diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/generic.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/generic.py
index 18b64ae95c..a70934d5ea 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/generic.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/generic.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.views.generic.base import View
 
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin.utils import permission_denied
@@ -31,3 +32,14 @@ class PermissionCheckedView(View):
                 return permission_denied(request)
 
         return super(PermissionCheckedView, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class IndexView(PermissionCheckedView):
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return self.model.objects.all()
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        object_list = self.get_queryset()
+        return render(request, self.template, {
+            self.context_object_name: object_list,
+        })
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailsites/views.py b/wagtail/wagtailsites/views.py
index 24a727626a..6341442ccd 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailsites/views.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailsites/views.py
@@ -5,17 +5,14 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Site
 from wagtail.wagtailsites.forms import SiteForm
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin import messages
-from wagtail.wagtailadmin.views.generic import PermissionCheckedView
+from wagtail.wagtailadmin.views.generic import PermissionCheckedView, IndexView
 
 
-class Index(PermissionCheckedView):
+class Index(IndexView):
     any_permission_required = ['wagtailcore.add_site', 'wagtailcore.change_site', 'wagtailcore.delete_site']
-
-    def get(self, request):
-        sites = Site.objects.all()
-        return render(request, 'wagtailsites/index.html', {
-            'sites': sites,
-        })
+    model = Site
+    context_object_name = 'sites'
+    template = 'wagtailsites/index.html'
 
 
 class Create(PermissionCheckedView):