diff -urN ../roundcubemail-1.3.3.orig/config/defaults.inc.php ./config/defaults.inc.php
--- ../roundcubemail-1.3.3.orig/config/defaults.inc.php	2017-11-08 20:42:03.000000000 +0200
+++ ./config/defaults.inc.php	2018-02-04 20:57:23.271937000 +0200
@@ -1021,6 +1021,13 @@
 // See program/steps/addressbook/func.inc for a list
 $config['contact_search_name'] = '{name} <{email}>';
 
+// Template of contact entry on the left pane contacts list.
+// You can use contact fields as: email, name, firstname, surname, nickname,
+// organization, department, jobtitle, address:work, address:home,
+// phone:mobile, phone:work, phone:work2, phone:home, phone:home2
+//$config['contact_search_left_pane_name'] = '{name} <{email}>';
+$config['contact_search_left_pane_name'] = '';
+
 // ----------------------------------
 // USER PREFERENCES
 // ----------------------------------
diff -urN ../roundcubemail-1.3.3.orig/program/steps/mail/search_contacts.inc ./program/steps/mail/search_contacts.inc
--- ../roundcubemail-1.3.3.orig/program/steps/mail/search_contacts.inc	2017-11-08 20:42:05.000000000 +0200
+++ ./program/steps/mail/search_contacts.inc	2018-02-04 22:52:34.628954000 +0200
@@ -88,8 +88,32 @@
             $jsresult[$row_id] = format_email_recipient($email, $name);
             $title = rcube_addressbook::compose_search_name($row, $email, $name);
 
+            $display_name = rcube::get_instance()->config->get('contact_search_left_pane_name');
+            if (empty($display_name)) {
+                $display_name = ($name ?: $email);
+            } else {
+                if ($name and (count($emails) > 1)) $display_name = str_replace('{email}', '', $display_name);
+
+                $display_name = str_replace('{name}', $name, $display_name);
+                $display_name = str_replace('{email}', $email, $display_name);
+
+                if (preg_match_all('/\{[a-z:]+\}/', $display_name, $matches)) {
+                    foreach ($matches[0] as $key) {
+                        $key   = trim($key, '{}');
+                        $value = ((isset($row[$key])) ? $row[$key] : '');
+                        if (is_array($value)) $value = $value[0];
+                        if (is_array($value)) $value = implode(', ', $value);
+                        $display_name = str_replace('{' . $key . '}', $value, $display_name);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                $display_name = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $display_name);
+                $display_name = preg_replace('/\s*(<>|\(\)|\[\])/', '', $display_name);
+                $display_name = trim($display_name, '/ ');
+            }
+
             $OUTPUT->command('add_contact_row', $row_id, array(
-                $keyname => html::a(array('title' => $title), rcube::Q($name ?: $email) .
+                $keyname => html::a(array('title' => $title), rcube::Q($display_name) .
                     ($name && count($emails) > 1 ? '&nbsp;' . html::span('email', rcube::Q($email)) : '')
                 )), $classname);
         }