diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiBibitem.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiBibitem.cpp
index dddb507945..462a8705f5 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiBibitem.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiBibitem.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ GuiBibitem::GuiBibitem(QWidget * parent) : InsetParamsWidget(parent)
 		this, SIGNAL(changed()));
 	connect(labelED, SIGNAL(textChanged(QString)),
 		this, SIGNAL(changed()));
+	connect(allAuthorsED, SIGNAL(textChanged(QString)),
+		this, SIGNAL(changed()));
 	connect(yearED, SIGNAL(textChanged(QString)),
 		this, SIGNAL(changed()));
 	connect(literalCB, SIGNAL(clicked()),
@@ -54,21 +56,28 @@ void GuiBibitem::paramsToDialog(Inset const * inset)
 	if (bp.citeEngine() == "natbib" && bp.citeEngineType() == ENGINE_TYPE_AUTHORYEAR) {
 		yearED->setHidden(false);
 		yearLA->setHidden(false);
-		labelLA->setText(qt_("Author &Name:"));
-		labelED->setToolTip(qt_("Insert the author name(s) here. The year goes to the separate field."));
+		allAuthorsED->setHidden(false);
+		allAuthorsLA->setHidden(false);
+		labelLA->setText(qt_("Author &Names:"));
+		labelED->setToolTip(qt_("Insert the author name(s) for the author-year reference here. "
+					"If you use an abbreviated list (with 'et al.'), the full list can go below."));
 		int const i = label.lastIndexOf("(");
 		int const j = label.lastIndexOf(")");
 		if (i != -1 && j != -1 && i < j) {
 			// Split Author(Year) to Author and Year
 			QString const year = label.left(j).mid(i + 1);
 			QString const author = label.left(i);
+			QString const allauthors = label.mid(j + 1);
 			labelED->setText(author);
 			yearED->setText(year);
+			allAuthorsED->setText(allauthors);
 		} else
 			labelED->setText(label);
 	} else {
 		yearED->setHidden(true);
 		yearLA->setHidden(true);
+		allAuthorsED->setHidden(true);
+		allAuthorsLA->setHidden(true);
 		labelLA->setText(qt_("&Label:"));
 		labelED->setToolTip(qt_("The label as it appears in the document"));
 		labelED->setText(label);
@@ -81,7 +90,7 @@ docstring GuiBibitem::dialogToParams() const
 	InsetCommandParams params(insetCode());
 	QString label = labelED->text();
 	if (!yearED->isHidden())
-		label += "(" + yearED->text() + ")";
+		label += "(" + yearED->text() + ")" + allAuthorsED->text();
 	params["key"] = qstring_to_ucs4(keyED->text());
 	params["label"] = qstring_to_ucs4(label);
 	params["literal"] = literalCB->isChecked()
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/BibitemUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/BibitemUi.ui
index 01c2b7928b..a32a8c71e1 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/BibitemUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/BibitemUi.ui
@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>400</width>
-    <height>123</height>
+    <width>467</width>
+    <height>170</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string/>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
-   <item row="0" column="0">
+   <item row="0" column="0" rowspan="2" colspan="2">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
      <property name="text">
       <string/>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="0" column="1">
+   <item row="1" column="1">
     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
      <item row="0" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="keyLA">
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="0" column="1">
+     <item row="0" column="1" colspan="2">
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="keyED">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="1" column="1">
+     <item row="1" column="1" colspan="2">
       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
        <property name="spacing">
         <number>0</number>
@@ -102,9 +102,26 @@
        </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
+     <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="allAuthorsLA">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>A&amp;ll Author Names:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="buddy">
+        <cstring>allAuthorsED</cstring>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="2" column="2">
+      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="allAuthorsED">
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>If you want to use an abbreviated author list (with 'et al.') as well as a full list for author-year citation, you can put the full list here and the abbreviated list above.</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="1">
+   <item row="2" column="1">
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="literalCB">
      <property name="toolTip">
       <string>Pass content of the `Label' field literally to LaTeX. Check this if you want to enter LaTeX code.</string>
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetBibitem.cpp b/src/insets/InsetBibitem.cpp
index 2060b1a1c9..64e6a31bf5 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetBibitem.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetBibitem.cpp
@@ -188,9 +188,15 @@ docstring InsetBibitem::bibLabel() const
 	if (bp.citeEngineType() == ENGINE_TYPE_NUMERICAL)
 		return autolabel_;
 	docstring label = getParam("label");
-	if (!label.empty() && bp.citeEngine() == "natbib")
+	if (!label.empty() && bp.citeEngine() == "natbib") {
 		// Add a space before opening paren
 		label = subst(label, from_ascii("("), from_ascii(" ("));
+		// and strip off long author list
+		docstring striplabel;
+		label = rsplit(label, striplabel, ')');
+		if (!striplabel.empty())
+			label = striplabel + ")";
+	}
 	return label.empty() ? autolabel_ : label;
 }