diff --git a/integration/admin-client/src/main/java/org/keycloak/admin/client/resource/UsersResource.java b/integration/admin-client/src/main/java/org/keycloak/admin/client/resource/UsersResource.java
index f478e0b392..ca80245e47 100755
--- a/integration/admin-client/src/main/java/org/keycloak/admin/client/resource/UsersResource.java
+++ b/integration/admin-client/src/main/java/org/keycloak/admin/client/resource/UsersResource.java
@@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ public interface UsersResource {
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     List<UserRepresentation> search(@QueryParam("username") String username);
 
+    /**
+     * Search for users whose username or email matches the value provided by {@code search}. The {@code search}
+     * argument also allows finding users by specific attributes as follows:
+     *
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li><i>id:</i> - Find users by identifier. For instance, <i>id:aa497859-bbf5-44ac-bf1a-74dbffcaf197</i></li>
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param search the value to search. It can be the username, email or any of the supported options to query based on user attributes
+     * @param firstResult the position of the first result to retrieve
+     * @param maxResults the maximum number of results to retreive
+     * @return a list of {@link UserRepresentation}
+     */
     @GET
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     List<UserRepresentation> search(@QueryParam("search") String search,
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/services/resources/admin/UsersResource.java b/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/services/resources/admin/UsersResource.java
index e4a7c08149..d591581c8b 100755
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/services/resources/admin/UsersResource.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/services/resources/admin/UsersResource.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * @version $Revision: 1 $
  */
 public class UsersResource {
+
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UsersResource.class);
+    private static final String SEARCH_ID_PARAMETER = "id:";
 
     protected RealmModel realm;
 
@@ -187,9 +190,16 @@ public class UsersResource {
         maxResults = maxResults != null ? maxResults : Constants.DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS;
 
         List<UserRepresentation> results = new ArrayList<UserRepresentation>();
-        List<UserModel> userModels;
+        List<UserModel> userModels = Collections.emptyList();
         if (search != null) {
-            userModels = session.users().searchForUser(search.trim(), realm, firstResult, maxResults);
+            if (search.startsWith(SEARCH_ID_PARAMETER)) {
+                UserModel userModel = session.users().getUserById(search.substring(SEARCH_ID_PARAMETER.length()).trim(), realm);
+                if (userModel != null) {
+                    userModels = Arrays.asList(userModel);
+                }
+            } else {
+                userModels = session.users().searchForUser(search.trim(), realm, firstResult, maxResults);
+            }
         } else if (last != null || first != null || email != null || username != null) {
             Map<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<String, String>();
             if (last != null) {
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/UserTest.java b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/UserTest.java
index c08ecfd8b3..078b603b98 100755
--- a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/UserTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/UserTest.java
@@ -351,7 +351,9 @@ public class UserTest extends AbstractAdminTest {
         assertEquals(user.getFederationLink(), createdUser.getFederationLink());
     }
 
-    private void createUsers() {
+    private List<String> createUsers() {
+        List<String> ids = new ArrayList<>();
+
         for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
             UserRepresentation user = new UserRepresentation();
             user.setUsername("username" + i);
@@ -359,8 +361,10 @@ public class UserTest extends AbstractAdminTest {
             user.setFirstName("First" + i);
             user.setLastName("Last" + i);
 
-            createUser(user);
+            ids.add(createUser(user));
         }
+
+        return ids;
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -385,6 +389,20 @@ public class UserTest extends AbstractAdminTest {
         assertEquals(9, users.size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void searchById() {
+        String expectedUserId = createUsers().get(0);
+        List<UserRepresentation> users = realm.users().search("id:" + expectedUserId, null, null);
+
+        assertEquals(1, users.size());
+        assertEquals(expectedUserId, users.get(0).getId());
+
+        users = realm.users().search("id:   " + expectedUserId + "     ", null, null);
+
+        assertEquals(1, users.size());
+        assertEquals(expectedUserId, users.get(0).getId());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void search() {
         createUsers();