diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
index c4ae92e6db..0c62fd8a2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ public GHTeam getTeamByName(String name) throws IOException {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Finds a team that has the given slug in its {@link GHTeam#getSlug()}
+     */
+    public GHTeam getTeamBySlug(String slug) throws IOException {
+        for (GHTeam t : listTeams()) {
+            if(t.getSlug().equals(slug))
+                return t;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if this organization has the specified user as a member.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTeam.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTeam.java
index cf7dd1fc91..e0cd33b8bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTeam.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTeam.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
 public class GHTeam {
-    private String name,permission;
+    private String name,permission,slug;
     private int id;
     private GHOrganization organization; // populated by GET /user/teams where Teams+Orgs are returned together
 
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ public String getPermission() {
         return permission;
     }
 
+    public String getSlug() {
+        return slug;
+    }
+
     public int getId() {
         return id;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
index c8d523cd81..905818981b 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
@@ -335,6 +335,13 @@ public void testOrgTeamByName() throws Exception {
         assertNotNull(e);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testOrgTeamBySlug() throws Exception {
+        kohsuke();
+        GHTeam e = gitHub.getOrganization("github-api-test-org").getTeamBySlug("core-developers");
+        assertNotNull(e);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testCommit() throws Exception {
         GHCommit commit = gitHub.getUser("jenkinsci").getRepository("jenkins").getCommit("08c1c9970af4d609ae754fbe803e06186e3206f7");