diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 find_package(KF5ItemViews ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5Service ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
+find_package(KF5Contacts REQUIRED)
+
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(ECMGenerateHeaders)
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 target_link_libraries (KF5People
                     PUBLIC
                         Qt5::Gui
+                        KF5::Contacts
                     PRIVATE
                         Qt5::Sql
                         Qt5::DBus
diff --git a/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 target_link_libraries (KF5PeopleBackend
                     PUBLIC
                         Qt5::Widgets #needed for QAction, otherwise QtGui
+                        KF5::Contacts
 )
 
 target_include_directories (KF5PeopleBackend PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>"
diff --git a/src/backends/abstractcontact.h b/src/backends/abstractcontact.h
--- a/src/backends/abstractcontact.h
+++ b/src/backends/abstractcontact.h
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@
     /** QVariantList property that lists the emails the contact has */
     static const QString AllEmailsProperty;
 
+    /** KContact::PhoneNumber property representing the phone number and releated information of a contact */
+    static const QString KContactPhoneNumberProperty;
+
+    /**
+     * KContact::PhoneNumber::List (aka. QVector<PhoneNumber>) property that accesses all phone
+     * numbers of the contact as KContact::PhoneNumber
+     */
+    static const QString KContactAllPhoneNumbersProperty;
+
     /**
      * Generic method to access a random contact property
      *
diff --git a/src/backends/abstractcontact.cpp b/src/backends/abstractcontact.cpp
--- a/src/backends/abstractcontact.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/abstractcontact.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 const QString AbstractContact::AllEmailsProperty = QStringLiteral("all-email");
 const QString AbstractContact::PictureProperty = QStringLiteral("picture");
 const QString AbstractContact::GroupsProperty = QStringLiteral("all-groups");
+const QString AbstractContact::KContactPhoneNumberProperty = QStringLiteral("kcontact-phoneNumber");
+const QString AbstractContact::KContactAllPhoneNumbersProperty = QStringLiteral("kcontact-all-phoneNumber");
 
 AbstractContact::AbstractContact()
 {
diff --git a/src/persondata.h b/src/persondata.h
--- a/src/persondata.h
+++ b/src/persondata.h
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@
 
 #include <kpeople/kpeople_export.h>
 
+#include <QMetaType>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QPixmap>
 
+#include <KContacts/PhoneNumber>
+
 #include "global.h"
 
 namespace KPeople
@@ -114,11 +117,11 @@
     /** Returns all e-mail addresses from the person. */
     QStringList allEmails() const;
 
-    //     struct PhoneNumber {
-    //         QString name;
-    //         QString number;
-    //     };
-    //     QVector<PhoneNumber> phoneNumbers() const { createPhoneNumbers(customProperty("phoneNumbers")); };
+    /** Returns an arbritrary phone number of the contact */
+    KContacts::PhoneNumber phoneNumber() const;
+
+    /** Returns an arbritrary phone number of the contact */
+    KContacts::PhoneNumber::List allPhoneNumbers() const;
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     /**
@@ -136,4 +139,8 @@
 };
 }
 
+// This probably will not be needed in the future since it should already be handled
+// by newer (> 19.04) versions of KContacts
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(KContacts::PhoneNumber)
+
 #endif // PERSONDATA_H
diff --git a/src/persondata.cpp b/src/persondata.cpp
--- a/src/persondata.cpp
+++ b/src/persondata.cpp
@@ -207,3 +207,20 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+KContacts::PhoneNumber PersonData::phoneNumber() const
+{
+    const QVariant phoneNumber = contactCustomProperty(AbstractContact::KContactPhoneNumberProperty);
+    return phoneNumber.value<KContacts::PhoneNumber>();
+}
+
+KContacts::PhoneNumber::List PersonData::allPhoneNumbers () const
+{
+    const QVariantList phoneNumberList = contactCustomProperty(AbstractContact::KContactAllPhoneNumbersProperty).toList();
+    KContacts::PhoneNumber::List ret;
+
+    for (const QVariant& phoneNumber : phoneNumberList) {
+        ret += phoneNumber.value<KContacts::PhoneNumber>();
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}