diff --git a/dbus.go b/dbus.go
index 162618a..2a6c284 100644
--- a/dbus.go
+++ b/dbus.go
@@ -391,6 +391,15 @@ func (a *DBusAdapter) ListBackends() ([]string, *dbus.Error) {
 	return backend.Backends(), nil
 }
 
+func (a *DBusAdapter) ListModelsByBackend(backendName string) ([]string, *dbus.Error) {
+	be, err := backend.NewWithName(backendName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, dbus.MakeFailedError(err)
+	}
+	models := be.Models(context.Background())
+	return models, nil
+}
+
 func (a *DBusAdapter) ListModels(sessionID string) ([]string, *dbus.Error) {
 	sess := a.mgr.Session(sessionID)
 	if sess == nil {
@@ -675,6 +684,7 @@ var introspectXML = `<node>
     <method name="SetConfig"><arg direction="in" type="s" name="sessionID"/><arg direction="in" type="s" name="key"/><arg direction="in" type="s" name="value"/><arg direction="out" type="b"/></method>
     <method name="GetContext"><arg direction="in" type="s" name="sessionID"/><arg direction="out" type="s"/></method>
     <method name="ListBackends"><arg direction="out" type="as"/></method>
+    <method name="ListModelsByBackend"><arg direction="in" type="s" name="backend"/><arg direction="out" type="as"/></method>
     <method name="ListModels"><arg direction="in" type="s" name="sessionID"/><arg direction="out" type="as"/></method>
     <method name="ListAgents"><arg direction="out" type="as"/></method>
     <method name="PeerAdd"><arg direction="in" type="s" name="sessionID"/><arg direction="in" type="s" name="peerID"/><arg direction="out" type="b"/></method>