diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
index cd0324bb1..f93cb1843 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
@@ -3084,6 +3084,18 @@ extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendListImpl_setRLSUri(JNIEnv*
 																		,jstring jrlsUri) {
 	const char* uri = env->GetStringUTFChars(jrlsUri, NULL);
 	linphone_friend_list_set_rls_uri((LinphoneFriendList*)ptr,uri);
+	env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jrlsUri, uri);	
+}
+
+extern "C" jlong Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendListImpl_findFriendByUri(JNIEnv*  env
+																		,jobject  thiz
+																		,jlong friendListptr
+																		,jstring juri) {
+	const char* uri = env->GetStringUTFChars(juri, NULL);
+        LinphoneFriend* lResult;
+	lResult = linphone_friend_list_find_friend_by_uri((LinphoneFriendList*)friendListptr,uri);
+        env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(juri, uri);
+	return (jlong)lResult;
 }
 
 extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendListImpl_addFriend(JNIEnv*  env
diff --git a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendList.java b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendList.java
index daeca4801..29621eb0a 100644
--- a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendList.java
+++ b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendList.java
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ public interface LinphoneFriendList {
 	public void  setRLSUri(String uri);
 	public void addFriend(LinphoneFriend friend);
 	public void updateSubscriptions(LinphoneProxyConfig proxyConfig,boolean onlyWhenRegistered);
+	public LinphoneFriend findFriendByUri(String uri);
 	long getNativePtr();	
 }
diff --git a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreImpl.java b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreImpl.java
index 46f6d6352..eb23d6002 100644
--- a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreImpl.java
+++ b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreImpl.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.linphone.core.LinphoneCall.State;
 import org.linphone.core.LinphoneCoreListener;
+import org.linphone.core.LinphoneProxyConfigImpl;
+
 import org.linphone.mediastream.Log;
 import org.linphone.mediastream.Version;
 import org.linphone.mediastream.video.AndroidVideoWindowImpl;
diff --git a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendListImpl.java b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendListImpl.java
index 15832f786..19eb2687c 100644
--- a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendListImpl.java
+++ b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendListImpl.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class LinphoneFriendListImpl implements LinphoneFriendList, Serializable {
 	private native void addFriend(long nativePtr,long friendPtr);
 	private native void updateSubscriptions(long nativePtr,long proxyConfigPtr,boolean onlyWhenRegistered);
 	private native Object getCore(long ptr);
+	private native LinphoneFriend findFriendByUri(long nativePtr,String uri);
+
 	
 
 	protected LinphoneFriendListImpl(LinphoneCoreImpl core)  {
@@ -56,6 +58,14 @@ class LinphoneFriendListImpl implements LinphoneFriendList, Serializable {
 			updateSubscriptions(nativePtr,  ((LinphoneProxyConfigImpl)proxyConfig).nativePtr,onlyWhenRegistered);
 		}
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public LinphoneFriend findFriendByUri(String uri) {
+		synchronized(getSyncObject()){
+			return findFriendByUri(nativePtr,uri);
+		}
+	}
+	
 
 	/*reserved for JNI */
 	protected LinphoneFriendListImpl(long aNativePtr)  {