diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PMUtils.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PMUtils.cpp
index 7f5d2ac78..89d97cefd 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PMUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PMUtils.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <http://github.com/calamares> ===
  *
  *   Copyright 2014, Aurélien Gâteau <agateau@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright 2015, Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
  *
  *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -29,13 +30,15 @@ namespace PMUtils
 {
 
 
-bool isPartitionFreeSpace( Partition* partition )
+bool
+isPartitionFreeSpace( Partition* partition )
 {
     return partition->roles().has( PartitionRole::Unallocated );
 }
 
 
-bool isPartitionNew( Partition* partition )
+bool
+isPartitionNew( Partition* partition )
 {
     return partition->state() == Partition::StateNew;
 }
@@ -63,6 +66,19 @@ findPartitionByPath( const QList< Device* >& devices, const QString& path )
 }
 
 
+QList< Partition* >
+findPartitions( const QList< Device* >& devices,
+                std::function< bool ( Partition* ) > criterionFunction )
+{
+    QList< Partition* > results;
+    for ( auto device : devices )
+        for ( auto it = PartitionIterator::begin( device ); it != PartitionIterator::end( device ); ++it )
+            if ( criterionFunction( *it ) )
+                results.append( *it );
+    return results;
+}
+
+
 Partition*
 createNewPartition( PartitionNode* parent, const Device& device, const PartitionRole& role, FileSystem::Type fsType, qint64 firstSector, qint64 lastSector )
 {
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PMUtils.h b/src/modules/partition/core/PMUtils.h
index 81778ae3b..b5d661880 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PMUtils.h
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PMUtils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <http://github.com/calamares> ===
  *
  *   Copyright 2014, Aurélien Gâteau <agateau@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright 2015, Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
  *
  *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@
 // Qt
 #include <QList>
 
+#include <functional>
+
 class Device;
 class Partition;
 class PartitionNode;
@@ -55,6 +58,13 @@ Partition* findPartitionByMountPoint( const QList< Device* >& devices, const QSt
  */
 Partition* findPartitionByPath( const QList< Device* >& devices, const QString& path );
 
+/**
+ * Iterates on all devices and partitions and returns a list of pointers to the Partition
+ * objects that satisfy the conditions defined in the criterion function.
+ */
+QList< Partition* > findPartitions( const QList< Device* >& devices,
+                                    std::function< bool ( Partition* ) > criterionFunction );
+
 /**
  * Helper function to create a new Partition object (does not create anything
  * on the disk) associated with a FileSystem.