diff --git a/src/personsmodel.h b/src/personsmodel.h
--- a/src/personsmodel.h
+++ b/src/personsmodel.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
         ContactsVCardRole, //AbstractContact::List (FIXME or map?)
 
         GroupsRole, ///groups QStringList
+        PhoneNumberRole,
 
         UserRole = Qt::UserRole + 0x1000 ///< in case it's needed to extend, use this one to start from
     };
diff --git a/src/personsmodel.cpp b/src/personsmodel.cpp
--- a/src/personsmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/personsmodel.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
     roles.insert(PersonUriRole, "personUri");
     roles.insert(PersonVCardRole, "personVCard");
     roles.insert(ContactsVCardRole, "contactsVCard");
+    roles.insert(PhoneNumberRole, "phoneNumber");
     return roles;
 }
 
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@
         return QVariant::fromValue<AbstractContact::List>(metacontacts[personIndex[personUri].row()].contacts());
     case PersonsModel::GroupsRole:
         return person->customProperty(QStringLiteral("all-groups"));
+    case PersonsModel::PhoneNumberRole:
+        return person->customProperty(AbstractContact::PhoneNumberProperty);
     }
     return QVariant();
 }