diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
index c922b625d7..97f11f4f3f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
@@ -102,8 +102,20 @@ namespace MWGui
                 it->second->listIdentifier (mNames);
             }
 
+            // exterior cell names aren't technically identifiers, but since the COC function accepts them,
+            // we should list them too
+            for (MWWorld::Store<ESM::Cell>::iterator it = store.get<ESM::Cell>().extBegin();
+                 it != store.get<ESM::Cell>().extEnd(); ++it)
+            {
+                if (!it->mName.empty())
+                    mNames.push_back(it->mName);
+            }
+
             // sort
             std::sort (mNames.begin(), mNames.end());
+
+            // remove duplicates
+            mNames.erase( std::unique( mNames.begin(), mNames.end() ), mNames.end() );
         }
     }