diff --git a/backend/LexBoxApi/GraphQL/LexQueries.cs b/backend/LexBoxApi/GraphQL/LexQueries.cs
index 102064c78..4319da490 100644
--- a/backend/LexBoxApi/GraphQL/LexQueries.cs
+++ b/backend/LexBoxApi/GraphQL/LexQueries.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using HotChocolate.Authorization;
 using HotChocolate.Resolvers;
 using LexBoxApi.Auth;
 using LexBoxApi.Auth.Attributes;
@@ -201,6 +202,26 @@ public IQueryable<User> Users(LexBoxDbContext context)
         };
     }
 
+    [AllowAnonymous]
+    public async Task<MeDto?> UserById(LexBoxDbContext context, LoggedInContext loggedInContext, Guid userId)
+    {
+        var registeringUser = loggedInContext.User;
+        // Only admins can look up users other than themselves via this query
+        if (!registeringUser.IsAdmin && registeringUser.Id != userId)
+        {
+            throw new UnauthorizedAccessException();
+        }
+        var user = await context.Users.FindAsync(userId);
+        if (user == null) return null;
+        return new MeDto
+        {
+            Id = user.Id,
+            Name = user.Name,
+            Email = user.Email,
+            Locale = user.LocalizationCode
+        };
+    }
+
     public async Task<OrgMemberDto?> OrgMemberById(LexBoxDbContext context, IPermissionService permissionService, Guid orgId, Guid userId)
     {
         // Only site admins and org admins are allowed to run this query
diff --git a/frontend/schema.graphql b/frontend/schema.graphql
index 652eff98a..a1bb2769c 100644
--- a/frontend/schema.graphql
+++ b/frontend/schema.graphql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-schema {
+schema {
   query: Query
   mutation: Mutation
 }
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ type Query {
   orgById(orgId: UUID!): OrgById
   users(skip: Int take: Int where: UserFilterInput orderBy: [UserSortInput!]): UsersCollectionSegment @authorize(policy: "AdminRequiredPolicy")
   me: MeDto
+  userById(userId: UUID!): MeDto @authorize(policy: "AllowAnyAudiencePolicy")
   orgMemberById(orgId: UUID! userId: UUID!): OrgMemberDto
   meAuth: LexAuthUser!
   testingThrowsError: LexAuthUser!