diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/unread.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/unread.js
index 27c7af1913..62e0fceef6 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/unread.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/unread.js
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ stream_data.get_stream_id = function () {
 
     var counts = unread.get_counts();
     assert.equal(counts.mentioned_message_count, 0);
+    assert.deepEqual(unread.get_msg_ids_for_mentions(), []);
 
     var message = {
         id: 15,
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ stream_data.get_stream_id = function () {
 
     counts = unread.get_counts();
     assert.equal(counts.mentioned_message_count, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(unread.get_msg_ids_for_mentions(), [message.id]);
     unread.mark_as_read(message.id);
     counts = unread.get_counts();
     assert.equal(counts.mentioned_message_count, 0);
diff --git a/static/js/unread.js b/static/js/unread.js
index 900f4a113e..c7be0682e5 100644
--- a/static/js/unread.js
+++ b/static/js/unread.js
@@ -533,6 +533,12 @@ exports.get_msg_ids_for_private = function () {
     return exports.unread_pm_counter.get_msg_ids();
 };
 
+exports.get_msg_ids_for_mentions = function () {
+    var ids = exports.unread_mentions_counter.members();
+
+    return util.sorted_ids(ids);
+};
+
 exports.load_server_counts = function () {
     var unread_msgs = page_params.unread_msgs;