diff --git a/src/de/aflx/sardine/DavResource.java b/src/de/aflx/sardine/DavResource.java
index 6eba99f..2515f2f 100644
--- a/src/de/aflx/sardine/DavResource.java
+++ b/src/de/aflx/sardine/DavResource.java
@@ -215,13 +215,24 @@ private String getContentType(Response response)
 	 */
 	private long getContentLength(Response response)
 	{
-//		Propstat list = response.getPropstat();
-//		if(list.equals("") || null == list) {
-//			return null;
-//		}
-//		Getcontentlength gcl = list.getProp().ge;
+
+		Propstat list = response.getPropstat();
+		if(list.equals("") || null == list) {
+			return DEFAULT_CONTENT_LENGTH;
+		}
 		
-		return -1;
+		String gcl = list.getProp().getGetcontentlength();
+        if ((gcl != null) && (!gcl.isEmpty()))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return Long.parseLong(gcl);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e)
+            {
+                log.warn(String.format("Failed to parse content length %s", gcl));
+            }
+        }
+		return DEFAULT_CONTENT_LENGTH;
 		/*List<Propstat> list = response.getPropstat();
 		if (list.isEmpty()) {
 			return DEFAULT_CONTENT_LENGTH;
diff --git a/src/de/aflx/sardine/Sardine.java b/src/de/aflx/sardine/Sardine.java
index 93e9757..d6a25ae 100644
--- a/src/de/aflx/sardine/Sardine.java
+++ b/src/de/aflx/sardine/Sardine.java
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ public interface Sardine
 	 */
 	List<DavResource> list(String url, int depth) throws IOException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets a directory listing using WebDAV <code>PROPFIND</code>.
+	 *
+	 * @param url   Path to the resource including protocol and hostname
+	 * @param depth The depth to look at (use 0 for single ressource, 1 for directory listing)
+	 * @param allProp If allprop should be used, which can be inefficient sometimes; 
+	 * warning: no allprop does not retrieve custom props, just the basic ones
+	 * @return List of resources for this URI including the parent resource itself
+	 * @throws IOException I/O error or HTTP response validation failure
+	 */
+	List<DavResource> list(String url, int depth, boolean allProp)
+			throws IOException;
+
 	/**
 	 * @see #patch(String, java.util.Map, java.util.List)
 	 */
diff --git a/src/de/aflx/sardine/impl/SardineImpl.java b/src/de/aflx/sardine/impl/SardineImpl.java
index 4a3d273..8da62c4 100644
--- a/src/de/aflx/sardine/impl/SardineImpl.java
+++ b/src/de/aflx/sardine/impl/SardineImpl.java
@@ -95,13 +95,11 @@
 import de.aflx.sardine.impl.methods.HttpMove;
 import de.aflx.sardine.impl.methods.HttpPropFind;
 import de.aflx.sardine.impl.methods.HttpUnlock;
-import de.aflx.sardine.model.Allprop;
 import de.aflx.sardine.model.Exclusive;
 import de.aflx.sardine.model.Lockinfo;
 import de.aflx.sardine.model.Lockscope;
 import de.aflx.sardine.model.Locktype;
 import de.aflx.sardine.model.Multistatus;
-import de.aflx.sardine.model.Propfind;
 import de.aflx.sardine.model.Response;
 import de.aflx.sardine.model.Write;
 import de.aflx.sardine.util.Logger;
@@ -390,14 +388,25 @@ public List<DavResource> list(String url) throws IOException {
 	 * 
 	 * @see de.aflx.sardine.Sardine#list(java.lang.String)
 	 */
-	public List<DavResource> list(String url, int depth) throws IOException {
+	@Override
+	public List<DavResource> list(String url, int depth) throws IOException
+	{
+		return list(url, depth, true);
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public List<DavResource> list(String url, int depth, boolean allProp) throws IOException
+	{
 		log.warn("list");
 		HttpPropFind entity = new HttpPropFind(url);
 		entity.setDepth(Integer.toString(depth));
-		Propfind body = new Propfind();
-		body.setAllprop(new Allprop());
+//		Propfind body = new Propfind();
+		if (allProp)
+			entity.setEntity(new StringEntity("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><D:propfind xmlns:D=\"DAV:\">  <D:allprop/></D:propfind>", UTF_8));
+		else 
+			entity.setEntity(new StringEntity("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><D:propfind xmlns:D=\"DAV:\">  <D:prop> <D:creationdate/><D:displayname/><D:resourcetype/><D:getcontentlength/><D:getlastmodified/>  </D:prop></D:propfind>", UTF_8));
+		
 		// entity.setEntity(new StringEntity(SardineUtil.toXml(body), UTF_8));
-		entity.setEntity(new StringEntity("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><D:propfind xmlns:D=\"DAV:\">  <D:allprop/></D:propfind>", UTF_8));
 		Multistatus multistatus = this.execute(entity,
 				new MultiStatusResponseHandler());
 		List<Response> responses = multistatus.getResponse();
diff --git a/src/de/aflx/sardine/model/Prop.java b/src/de/aflx/sardine/model/Prop.java
index 102e068..26c02a7 100644
--- a/src/de/aflx/sardine/model/Prop.java
+++ b/src/de/aflx/sardine/model/Prop.java
@@ -57,14 +57,16 @@ public class Prop {
 
 	@Element
 	private Resourcetype resourcetype;
-	@Element
+	@Element (required = false)
 	private String creationdate;
-	@Element
+	@Element (required = false)
 	private String getlastmodified;
-	@Element
+	@Element (required = false)
 	private String getetag;
 	@Element (required = false)
 	private String getcontenttype;
+	@Element (required = false)
+	private String getcontentlength;
 	
 	public Resourcetype getResourcetype() {
 		return resourcetype;
@@ -85,9 +87,13 @@ public String getGetetag() {
 	public String getGetcontenttype() {
 		return getcontenttype;
 	}
-
 	
-    /*protected Creationdate creationdate;
+    public String getGetcontentlength() {
+		return getcontentlength;
+	}
+
+
+	/*protected Creationdate creationdate;
     protected Displayname displayname;
     protected Getcontentlanguage getcontentlanguage;
     protected Getcontentlength getcontentlength;