diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc7e910b..a1f55c82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ and this project adheres to
   wordlist is shipped. ([#966])
 - @cosmjs/cli: Rename binary `cosmwasm-cli` to `cosmjs-cli` ([#1033]).
 - @cosmjs/stargate & @cosmjs/cosmwasm-stargate: Removed default types from AminoTypes. ([1079])
+- @cosmjs/cosmwasm-stargate: getCodes() automatically loops through all pagination pages now.
 
 [#927]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/issues/927
 [#955]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/issues/955
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
index c1a39ed2..15cec983 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
 import { Tendermint34Client, toRfc3339WithNanoseconds } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
 import { assert, sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
-import { CodeInfoResponse } from "cosmjs-types/cosmwasm/wasm/v1/query";
+import { CodeInfoResponse, QueryCodesResponse } from "cosmjs-types/cosmwasm/wasm/v1/query";
 import { ContractCodeHistoryOperationType } from "cosmjs-types/cosmwasm/wasm/v1/types";
 
 import { JsonObject, setupWasmExtension, WasmExtension } from "./modules";
@@ -303,9 +303,30 @@ export class CosmWasmClient {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * getCodes() returns all codes and is just looping through all pagination pages.
+   *
+   * This is potentially inefficient and advanced apps should consider creating
+   * their own query client to handle pagination together with the app's screens.
+   */
   public async getCodes(): Promise<readonly Code[]> {
-    const { codeInfos } = await this.forceGetQueryClient().wasm.listCodeInfo();
-    return (codeInfos || []).map((entry: CodeInfoResponse): Code => {
+    const allCodes = [];
+
+    try {
+      let startAtKey: Uint8Array | undefined = undefined;
+      do {
+        const { codeInfos, pagination }: QueryCodesResponse =
+          await this.forceGetQueryClient().wasm.listCodeInfo(startAtKey);
+        const loadedCodes = codeInfos || [];
+        loadedCodes.reverse();
+        allCodes.unshift(...loadedCodes);
+        startAtKey = pagination?.nextKey;
+      } while (startAtKey?.length !== 0);
+    } catch (_e: any) {
+      throw new Error(_e);
+    }
+
+    return (allCodes || []).map((entry: CodeInfoResponse): Code => {
       assert(entry.creator && entry.codeId && entry.dataHash, "entry incomplete");
       return {
         id: entry.codeId.toNumber(),