diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fda911d..34b9707 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ These are methods that are not actually part of the Flickr API
 
 ### people
  * flickr.people.getPhotos
+ * flickr.people.findByUsername
 
  ### Groups
  * flickr.groups.pools.add
diff --git a/people/people.go b/people/people.go
index bd880f6..c464836 100644
--- a/people/people.go
+++ b/people/people.go
@@ -49,11 +49,22 @@ type Photos struct {
 	Photos  []Photo `xml:"photo"`
 }
 
+type User struct {
+	Id        string   `xml:"id,attr"`
+	Nsid      string   `xml:"nsid,attr"`
+	Usernames []string `xml:"username"`
+}
+
 type GetPhotosResponse struct {
 	flickr.BasicResponse
 	Photos Photos `xml:"photos"`
 }
 
+type FindByUsernameResponse struct {
+	flickr.BasicResponse
+	User User `xml:"user"`
+}
+
 type SafetyLevel int
 
 const (
@@ -140,10 +151,17 @@ func GetPhotos(client *flickr.FlickrClient,
 
 	response := &GetPhotosResponse{}
 	err := flickr.DoGet(client, response)
-	//	if err == nil {
-	//		fmt.Println("API response:", response.Extra)
-	//	} else {
-	//		fmt.Println("API error:", err)
-	//	}
+	return response, err
+}
+
+func FindByUsername(client *flickr.FlickrClient, username string) (*FindByUsernameResponse, error) {
+	client.Init()
+	client.EndpointUrl = flickr.API_ENDPOINT
+	client.Args.Set("method", "flickr.people.findByUsername")
+	client.Args.Set("username", username)
+	client.OAuthSign()
+
+	response := &FindByUsernameResponse{}
+	err := flickr.DoGet(client, response)
 	return response, err
 }
diff --git a/people/people_test.go b/people/people_test.go
index cac228e..ca8addd 100644
--- a/people/people_test.go
+++ b/people/people_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	body = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+	bodyGetPhotos = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 		<rsp stat="ok">
 		<photos page="2" pages="89" perpage="10" total="881">
 		<photo id="2636" owner="47058503995@N01"
@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@ var (
 			ispublic="1" isfriend="0" isfamily="0" />
 	</photos>
 		</rsp>`
+
+	bodyFindByUsername = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+	<rsp stat="ok">
+	  <user id="124533363@N04" nsid="124533363@N04">
+		<username>Klaus Ressmann</username>
+	  </user>
+	</rsp>`
 )
 
 func TestGetPhotos(t *testing.T) {
 	fclient := flickr.GetTestClient()
-	server, client := flickr.FlickrMock(200, body, "text/xml")
+	server, client := flickr.FlickrMock(200, bodyGetPhotos, "text/xml")
 	defer server.Close()
 	fclient.HTTPClient = client
 
@@ -61,6 +68,19 @@ func TestGetPhotos(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestFindByUsername(t *testing.T) {
+	fclient := flickr.GetTestClient()
+	server, client := flickr.FlickrMock(200, bodyFindByUsername, "text/xml")
+	defer server.Close()
+	fclient.HTTPClient = client
+
+	resp, err := FindByUsername(fclient, "Klaus Ressmann")
+	flickr.Expect(t, err, nil)
+	flickr.Expect(t, resp.User.Id, "124533363@N04")
+	flickr.Expect(t, resp.User.Nsid, "124533363@N04")
+	flickr.Expect(t, resp.User.Usernames[0], "Klaus Ressmann")
+}
+
 func TestGetPhotosExtras(t *testing.T) {
 	body := `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 	<rsp stat="ok">