diff --git a/pychord/quality.py b/pychord/quality.py
index 95a9e3e..c935055 100644
--- a/pychord/quality.py
+++ b/pychord/quality.py
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ def get_quality(self, name: str, inversion: int = 0) -> Quality:
             q.components = q.components[1:] + (n,)
         return q
 
+    def get_qualities(self):
+        return dict(self._qualities)
+
     def set_quality(self, name: str, components: Tuple[int, ...]):
         """ Set a Quality
 
diff --git a/test/test_quality.py b/test/test_quality.py
index 3c06072..97518d0 100644
--- a/test/test_quality.py
+++ b/test/test_quality.py
@@ -68,5 +68,28 @@ def test_keep_existing_chord(self):
         self.assertEqual(chord.components(), ['C', 'G', 'Bb', 'D', 'F'])
 
 
+class TestIterateQualities(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.quality_manager = QualityManager()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.quality_manager.load_default_qualities()
+
+    def test_iterate_qualities(self):
+        assert 'm' in self.quality_manager.get_qualities()
+
+    def test_immutable_qualities(self):
+        qualities = self.quality_manager.get_qualities()
+        assert 'testquality' not in qualities
+        qualities['testquality'] = qualities['m']
+        qualities = self.quality_manager.get_qualities()
+        assert 'testquality' not in qualities
+
+    def test_iterate_added_qualities(self):
+        self.quality_manager.set_quality('testquality', (0))
+        qualities = self.quality_manager.get_qualities()
+        assert 'testquality' in qualities
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()