diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_hooks.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_hooks.inc.php
index 87fb9374f6..7655fedf04 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_hooks.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_hooks.inc.php
@@ -564,9 +564,13 @@ class addressbook_hooks
 				'copy_fields' => $copy_fields,
 				'fileas' => $bocontacts->fileas_options(),
 				'contact_repository' => $repositories,
-				'geolocation_url' => $geoLocation
+				'geolocation_url' => $geoLocation,
 			)
 		);
+		foreach(Api\Storage\Customfields::get('addressbook') as $tid => $data)
+		{
+			$ret['sel_options']['index_load_cfs'][$tid] = $data['name'];
+		}
 
 		if (empty($config['geolocation_url']))	$ret ['geolocation_url'] = $geoLocation[0]['value'];
 		return $ret;
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
index 9957835327..d9902bbf7e 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 			$ids = $calendar_participants = array();
 			if (!$id_only && $rows)
 			{
-				$show_custom_fields = (in_array('customfields',$columselection)) && $this->customfields;
+				$show_custom_fields = (in_array('customfields',$columselection) || $this->config['index_load_cfs']) && $this->customfields;
 				$show_calendar = $this->config['disable_event_column'] != 'True' && in_array('calendar_calendar',$columselection);
 				$show_distributionlist = in_array('distrib_lists',$columselection) || count($available_distib_lists);
 				if ($show_calendar || $show_custom_fields || $show_distributionlist)
@@ -1725,10 +1725,15 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 					}
 					if ($show_custom_fields)
 					{
-						foreach($columselection as $col)
+						$selected_cfs = array();
+						if(in_array('customfields',$columselection))
 						{
-							if ($col[0] == '#') $selected_cfs[] = substr($col,1);
+							foreach($columselection as $col)
+							{
+								if ($col[0] == '#') $selected_cfs[] = substr($col,1);
+							}
 						}
+						$selected_cfs = array_unique(array_merge($selected_cfs, (array)$this->config['index_load_cfs']));
 						$customfields = $this->read_customfields($ids,$selected_cfs);
 					}
 					if ($show_calendar && !empty($ids)) $calendar = $this->read_calendar($calendar_participants);
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/config.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/config.xet
index 89f0aa8393..12a39b3328 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/config.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/config.xet
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
 				<row>
 					<description value="General" span="all" class="subHeader"/>
 				</row>
+				<row>
+					<description value="Load custom fields in index, even if custom field column is off (eg. to display them in a specific index column)"/>
+					<listbox id="newsettings[index_load_cfs]" rows="6" options=",,,,,,1"/>
+				</row>
 				<row>
 					<description value="Use a category tree?"/>
 					<select id="newsettings[cat_tab]">
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/index.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/index.xet
index 6a91bc81ec..3344662e62 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/index.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/index.xet
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 				<column width="180"/>
 				<column width="180"/>
 				<column width="40"/>
+				<column width="60"/>
 				<column width="80" disabled="@no_customfields"/>
 				<column width="60%" minWidth="100"/>
 				<column width="80" disabled="@no_distribution_list"/>
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
 						<nextmatch-header label="Home email" id="email_home"/>
 					</vbox>
 					<nextmatch-header label="Room" id="room"/>
+					<nextmatch-header label="INdustry" id="#kgb_industry"/>
 					<nextmatch-customfields id="customfields"/>
 					<nextmatch-header label="Note" id="note"/>
 					<nextmatch-header label="Distribution lists" id="distribution_list"/>
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@
 						<url-email id="${row}[email_home]" readonly="true" class="fixedHeight"/>
 					</vbox>
 					<description id="${row}[room]"/>
+					<customfields id="$row" readonly="true" fields="kgb_industry" field-list="kgb_industry"/>
 					<customfields-list id="$row" class="customfields"/>
 					<textbox multiline="true" id="${row}[note]" no_lang="1" readonly="true"/>
 					<description id="${row}[distrib_lists]"/>