diff --git a/gitea/repo.go b/gitea/repo.go
index 67bd956..0d36571 100644
--- a/gitea/repo.go
+++ b/gitea/repo.go
@@ -382,6 +382,13 @@ func (c *Client) GetRepo(owner, reponame string) (*Repository, *Response, error)
 	return repo, resp, err
 }
 
+// GetRepoByID returns information of a repository by a giver repository ID.
+func (c *Client) GetRepoByID(id int64) (*Repository, *Response, error) {
+	repo := new(Repository)
+	resp, err := c.getParsedResponse("GET", fmt.Sprintf("/repositories/%d", id), nil, nil, repo)
+	return repo, resp, err
+}
+
 // EditRepoOption options when editing a repository's properties
 type EditRepoOption struct {
 	// name of the repository
diff --git a/gitea/repo_test.go b/gitea/repo_test.go
index e5eedc7..ee9c396 100644
--- a/gitea/repo_test.go
+++ b/gitea/repo_test.go
@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ func TestGetArchiveReader(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, nBytes, len(archive.Bytes()))
 }
 
+func TestGetRepoByID(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Println("== TestGetRepoByID ==")
+	c := newTestClient()
+	testrepo, _ := createTestRepo(t, "TestGetRepoByID", c)
+
+	repo, _, err := c.GetRepoByID(testrepo.ID)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, repo)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, testrepo.ID, repo.ID)
+
+	_, err = c.DeleteRepo(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 // standard func to create a init repo for test routines
 func createTestRepo(t *testing.T, name string, c *Client) (*Repository, error) {
 	user, _, uErr := c.GetMyUserInfo()