diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
index 0770852d31..587cc69753 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/mongo/base.py
@@ -878,6 +878,15 @@ class MongoModuleStore(ModuleStoreWriteBase):
         item_locs -= all_reachable
         return list(item_locs)
 
+    def get_courses_for_wiki(self, wiki_slug):
+        """
+        Return the list of courses which use this wiki
+        :param wiki_slug: the wiki id
+        :return: list of course locations
+        """
+        courses = self.collection.find({'definition.data.wiki_slug': wiki_slug})
+        return [Location(course['_id']) for course in courses]
+
     def _create_new_field_data(self, _category, _location, definition_data, metadata):
         """
         To instantiate a new xmodule which will be saved latter, set up the dbModel and kvs
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_mongo.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_mongo.py
index ad43c59e2e..169405e134 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_mongo.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_mongo.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ RENDER_TEMPLATE = lambda t_n, d, ctx = None, nsp = 'main': ''
 
 class TestMongoModuleStore(object):
     '''Tests!'''
+    # Explicitly list the courses to load (don't want the big one)
+    courses = ['toy', 'simple', 'simple_with_draft', 'test_unicode']
+
     @classmethod
     def setupClass(cls):
         cls.connection = pymongo.MongoClient(
@@ -74,9 +77,7 @@ class TestMongoModuleStore(object):
         # Also test draft store imports
         #
         draft_store = DraftModuleStore(doc_store_config, FS_ROOT, RENDER_TEMPLATE, default_class=DEFAULT_CLASS)
-        # Explicitly list the courses to load (don't want the big one)
-        courses = ['toy', 'simple', 'simple_with_draft', 'test_unicode']
-        import_from_xml(store, DATA_DIR, courses, draft_store=draft_store, static_content_store=content_store)
+        import_from_xml(store, DATA_DIR, TestMongoModuleStore.courses, draft_store=draft_store, static_content_store=content_store)
 
         # also test a course with no importing of static content
         import_from_xml(
@@ -273,6 +274,24 @@ class TestMongoModuleStore(object):
             {'displayname': 'hello'}
         )
 
+    def test_get_courses_for_wiki(self):
+        """
+        Test the get_courses_for_wiki method
+        """
+        for course_id in self.courses:
+            courses = self.store.get_courses_for_wiki(course_id)
+            assert_equals(len(courses), 1)
+            assert_equals(Location('i4x', 'edX', course_id, 'course', '2012_Fall'), courses[0])
+        course_locs = self.store.get_courses_for_wiki('no_such_wiki')
+        assert_equals(len(course_locs), 0)
+        # now set two to have same wiki
+        course = self.store.get_course('edX/toy/2012_Fall')
+        course.wiki_slug = 'simple'
+        self.store.save_xmodule(course)
+        courses = self.store.get_courses_for_wiki('simple')
+        assert_equals(len(courses), 2)
+        for course_id in ['toy', 'simple']:
+            assert_in(Location('i4x', 'edX', course_id, 'course', '2012_Fall'), courses)
 
 class TestMongoKeyValueStore(object):
     """