diff --git a/django/views/generic/date_based.py b/django/views/generic/date_based.py
index c505530dfb..0fc657d2c1 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/date_based.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/date_based.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def archive_index(request, queryset, date_field, num_latest=15,
 
 def archive_year(request, year, queryset, date_field, template_name=None,
         template_loader=loader, extra_context={}, allow_empty=False,
-        context_processors=None, mimetype=None):
+        context_processors=None, template_object_name='object', mimetype=None,
+        make_object_list=False):
     """
     Generic yearly archive view.
 
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ def archive_year(request, year, queryset, date_field, template_name=None,
             List of months in this year with objects
         year
             This year
+        object_list
+            List of objects published in the given month
+            (Only available if make_object_list argument is True)
     """
     model = queryset.model
     now = datetime.datetime.now()
@@ -67,12 +71,17 @@ def archive_year(request, year, queryset, date_field, template_name=None,
     date_list = queryset.filter(**lookup_kwargs).dates(date_field, 'month')
     if not date_list and not allow_empty:
         raise Http404
+    if make_object_list:
+        object_list = queryset.filter(**lookup_kwargs).order_by(date_field)
+    else:
+        object_list = []
     if not template_name:
         template_name = "%s/%s_archive_year.html" % (model._meta.app_label, model._meta.object_name.lower())
     t = template_loader.get_template(template_name)
     c = RequestContext(request, {
         'date_list': date_list,
         'year': year,
+        '%s_list' % template_object_name: object_list,
     }, context_processors)
     for key, value in extra_context.items():
         if callable(value):
diff --git a/docs/generic_views.txt b/docs/generic_views.txt
index 166ad8347d..317828a2b2 100644
--- a/docs/generic_views.txt
+++ b/docs/generic_views.txt
@@ -250,6 +250,18 @@ with a date in the *future* are not displayed.
     * ``context_processors``: A list of template-context processors to apply to
       the view's template. See the `RequestContext docs`_.
 
+    * ``template_object_name``:  Designates the name of the template variable
+       to use in the template context. By default, this is ``'object'``. The
+       view will append ``'_list'`` to the value of this parameter in
+       determining the variable's name.
+
+    * ``make_object_list``: A boolean specifying whether to retrieve the full
+      list of objects for this year and pass those to the template. If ``True``,
+      this list of objects will be made available to the template as
+      ``object_list``. (The name ``object_list`` may be different; see the docs
+      for ``object_list`` in the "Template context" section below.) By default,
+      this is ``False``.
+
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
       to the value of the ``DEFAULT_MIME_TYPE`` setting.
 
@@ -265,8 +277,19 @@ In addition to ``extra_context``, the template's context will be:
     * ``date_list``: A list of ``datetime.date`` objects representing all
       months that have objects available in the given year, according to
       ``queryset``, in ascending order.
+
     * ``year``: The given year, as a four-character string.
 
+    * ``object_list``: If the ``make_object_list`` parameter is ``True``, this
+      will be set to a list of objects available for the given year, ordered by
+      the date field. This variable's name depends on the
+      ``template_object_name`` parameter, which is ``'object'`` by default. If
+      ``template_object_name`` is ``'foo'``, this variable's name will be
+      ``foo_list``.
+
+      If ``make_object_list`` is ``False``, ``object_list`` will be passed to
+      the template as an empty list.
+
 ``django.views.generic.date_based.archive_month``
 -------------------------------------------------