diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/iter.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/iter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7896bcbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/iter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+//
+// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
+// Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
+// 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+//
+
+use libimagstore::storeid::StoreIdIterator;
+use libimagstore::store::Store;
+
+use error::Result;
+use error::CategoryError as CE;
+use error::CategoryErrorKind as CEK;
+use store::CATEGORY_REGISTER_NAME_FIELD_PATH;
+
+/// Iterator for Category names
+///
+/// Iterates over Result<Category>
+///
+/// # Return values
+///
+/// In each iteration, a Option<Result<Category>> is returned. Error kinds are as follows:
+///
+/// * CategoryErrorKind::StoreReadError if a name could not be fetched from the store
+/// * CategoryErrorKind::HeaderReadError if the header of the fetched item couldn't be read
+/// * CategoryErrorKind::TypeError if the name could not be fetched because it is not a String
+///
+pub struct CategoryNameIter<'a>(&'a Store, StoreIdIterator);
+
+impl<'a> CategoryNameIter<'a> {
+
+    fn new(store: &'a Store, sidit: StoreIdIterator) -> CategoryNameIter<'a> {
+        CategoryNameIter(store, sidit)
+    }
+
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator for CategoryNameIter<'a> {
+    type Item = Result<Category>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        // TODO: Optimize me with lazy_static
+        let query = CATEGORY_REGISTER_NAME_FIELD_PATH;
+
+        while let Some(sid) = self.1.next() {
+            if sid.is_in_collection(&["category"]) {
+                let func = |store: &Store| { // hack for returning Some(Result<_, _>)
+                    store
+                        .get(sid)?
+                        .ok_or_else(|| CE::from_kind(CEK::StoreReadError))?
+                        .get_header()
+                        .read_string(query)
+                        .chain_err(|| CEK::HeaderReadError)?
+                        .map(Category::from)
+                        .ok_or_else(|| CE::from_kind(CEK::StoreReadError))
+                };
+
+                return Some(func(&self.0))
+            } // else continue
+        }
+
+        None
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/lib.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/lib.rs
index 58c72d39..66f0a9c8 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pub mod category;
 pub mod entry;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod store;
+pub mod iter;
 
 module_entry_path_mod!("category");
 
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/store.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/store.rs
index 6d41a134..4c2e26cf 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/store.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentrycategory/src/store.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use error::CategoryErrorKind as CEK;
 use error::CategoryError as CE;
 use error::ResultExt;
 use error::Result;
+use iter::CategoryNameIter;
 
 pub const CATEGORY_REGISTER_NAME_FIELD_PATH : &'static str = "category.register.name";
 
@@ -221,53 +222,3 @@ fn represents_category(store: &Store, sid: StoreId, name: &str) -> Result<bool>
         })
 }
 
-/// Iterator for Category names
-///
-/// Iterates over Result<Category>
-///
-/// # Return values
-///
-/// In each iteration, a Option<Result<Category>> is returned. Error kinds are as follows:
-///
-/// * CategoryErrorKind::StoreReadError if a name could not be fetched from the store
-/// * CategoryErrorKind::HeaderReadError if the header of the fetched item couldn't be read
-/// * CategoryErrorKind::TypeError if the name could not be fetched because it is not a String
-///
-pub struct CategoryNameIter<'a>(&'a Store, StoreIdIterator);
-
-impl<'a> CategoryNameIter<'a> {
-
-    fn new(store: &'a Store, sidit: StoreIdIterator) -> CategoryNameIter<'a> {
-        CategoryNameIter(store, sidit)
-    }
-
-}
-
-impl<'a> Iterator for CategoryNameIter<'a> {
-    type Item = Result<Category>;
-
-    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        // TODO: Optimize me with lazy_static
-        let query = CATEGORY_REGISTER_NAME_FIELD_PATH;
-
-        while let Some(sid) = self.1.next() {
-            if sid.is_in_collection(&["category"]) {
-                let func = |store: &Store| { // hack for returning Some(Result<_, _>)
-                    store
-                        .get(sid)?
-                        .ok_or_else(|| CE::from_kind(CEK::StoreReadError))?
-                        .get_header()
-                        .read_string(query)
-                        .chain_err(|| CEK::HeaderReadError)?
-                        .map(Category::from)
-                        .ok_or_else(|| CE::from_kind(CEK::StoreReadError))
-                };
-
-                return Some(func(&self.0))
-            } // else continue
-        }
-
-        None
-    }
-}
-