diff --git a/api/src/Contacts/JsContact.php b/api/src/Contacts/JsContact.php
index c456c27583..9c8c9b932f 100644
--- a/api/src/Contacts/JsContact.php
+++ b/api/src/Contacts/JsContact.php
@@ -630,6 +630,17 @@ class JsContact
 			}
 			$contact[$prefix.$attr] = $address[$js];
 		}
+		// no country-code but a name translating to a code --> use it
+		if (empty($contact[$prefix.'countrycode']) && !empty($contact[$prefix.'countryname']) &&
+			strlen($code = Api\Country::country_code($contact[$prefix.'countryname'])) === 2)
+		{
+			$contact[$prefix.'countrycode'] = $code;
+		}
+		// if we have a valid code, the untranslated name as our UI does
+		if (!empty($contact[$prefix.'countrycode']) && !empty($name = Api\Country::get_full_name($contact[$prefix.'countrycode'], false)))
+		{
+			$contact[$prefix.'countryname'] = $name;
+		}
 		return $contact;
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/src/Country.php b/api/src/Country.php
index 5b86e0e75d..9f9610d4dd 100755
--- a/api/src/Country.php
+++ b/api/src/Country.php
@@ -766,6 +766,19 @@ class Country
 	{
 		if (!$name) return '';	// nothing to do
 
+		// handle names like "Germany (Deutschland)"
+		if (preg_match('/^([^(]+) \(([^)]+)\)$/', $name, $matches))
+		{
+			if (($code = self::country_code($matches[1])) && strlen($code) === 2)
+			{
+				return $code;
+			}
+			if (($code = self::country_code($matches[2])) && strlen($code) === 2)
+			{
+				return $code;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (strlen($name) == 2 && isset(self::$country_array[$name]))
 		{
 			return $name;	// $name is already a country-code