diff --git a/lang/en/cache.php b/lang/en/cache.php
index 0c9686d152c..760173eb3c1 100644
--- a/lang/en/cache.php
+++ b/lang/en/cache.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ $string['cachedef_calendar_subscriptions'] = 'Calendar subscriptions';
 $string['cachedef_config'] = 'Config settings';
 $string['cachedef_coursecat'] = 'Course categories lists for particular user';
 $string['cachedef_coursecatrecords'] = 'Course categories records';
+$string['cachedef_coursecontacts'] = 'List of course contacts';
 $string['cachedef_coursecattree'] = 'Course categories tree';
 $string['cachedef_databasemeta'] = 'Database meta information';
 $string['cachedef_eventinvalidation'] = 'Event invalidation';
diff --git a/lib/coursecatlib.php b/lib/coursecatlib.php
index 53ec5f90ee2..607342d7db3 100644
--- a/lib/coursecatlib.php
+++ b/lib/coursecatlib.php
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class coursecat implements renderable, cacheable_object, IteratorAggregate {
     /** @var coursecat stores pseudo category with id=0. Use coursecat::get(0) to retrieve */
     protected static $coursecat0;
 
+    const CACHE_COURSE_CONTACTS_TTL = 3600; // do not fetch course contacts more often than once per hour
+
     /** @var array list of all fields and their short name and default value for caching */
     protected static $coursecatfields = array(
         'id' => array('id', 0),
@@ -668,9 +670,29 @@ class coursecat implements renderable, cacheable_object, IteratorAggregate {
             return;
         }
         $managerroles = explode(',', $CFG->coursecontact);
+        $cache = cache::make('core', 'coursecontacts');
+        $cacheddata = $cache->get_many(array_merge(array('basic'), array_keys($courses)));
+        // check if cache was set for the current course contacts and it is not yet expired
+        if (empty($cacheddata['basic']) || $cacheddata['basic']['roles'] !== $CFG->coursecontact ||
+                $cacheddata['basic']['lastreset'] < time() - self::CACHE_COURSE_CONTACTS_TTL) {
+            // reset cache
+            $cache->purge();
+            $cache->set('basic', array('roles' => $CFG->coursecontact, 'lastreset' => time()));
+            $cacheddata = $cache->get_many(array_merge(array('basic'), array_keys($courses)));
+        }
+        $courseids = array();
+        foreach (array_keys($courses) as $id) {
+            if ($cacheddata[$id] !== false) {
+                $courses[$id]->managers = $cacheddata[$id];
+            } else {
+                $courseids[] = $id;
+            }
+        }
 
-        // List of ids of courses for which we need to retrieve contacts
-        $courseids = array_keys($courses);
+        // $courseids now stores list of ids of courses for which we still need to retrieve contacts
+        if (empty($courseids)) {
+            return;
+        }
 
         // first build the array of all context ids of the courses and their categories
         $allcontexts = array();
@@ -724,6 +746,13 @@ class coursecat implements renderable, cacheable_object, IteratorAggregate {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        // set the cache
+        $values = array();
+        foreach ($courseids as $id) {
+            $values[$id] = $courses[$id]->managers;
+        }
+        $cache->set_many($values);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2288,4 +2317,4 @@ class coursecat_sortable_records extends ArrayObject {
         }
         return 0;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/db/caches.php b/lib/db/caches.php
index 401259a2bd0..b1e4da456ca 100644
--- a/lib/db/caches.php
+++ b/lib/db/caches.php
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ $definitions = array(
             'changesincoursecat',
         ),
     ),
+    // Cache course contacts for the courses
+    'coursecontacts' => array(
+        'mode' => cache_store::MODE_APPLICATION,
+        'persistent' => true,
+        'simplekeys' => true,
+    ),
     // Used to store data for repositories to avoid repetitive DB queries within one request
     'repositories' => array(
         'mode' => cache_store::MODE_REQUEST,