diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
index 49a8b133a..b372f393c 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
@@ -2892,6 +2892,21 @@ extern "C" jobject Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_getCore(JNIEnv*  en
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
+extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_setRefKey(JNIEnv*  env
+																		,jobject  thiz
+																		,jlong ptr
+																		,jstring jkey) {
+	const char* key = env->GetStringUTFChars(jkey, NULL);
+	linphone_friend_set_ref_key((LinphoneFriend*)ptr,key);
+	env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jkey, key);
+}
+extern "C" jstring Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_getRefKey(JNIEnv*  env
+																		,jobject  thiz
+																		,jlong ptr) {
+	const char * key = linphone_friend_get_ref_key((LinphoneFriend *)ptr);
+    return key ? env->NewStringUTF(key) : NULL;
+}
+
 
 /*
  * Class:     org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl
diff --git a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
index 1a84498ce..b9080bd94 100644
--- a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
+++ b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
@@ -133,4 +133,16 @@ public interface LinphoneFriend {
 	 * Return the native pointer for this object
 	 */
 	long getNativePtr();
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the reference key of a friend.
+	 * @param key The reference key to use for the friend.
+	 **/
+	void setRefKey(String key);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the reference key of a friend.
+	 * @return The reference key of the friend.
+	 **/
+	String getRefKey();
 }
diff --git a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
index 986f0a6b7..2285f3788 100644
--- a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
+++ b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class LinphoneFriendImpl implements LinphoneFriend, Serializable {
 	private native void done(long nativePtr);
 	private native void  delete(long ptr);
 	private native Object getCore(long ptr);
+	private native void setRefKey(long nativePtr, String key);
+	private native String getRefKey(long nativePtr);
 	
 	boolean ownPtr = false;
 	protected LinphoneFriendImpl()  {
@@ -103,4 +105,14 @@ class LinphoneFriendImpl implements LinphoneFriend, Serializable {
 		if (core!=null) return core;
 		else return this;
 	}
+
+	public void setRefKey(String key){
+		synchronized(getSyncObject()){
+			setRefKey(nativePtr,key);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public String getRefKey(){
+		return getRefKey(nativePtr);
+	}
 }