diff --git a/channeldb/db.go b/channeldb/db.go
index 26268eabe..146c07449 100644
--- a/channeldb/db.go
+++ b/channeldb/db.go
@@ -674,6 +674,54 @@ func (c *ChannelStateDB) FetchChannel(tx kvdb.RTx, chanPoint wire.OutPoint) (
 	return c.channelScanner(tx, selector)
 }
 
+// FetchChannelByID attempts to locate a channel specified by the passed channel
+// ID. If the channel cannot be found, then an error will be returned.
+// Optionally an existing db tx can be supplied.
+func (c *ChannelStateDB) FetchChannelByID(tx kvdb.RTx, id lnwire.ChannelID) (
+	*OpenChannel, error) {
+
+	selector := func(chainBkt walletdb.ReadBucket) ([]byte, *wire.OutPoint,
+		error) {
+
+		var (
+			targetChanPointBytes []byte
+			targetChanPoint      *wire.OutPoint
+
+			// errChanFound is used to signal that the channel has
+			// been found so that iteration through the DB buckets
+			// can stop.
+			errChanFound = errors.New("channel found")
+		)
+		err := chainBkt.ForEach(func(k, _ []byte) error {
+			var outPoint wire.OutPoint
+			err := readOutpoint(bytes.NewReader(k), &outPoint)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			chanID := lnwire.NewChanIDFromOutPoint(&outPoint)
+			if chanID != id {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			targetChanPoint = &outPoint
+			targetChanPointBytes = k
+
+			return errChanFound
+		})
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, errChanFound) {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		if targetChanPoint == nil {
+			return nil, nil, ErrChannelNotFound
+		}
+
+		return targetChanPointBytes, targetChanPoint, nil
+	}
+
+	return c.channelScanner(tx, selector)
+}
+
 // channelSelector describes a function that takes a chain-hash bucket from
 // within the open-channel DB and returns the wanted channel point bytes, and
 // channel point. It must return the ErrChannelNotFound error if the wanted
diff --git a/channeldb/db_test.go b/channeldb/db_test.go
index bed9c6e32..62e720407 100644
--- a/channeldb/db_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/db_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil"
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash"
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
-	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/keychain"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
@@ -238,10 +237,16 @@ func TestFetchChannel(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// The decoded channel state should be identical to what we stored
 	// above.
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(channelState, dbChannel) {
-		t.Fatalf("channel state doesn't match:: %v vs %v",
-			spew.Sdump(channelState), spew.Sdump(dbChannel))
-	}
+	require.Equal(t, channelState, dbChannel)
+
+	// Next, attempt to fetch the channel by its channel ID.
+	chanID := lnwire.NewChanIDFromOutPoint(&channelState.FundingOutpoint)
+	dbChannel, err = cdb.FetchChannelByID(nil, chanID)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "unable to fetch channel")
+
+	// The decoded channel state should be identical to what we stored
+	// above.
+	require.Equal(t, channelState, dbChannel)
 
 	// If we attempt to query for a non-existent channel, then we should
 	// get an error.
@@ -252,9 +257,11 @@ func TestFetchChannel(t *testing.T) {
 	channelState2.FundingOutpoint.Index = uniqueOutputIndex.Load()
 
 	_, err = cdb.FetchChannel(nil, channelState2.FundingOutpoint)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("expected query to fail")
-	}
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrChannelNotFound)
+
+	chanID2 := lnwire.NewChanIDFromOutPoint(&channelState2.FundingOutpoint)
+	_, err = cdb.FetchChannelByID(nil, chanID2)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrChannelNotFound)
 }
 
 func genRandomChannelShell() (*ChannelShell, error) {