diff --git a/obexd/plugins/irmc.c b/obexd/plugins/irmc.c
index e1e83f983..2cf673c3c 100644
--- a/obexd/plugins/irmc.c
+++ b/obexd/plugins/irmc.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static void *irmc_connect(struct obex_session *os, int *err)
 {
 	struct irmc_session *irmc;
 	struct apparam_field *param;
+	int ret;
 
 	DBG("");
 
@@ -224,6 +225,9 @@ static void *irmc_connect(struct obex_session *os, int *err)
 	irmc->params = param;
 	irmc->request = phonebook_pull("telecom/pb.vcf", irmc->params,
 					phonebook_size_result, irmc, err);
+	ret = phonebook_pull_read(irmc->request);
+	if (err)
+		*err = ret;
 
 	return irmc;
 }
@@ -313,6 +317,13 @@ static void *irmc_open_pb(const char *name, struct irmc_session *irmc,
 			DBG("phonebook_pull failed...");
 			goto fail;
 		}
+
+		ret = phonebook_pull_read(irmc->request);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			DBG("phonebook_pull_read failed...");
+			goto fail;
+		}
+
 		return irmc;
 	}
 
diff --git a/obexd/plugins/pbap.c b/obexd/plugins/pbap.c
index 5775eea6f..b04dca96f 100644
--- a/obexd/plugins/pbap.c
+++ b/obexd/plugins/pbap.c
@@ -803,6 +803,11 @@ static void *vobject_pull_open(const char *name, int oflag, mode_t mode,
 
 	request = phonebook_pull(name, pbap->params, cb, pbap, &ret);
 
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto fail;
+
+	/* reading first part of results from backend */
+	ret = phonebook_pull_read(request);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -962,6 +967,7 @@ static ssize_t vobject_pull_read(void *object, void *buf, size_t count,
 {
 	struct pbap_object *obj = object;
 	struct pbap_session *pbap = obj->session;
+	int len, ret;
 
 	DBG("buffer %p maxlistcount %d", obj->buffer,
 						pbap->params->maxlistcount);
@@ -987,7 +993,21 @@ static ssize_t vobject_pull_read(void *object, void *buf, size_t count,
 		*hi = OBEX_HDR_BODY;
 		if (flags)
 			*flags = 0;
-		return string_read(obj->buffer, buf, count);
+
+		len = string_read(obj->buffer, buf, count);
+		if (len == 0 && !obj->lastpart) {
+			/* in case when buffer is empty and we know that more
+			 * data is still available in backend, requesting new
+			 * data part via phonebook_pull_read and returning
+			 * -EAGAIN to suspend request for now */
+			ret = phonebook_pull_read(obj->request);
+			if (ret)
+				return -EPERM;
+
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		}
+
+		return len;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/obexd/plugins/phonebook-dummy.c b/obexd/plugins/phonebook-dummy.c
index 76dd55012..ede4643fe 100644
--- a/obexd/plugins/phonebook-dummy.c
+++ b/obexd/plugins/phonebook-dummy.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct dummy_data {
 	const struct apparam_field *apparams;
 	char *folder;
 	int fd;
+	guint id;
 };
 
 struct cache_query {
@@ -449,9 +450,12 @@ done:
 
 void phonebook_req_finalize(void *request)
 {
-	guint id = GPOINTER_TO_INT(request);
+	struct dummy_data *dummy = request;
 
-	g_source_remove(id);
+	/* dummy_data will be cleaned when request will be finished via
+	 * g_source_remove */
+	if (dummy && dummy->id)
+		g_source_remove(dummy->id);
 }
 
 void *phonebook_pull(const char *name, const struct apparam_field *params,
@@ -459,7 +463,6 @@ void *phonebook_pull(const char *name, const struct apparam_field *params,
 {
 	struct dummy_data *dummy;
 	char *filename, *folder;
-	guint ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Main phonebook objects will be created dinamically based on the
@@ -492,13 +495,23 @@ void *phonebook_pull(const char *name, const struct apparam_field *params,
 	dummy->folder = folder;
 	dummy->fd = -1;
 
-	ret = g_idle_add_full(G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE, read_dir, dummy,
-								dummy_free);
-
 	if (err)
 		*err = 0;
 
-	return GINT_TO_POINTER(ret);
+	return dummy;
+}
+
+int phonebook_pull_read(void *request)
+{
+	struct dummy_data *dummy = request;
+
+	if (!dummy)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	dummy->id = g_idle_add_full(G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE, read_dir, dummy,
+								dummy_free);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void *phonebook_get_entry(const char *folder, const char *id,
diff --git a/obexd/plugins/phonebook-ebook.c b/obexd/plugins/phonebook-ebook.c
index 6cc4f3186..82019da24 100644
--- a/obexd/plugins/phonebook-ebook.c
+++ b/obexd/plugins/phonebook-ebook.c
@@ -453,25 +453,34 @@ void *phonebook_pull(const char *name, const struct apparam_field *params,
 				phonebook_cb cb, void *user_data, int *err)
 {
 	struct query_context *data;
-	EBookQuery *query;
-
-	query = e_book_query_any_field_contains("");
 
 	data = g_new0(struct query_context, 1);
 	data->contacts_cb = cb;
 	data->params = params;
 	data->user_data = user_data;
 
-	e_book_async_get_contacts(ebook, query, ebookpull_cb, data);
-
-	e_book_query_unref(query);
-
 	if (err)
 		*err = 0;
 
 	return data;
 }
 
+int phonebook_pull_read(void *request)
+{
+	struct query_context *data = request;
+	EBookQuery *query;
+
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	query = e_book_query_any_field_contains("");
+	e_book_async_get_contacts(ebook, query, ebookpull_cb, data);
+
+	e_book_query_unref(query);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void *phonebook_get_entry(const char *folder, const char *id,
 				const struct apparam_field *params,
 				phonebook_cb cb, void *user_data, int *err)
diff --git a/obexd/plugins/phonebook-tracker.c b/obexd/plugins/phonebook-tracker.c
index aea23650e..e7f08076a 100644
--- a/obexd/plugins/phonebook-tracker.c
+++ b/obexd/plugins/phonebook-tracker.c
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ struct phonebook_data {
 	phonebook_entry_cb entry_cb;
 	int newmissedcalls;
 	GCancellable *query_canc;
+	char *req_name;
 };
 
 struct phonebook_index {
@@ -1819,6 +1820,7 @@ void phonebook_req_finalize(void *request)
 	}
 
 	g_slist_free(data->contacts);
+	g_free(data->req_name);
 	g_free(data);
 }
 
@@ -1897,43 +1899,54 @@ void *phonebook_pull(const char *name, const struct apparam_field *params,
 				phonebook_cb cb, void *user_data, int *err)
 {
 	struct phonebook_data *data;
-	const char *query;
-	reply_list_foreach_t pull_cb;
-	int col_amount, ret;
 
 	DBG("name %s", name);
 
-	if (g_strcmp0(name, "telecom/mch.vcf") == 0) {
-		query = NEW_MISSED_CALLS_LIST;
-		col_amount = PULL_QUERY_COL_AMOUNT;
-		pull_cb = pull_newmissedcalls;
-	} else if (params->maxlistcount == 0) {
-		query = name2count_query(name);
-		col_amount = COUNT_QUERY_COL_AMOUNT;
-		pull_cb = pull_contacts_size;
-	} else {
-		query = name2query(name);
-		col_amount = PULL_QUERY_COL_AMOUNT;
-		pull_cb = pull_contacts;
-	}
-
-	if (query == NULL) {
-		if (err)
-			*err = -ENOENT;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	data = g_new0(struct phonebook_data, 1);
 	data->params = params;
 	data->user_data = user_data;
 	data->cb = cb;
-	ret = query_tracker(query, col_amount, pull_cb, data);
+	data->req_name = g_strdup(name);
+
 	if (err)
-		*err = ret;
+		*err = 0;
 
 	return data;
 }
 
+int phonebook_pull_read(void *request)
+{
+	struct phonebook_data *data = request;
+	reply_list_foreach_t pull_cb;
+	const char *query;
+	int col_amount;
+	int ret;
+
+	if(!data)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	if (g_strcmp0(data->req_name, "telecom/mch.vcf") == 0) {
+		query = NEW_MISSED_CALLS_LIST;
+		col_amount = PULL_QUERY_COL_AMOUNT;
+		pull_cb = pull_newmissedcalls;
+	} else if (data->params->maxlistcount == 0) {
+		query = name2count_query(data->req_name);
+		col_amount = COUNT_QUERY_COL_AMOUNT;
+		pull_cb = pull_contacts_size;
+	} else {
+		query = name2query(data->req_name);
+		col_amount = PULL_QUERY_COL_AMOUNT;
+		pull_cb = pull_contacts;
+	}
+
+	if (query == NULL)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	ret = query_tracker(query, col_amount, pull_cb, data);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void *phonebook_get_entry(const char *folder, const char *id,
 				const struct apparam_field *params,
 				phonebook_cb cb, void *user_data, int *err)
diff --git a/obexd/plugins/phonebook.h b/obexd/plugins/phonebook.h
index f6df1649e..00abc08a7 100644
--- a/obexd/plugins/phonebook.h
+++ b/obexd/plugins/phonebook.h
@@ -82,16 +82,28 @@ char *phonebook_set_folder(const char *current_folder,
 		const char *new_folder, uint8_t flags, int *err);
 
 /*
- * PullPhoneBook never use cached entries. PCE use this function to get all
- * entries of a given folder. The back-end MUST return only the content based
- * on the application parameters requested by the client.
+ * phonebook_pull should be used only to prepare pull request - prepared
+ * request data is returned by this function. Start of fetching data from
+ * back-end will be done only after calling phonebook_pull_read with this
+ * returned request given as a parameter.
  *
- * Return value is a pointer to asynchronous request to phonebook back-end.
  * phonebook_req_finalize MUST always be used to free associated resources.
  */
 void *phonebook_pull(const char *name, const struct apparam_field *params,
 				phonebook_cb cb, void *user_data, int *err);
 
+/*
+ * phonebook_pull_read should be used to start getting results from back-end.
+ * The back-end can return data as one response or can return it many parts.
+ * After obtaining one part, PBAP core need to call phonebook_pull_read with
+ * the same request again to get more results from back-end.
+ * The back-end MUST return only the content based on the application
+ * parameters requested by the client.
+ *
+ * Returns error code or 0 in case of success
+ */
+int phonebook_pull_read(void *request);
+
 /*
  * Function used to retrieve a contact from the backend. Only contacts
  * found in the cache are requested to the back-ends. The back-end MUST