diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/fetch/system-preferences-api-client.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/fetch/system-preferences-api-client.js
index 49b2f3212b..3e6226e6e5 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/fetch/system-preferences-api-client.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/fetch/system-preferences-api-client.js
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ export class SysprefAPIClient {
                 this.httpClient.get({
                     endpoint: "/?pref=" + variable,
                 }),
+            getAll: variables =>
+                this.httpClient.get({
+                    endpoint: "/?" + variables.map(p => `pref=${p}`).join("&"),
+                }),
             update: (variable, value) =>
                 this.httpClient.post({
                     endpoint: "",
diff --git a/svc/config/systempreferences b/svc/config/systempreferences
index ff2d45ffb2..d35324780e 100755
--- a/svc/config/systempreferences
+++ b/svc/config/systempreferences
@@ -81,19 +81,29 @@ GET /svc/config/systempreferences/$preference
 
 =item url query
 
-preference=$pref_name
+pref=$pref_name
+
+or
+
+pref=$pref_name1&pref=$pref_name2
+
 
 =back
 
-Used to get a single system preference.
+Used to get a single system preference value or a list of system preference values
 
 =cut
 
 sub get_preference {
-    my $preference = scalar $query->param('pref');
+    my @prefs = $query->multi_param('pref');
 
-    my $value = C4::Context->preference($preference);
-    $response->param( value => $value );
+    if ( scalar @prefs > 1 ) {
+        my %results = map { $_ => C4::Context->preference($_) } @prefs;
+        $response->param( value => \%results );
+    } else {
+        my $value = C4::Context->preference( $prefs[0] );
+        $response->param( value => $value );
+    }
 
     C4::Service->return_success($response);
 }