diff --git a/lib/entropy/db/__init__.py b/lib/entropy/db/__init__.py
index 6a6f5e9dc..671adb2de 100644
--- a/lib/entropy/db/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/entropy/db/__init__.py
@@ -3413,6 +3413,35 @@ class EntropyRepository(EntropyRepositoryBase):
 
         return fl
 
+    def retrieveContentIter(self, package_id, order_by = None):
+        """
+        Reimplemented from EntropyRepositoryBase.
+        """
+        class MyIter:
+
+            def __init__(self, _cur):
+                self._cur = cur
+
+            def __iter__(self):
+                return self
+
+            def next(self):
+                return self._cur.next()
+
+        searchkeywords = (package_id,)
+        order_by_string = ''
+        if order_by is not None:
+            if order_by not in ("package_id", "idpackage", "file", "type",):
+                raise AttributeError("invalid order_by argument")
+            if order_by == "package_id":
+                order_by = "idpackage"
+            order_by_string = ' order by %s' % (order_by,)
+
+        cur = self._cursor().execute("""
+        SELECT file, type FROM content WHERE idpackage = (?) %s""" % (
+            order_by_string,), searchkeywords)
+        return MyIter(cur)
+
     def retrieveContentSafety(self, package_id):
         """
         Reimplemented from EntropyRepositoryBase.
diff --git a/lib/entropy/db/skel.py b/lib/entropy/db/skel.py
index 698b1b0f1..dc8f979d5 100644
--- a/lib/entropy/db/skel.py
+++ b/lib/entropy/db/skel.py
@@ -2751,6 +2751,24 @@ class EntropyRepositoryBase(TextInterface, EntropyRepositoryPluginStore):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    def retrieveContentIter(self, package_id, order_by = None):
+        """
+        Return an iterator that makes possible to retrieve the files
+        contained in given package. Please note that the iterator returned
+        will fail if the EntropyRepository object is closed (call to close()).
+        The iterator may thus become invalid.
+
+        @param package_id: package indentifier
+        @type package_id: int
+        @keyword order_by: order by string, valid values are:
+            "type" (if extended is True), "file" or "package_id"
+        @type order_by: string
+        @return: content metadata
+        @rtype: iterator
+        @raise AttributeError: if order_by value is invalid
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
     def retrieveContentSafety(self, package_id):
         """
         Return supported content safety metadata for given package.