diff --git a/src/eccodes_prototypes.h b/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
index c9032e08e..26a6d0851 100644
--- a/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
+++ b/src/eccodes_prototypes.h
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ void grib_smart_table_delete(grib_context* c);
 
 /* grib_accessor_class_codetable.cc*/
 void grib_codetable_delete(grib_context* c);
+int codes_get_all_codetable_entries_malloc(const grib_handle* h, const char* key, code_table_entry** entries, size_t* num_entries);
 
 /* grib_accessor_class_codetable_units.cc*/
 
diff --git a/src/grib_accessor_class_codetable.cc b/src/grib_accessor_class_codetable.cc
index e8e286623..6ecafa05a 100644
--- a/src/grib_accessor_class_codetable.cc
+++ b/src/grib_accessor_class_codetable.cc
@@ -523,6 +523,53 @@ void grib_codetable_delete(grib_context* c)
     }
 }
 
+int codes_get_all_codetable_entries_malloc(const grib_handle* h, const char* key, code_table_entry** entries, size_t* num_entries)
+{
+    long lvalue = 0;
+    size_t size = 1;
+    int err = 0;
+    grib_context* c = h->context;
+
+    grib_accessor* aa = grib_find_accessor(h, key);
+    if (!aa) return GRIB_NOT_FOUND;
+
+    if (!STR_EQUAL(aa->cclass->name, "codetable")) {
+        return GRIB_INVALID_ARGUMENT; // key is not a codetable
+    }
+
+    const grib_accessor_codetable* ca = (const grib_accessor_codetable*)aa; // could be dynamic_cast
+
+    if ((err = grib_unpack_long(aa, &lvalue, &size)) != GRIB_SUCCESS) {
+        return err;
+    }
+
+    const grib_codetable* table = ca->table;
+    if (!table) return GRIB_INTERNAL_ERROR;
+
+    grib_codetable* cached_table = c->codetable;
+    while (cached_table) {
+        if (STR_EQUAL(table->recomposed_name[0], cached_table->recomposed_name[0])) {
+            // Found a cache entry that matches the recomposed name of ours
+            *entries = (code_table_entry*)calloc(cached_table->size, sizeof(code_table_entry));
+            if (!*entries) {
+                return GRIB_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+            }
+            size_t n = 0;
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < cached_table->size; i++) {
+                const char* abbrev = cached_table->entries[i].abbreviation;
+                if (abbrev) {
+                    (*entries)[n++] = cached_table->entries[i];
+                }
+            }
+            *num_entries = n;
+            return GRIB_SUCCESS;
+        }
+        cached_table = cached_table->next;
+    }
+
+    return GRIB_CODE_NOT_FOUND_IN_TABLE;
+}
+
 static void dump(grib_accessor* a, grib_dumper* dumper)
 {
     grib_accessor_codetable* self = (grib_accessor_codetable*)a;