diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/forward/packet/Forwarded.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/forward/packet/Forwarded.java
index 5aec4388e..edc1fbd13 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/forward/packet/Forwarded.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/forward/packet/Forwarded.java
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.forward.packet;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.ExtensionElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Message;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Stanza;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.XmlStringBuilder;
 
@@ -112,4 +117,21 @@ public class Forwarded implements ExtensionElement {
     public static Forwarded from(Stanza packet) {
         return packet.getExtension(ELEMENT, NAMESPACE);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Extract messages in a collection of forwarded elements. Note that it is required that the {@link Forwarded} in
+     * the given collection only contain {@link Message} stanzas.
+     *
+     * @param forwardedCollection the collection to extract from.
+     * @return a list a the extracted messages.
+     * @since 4.3.0
+     */
+    public static List<Message> extractMessagesFrom(Collection<Forwarded> forwardedCollection) {
+        List<Message> res = new ArrayList<>(forwardedCollection.size());
+        for (Forwarded forwarded : forwardedCollection) {
+            Message message =  (Message) forwarded.forwardedPacket;
+            res.add(message);
+        }
+        return res;
+    }
 }