diff --git a/api/src/controllers/users.js b/api/src/controllers/users.js
index 4c5978bbcac..1576daa67c5 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/users.js
+++ b/api/src/controllers/users.js
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ const logger = require('../logger');
 const serverUtils = require('../server-utils');
 const replication = require('../services/replication');
 
-const hasFullPermission = req => {
+const hasPermissions = (req, permissions) => {
   return auth
-    .check(req, ['can_edit', 'can_update_users'])
+    .check(req, permissions)
     .then(() => true)
     .catch(err => {
       if (err.code === 403) {
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const hasFullPermission = req => {
     });
 };
 
+const hasFullPermission = req => hasPermissions(req, ['can_edit', 'can_update_users']);
+
 const isUpdatingSelf = (req, credentials, username) => {
   return auth.getUserCtx(req).then(userCtx => {
     return (
@@ -134,6 +136,35 @@ const convertUserListToV1 = (users=[]) => {
   return users;
 };
 
+const getUserByUsername = async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const username = req.params.username;
+    const credentials = auth.basicAuthCredentials(req);
+    const [hasPermission, isGettingSelf] = await Promise.all([
+      hasPermissions(req, 'can_view_users'),
+      isUpdatingSelf(req, credentials, username),
+    ]).catch(error => {
+      if (error.statusCode === 401) {
+        throw { code: 401, message: 'Not logged in', err: error };
+      }
+
+      throw error;
+    });
+
+    if (!hasPermission && !isGettingSelf) {
+      throw {
+        message: 'You do not have permissions to fetch this person',
+        code: 403,
+      };
+    }
+
+    const body = await users.getUser(username);
+    res.json(body);
+  } catch (error) {
+    serverUtils.error(error, req, res);
+  }
+};
+
 module.exports = {
   get: (req, res) => {
     return getUserList(req)
@@ -173,7 +204,7 @@ module.exports = {
         ]) => {
           if (basic === false) {
             // If you're passing basic auth we're going to validate it, even if we
-            // technicaly don't need to (because you already have a valid cookie and
+            // technically don't need to (because you already have a valid cookie and
             // full permission).
             // This is to maintain consistency in the personal change password UI:
             // we want to validate the password you pass regardless of your permissions
@@ -236,6 +267,10 @@ module.exports = {
 
   v2: {
     get: async (req, res) => {
+      if (req.params?.username) {
+        return getUserByUsername(req, res);
+      }
+
       try {
         const body = await getUserList(req);
         res.json(body);
diff --git a/api/src/routing.js b/api/src/routing.js
index 4583ed87ca5..84c5cfd0b0a 100644
--- a/api/src/routing.js
+++ b/api/src/routing.js
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ app.post('/api/v1/forms/validate', textParser, forms.validate);
 
 app.get('/api/v1/users', users.get);
 app.get('/api/v2/users', users.v2.get);
+app.get('/api/v2/users/:username', users.v2.get);
 app.postJson('/api/v1/users', users.create);
 app.postJsonOrCsv('/api/v2/users', users.v2.create);
 app.postJson('/api/v1/users/:username', users.update);
diff --git a/shared-libs/user-management/src/users.js b/shared-libs/user-management/src/users.js
index 1429af90a71..14c580074f0 100644
--- a/shared-libs/user-management/src/users.js
+++ b/shared-libs/user-management/src/users.js
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ const hydrateUserSettings = (userSettings) => {
 
 const getUserDoc = (username, dbName) => {
   return db[dbName]
-    .get(`org.couchdb.user:${username}`)
+    .get(createID(username))
     .catch(err => {
       err.db = dbName;
       throw err;
@@ -801,6 +801,11 @@ const getUserSettings = async({ name }) => {
  */
 module.exports = {
   deleteUser: username => deleteUser(createID(username)),
+  getUser: async (username) => {
+    const [user, setting] = await getUserDocsByName(username);
+    const facilities = await facility.list([user], [setting]);
+    return mapUsers([user], [setting], facilities)[0];
+  },
   getList: async (filters) => {
     const [users, settings] = await getUsersAndSettings(filters);
     const facilities = await facility.list(users);