diff --git a/xbmc/addons/AddonInstaller.cpp b/xbmc/addons/AddonInstaller.cpp
index 0a0d1694dda90..538bf99b6c081 100644
--- a/xbmc/addons/AddonInstaller.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/addons/AddonInstaller.cpp
@@ -590,11 +590,21 @@ void CAddonInstaller::InstallAddons(const VECADDONS& addons,
                                     bool wait,
                                     AllowCheckForUpdates allowCheckForUpdates)
 {
-  for (const auto& addon : addons)
+  std::vector<std::string> addonIds;
+  std::transform(addons.cbegin(), addons.cend(), std::back_inserter(addonIds),
+                 [](const AddonPtr& addon) { return addon->ID(); });
+  InstallAddons(addonIds, wait, allowCheckForUpdates);
+}
+
+void CAddonInstaller::InstallAddons(const std::vector<std::string>& addonIds,
+                                    bool wait,
+                                    AllowCheckForUpdates allowCheckForUpdates)
+{
+  for (const auto& addonId : addonIds)
   {
     AddonPtr toInstall;
     RepositoryPtr repo;
-    if (CAddonInstallJob::GetAddon(addon->ID(), repo, toInstall))
+    if (CAddonInstallJob::GetAddon(addonId, repo, toInstall))
       DoInstall(toInstall, repo, BackgroundJob::CHOICE_NO, ModalJob::CHOICE_NO,
                 AutoUpdateJob::CHOICE_YES, DependencyJob::CHOICE_NO, allowCheckForUpdates);
   }
diff --git a/xbmc/addons/AddonInstaller.h b/xbmc/addons/AddonInstaller.h
index db723873f8e27..5aa0de2519665 100644
--- a/xbmc/addons/AddonInstaller.h
+++ b/xbmc/addons/AddonInstaller.h
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ class CAddonInstaller : public IJobCallback
                      bool wait,
                      AllowCheckForUpdates allowCheckForUpdates);
 
+  /*! \brief Installs a vector of addons by their addon ID
+   *  \param addons the list of addon IDs to install
+   *  \param wait if the method should wait for all the DoInstall jobs to finish or if it should return right away
+   *  \param allowCheckForUpdates indicates if content update checks are allowed
+   *         after installation of a repository addon from the vector
+   *  \sa DoInstall
+   */
+  void InstallAddons(const std::vector<std::string>& addonIds,
+                     bool wait,
+                     AllowCheckForUpdates allowCheckForUpdates);
+
   /*! \brief Install an addon from the given zip path
    \param path the zip file to install from
    \return true if successful, false otherwise