diff --git a/app/models/snippet.rb b/app/models/snippet.rb
index b35e72c4bdb..c53d2a8d603 100644
--- a/app/models/snippet.rb
+++ b/app/models/snippet.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ class Snippet < ActiveRecord::Base
     visibility_level
   end
 
+  def participants(current_user = self.author)
+    users = []
+    users << author
+
+    notes.each do |note|
+      users << note.author
+      mentions << note.mentioned_users(current_user)
+    end
+
+    users.concat(mentions.reduce([], :|)).uniq
+  end
+
   class << self
     def search(query)
       where('(title LIKE :query OR file_name LIKE :query)', query: "%#{query}%")