diff --git a/common/language.cpp b/common/language.cpp
index b2dd7794f18..c974a09472b 100644
--- a/common/language.cpp
+++ b/common/language.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "common/language.h"
 #include "common/gui_options.h"
 #include "common/str.h"
+#include "common/algorithm.h"
 
 namespace Common {
 
@@ -178,4 +179,15 @@ const String getGameGUIOptionsDescriptionLanguage(Language lang) {
 	return String("lang_") + getLanguageDescription(lang);
 }
 
+List<String> getLanguageList() {
+	List<String> list;
+
+	for (const LanguageDescription *l = g_languages; l->code; ++l)
+		list.push_back(l->code);
+
+	 Common::sort(list.begin(), list.end());
+
+	 return list;
+}
+
 } // End of namespace Common
diff --git a/common/language.h b/common/language.h
index b2d866bcd9f..eb579c48566 100644
--- a/common/language.h
+++ b/common/language.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define COMMON_LANGUAGE_H
 
 #include "common/scummsys.h"
+#include "common/list.h"
 
 namespace Common {
 
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ const String getGameGUIOptionsDescriptionLanguage(Common::Language lang);
 // TODO: Document this GUIO related function
 bool checkGameGUIOptionLanguage(Common::Language lang, const String &str);
 
+List<String> getLanguageList();
+
 /** @} */
 
 } // End of namespace Common
diff --git a/common/platform.cpp b/common/platform.cpp
index 277bd62fd13..315ade937d1 100644
--- a/common/platform.cpp
+++ b/common/platform.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "common/platform.h"
 #include "common/str.h"
+#include "common/algorithm.h"
 
 namespace Common {
 
@@ -120,4 +121,15 @@ const char *getPlatformDescription(Platform id) {
 	return l->description;
 }
 
+List<String> getPlatformList() {
+	List<String> list;
+
+	for (const PlatformDescription *l = g_platforms; l->code; ++l)
+		list.push_back(l->code2);
+
+	 Common::sort(list.begin(), list.end());
+
+	 return list;
+}
+
 } // End of namespace Common
diff --git a/common/platform.h b/common/platform.h
index 8bd4ebf834b..f4dc4ab96fd 100644
--- a/common/platform.h
+++ b/common/platform.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define COMMON_PLATFORM_H
 
 #include "common/scummsys.h"
+#include "common/list.h"
 
 namespace Common {
 
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ extern const char *getPlatformCode(Platform id);
 extern const char *getPlatformAbbrev(Platform id);
 extern const char *getPlatformDescription(Platform id);
 
+List<String> getPlatformList();
+
 /** @} */
 
 } // End of namespace Common