diff --git a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/accounts/useAccount.ts b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/accounts/useAccount.ts
index bd199c911e..660c3e8a1f 100644
--- a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/accounts/useAccount.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/accounts/useAccount.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ const useAccount = (accountId?: string, opts: UseAccountOpts = {}) => {
   return { ...accountQuery, data };
 };
 
-export { useAccount };
+export { useAccount, type UseAccountOpts };
diff --git a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/accounts/useAccountLookup.ts b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/accounts/useAccountLookup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..719ce86e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/accounts/useAccountLookup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+
+import { usePlHooksApiClient } from 'pl-hooks/contexts/api-client';
+import { usePlHooksQueryClient } from 'pl-hooks/contexts/query-client';
+import { importEntities } from 'pl-hooks/importer';
+
+import { useAccount, type UseAccountOpts } from './useAccount';
+
+const useAccountLookup = (acct?: string, opts: UseAccountOpts = {}) => {
+  const queryClient = usePlHooksQueryClient();
+  const { client } = usePlHooksApiClient();
+  const { features } = client;
+
+  const accountIdQuery = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['accounts', 'byAcct', acct?.toLocaleLowerCase()],
+    queryFn: () => (
+      features.accountByUsername && !features.accountLookup
+        ? client.accounts.getAccount(acct!)
+        : client.accounts.lookupAccount(acct!)
+    ).then((account) => {
+      importEntities({ accounts: [account] });
+
+      return account.id;
+    }),
+    enabled: !!acct,
+  }, queryClient);
+
+  return useAccount(accountIdQuery.data, opts);
+};
+
+export { useAccountLookup };
diff --git a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/importer.ts b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/importer.ts
index f5e628aba1..5795d5b3ac 100644
--- a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/importer.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/importer.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import type {
   Status as BaseStatus,
 } from 'pl-api';
 
-const importAccount = (account: BaseAccount) => queryClient.setQueryData<BaseAccount>(
-  ['accounts', 'entities', account.id], account,
-);
+const importAccount = (account: BaseAccount) => {
+  queryClient.setQueryData<string>(['accounts', 'byAcct', account.acct.toLocaleLowerCase()], account.id);
+  return queryClient.setQueryData<BaseAccount>(['accounts', 'entities', account.id], account);
+};
 
 const importGroup = (group: BaseGroup) => queryClient.setQueryData<BaseGroup>(
   ['groups', 'entities', group.id], group,
diff --git a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/main.ts b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/main.ts
index c35d0e772a..9a763be5be 100644
--- a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/main.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/main.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export * from './contexts/api-client';
 export * from './contexts/query-client';
 
 export * from './hooks/accounts/useAccount';
+export * from './hooks/accounts/useAccountLookup';
 export * from './hooks/accounts/useAccountRelationship';
 export * from './hooks/markers/useMarkers';
 export * from './hooks/markers/useUpdateMarkerMutation';