diff --git a/debian/remote.go b/debian/remote.go
index fd915680..1714efd0 100644
--- a/debian/remote.go
+++ b/debian/remote.go
@@ -320,6 +320,16 @@ func (collection *RemoteRepoCollection) ByName(name string) (*RemoteRepo, error)
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("mirror with name %s not found", name)
 }
 
+// ByUUID looks up repository by uuid
+func (collection *RemoteRepoCollection) ByUUID(uuid string) (*RemoteRepo, error) {
+	for _, r := range collection.list {
+		if r.UUID == uuid {
+			return r, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("mirror with uuid %s not found", uuid)
+}
+
 // ForEach runs method for each repository
 func (collection *RemoteRepoCollection) ForEach(handler func(*RemoteRepo)) {
 	for _, r := range collection.list {
diff --git a/debian/remote_test.go b/debian/remote_test.go
index a8094a8a..35389146 100644
--- a/debian/remote_test.go
+++ b/debian/remote_test.go
@@ -147,7 +147,18 @@ func (s *RemoteRepoCollectionSuite) TestAddByName(c *C) {
 	r, err = collection.ByName("yandex")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(r.String(), Equals, repo.String())
+}
 
+func (s *RemoteRepoCollectionSuite) TestByUUID(c *C) {
+	r, err := s.collection.ByUUID("some-uuid")
+	c.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "*.not found")
+
+	repo, _ := NewRemoteRepo("yandex", "http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/", "squeeze", []string{"main"}, []string{})
+	c.Assert(s.collection.Add(repo), IsNil)
+
+	r, err = s.collection.ByUUID(repo.UUID)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(r.String(), Equals, repo.String())
 }
 
 func (s *RemoteRepoCollectionSuite) TestUpdateLoadComplete(c *C) {