+        _.each(sub_dict.keys(), function (topic) {
+            topics.push([stream, topic]);
+        });
+    });
+    return topics;
+};
+
 return exports;
 }());
 if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
diff --git a/zerver/tests/frontend/node/muting.js b/zerver/tests/frontend/node/muting.js
index 7aa58153ec..5b5aa403b5 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/frontend/node/muting.js
+++ b/zerver/tests/frontend/node/muting.js
@@ -30,5 +30,14 @@ var muting = require('js/muting.js');
     // test unknown stream is harmless too
     muting.unmute_topic('unknown', 'java');
     assert(!muting.is_topic_muted('unknown', 'java'));
-
+}());
+
+(function test_get_muted_topics() {
+    assert.deepEqual(muting.get_muted_topics(), []);
+    muting.mute_topic('office', 'gossip');
+    muting.mute_topic('devel', 'java');
+    assert.deepEqual(muting.get_muted_topics().sort(), [
+        ['devel', 'java'],
+        ['office', 'gossip']
+    ]);
 }());