diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsNode.cxx b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsNode.cxx
index 837df8823150d925ddb279d5c834b8d95cc3736e..b8fbe556e906b95c65a14210ec2719d164b36e08 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsNode.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsNode.cxx
@@ -919,6 +919,43 @@ std::string vtkMRMLMarkupsNode::GetNthMarkupID(int n)
   return id;
 }
 
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+int vtkMRMLMarkupsNode::GetMarkupIndexByID(const char* markupID)
+{
+  if (!markupID)
+    {
+    return -1;
+    }
+
+  int numberOfMarkups = this->GetNumberOfMarkups();
+  for (int i = 0; i < numberOfMarkups; ++i)
+    {
+    Markup* compareMarkup = this->GetNthMarkup(i);
+    if (compareMarkup &&
+        strcmp(compareMarkup->ID.c_str(), markupID) == 0)
+      {
+      return i;
+      }
+    }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Markup* vtkMRMLMarkupsNode::GetMarkupByID(const char* markupID)
+{
+  if (!markupID)
+    {
+    return NULL;
+    }
+
+  int markupIndex = this->GetMarkupIndexByID(markupID);
+  if (markupIndex >= 0 && markupIndex < this->GetNumberOfMarkups())
+    {
+    return this->GetNthMarkup(markupIndex);
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------
 void vtkMRMLMarkupsNode::SetNthMarkupID(int n, std::string id)
 {
diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsNode.h b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsNode.h
index 0a528bcd99180cd9b5adbeeb15261e9532f0fcc9..aa88c873fc8c95d5a71e03819647bdf70fc9db76 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsNode.h
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsNode.h
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ public:
 
   /// Get the id for the nth markup
   std::string GetNthMarkupID(int n = 0);
+  /// Get Markup index based on it's ID
+  int GetMarkupIndexByID(const char* markupID);
+  /// Get Markup based on it's ID
+  Markup* GetMarkupByID(const char* markupID);
 
   /// Get the Selected flag on the nth markup, returns false if markup doesn't
   /// exist
diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/Testing/Cxx/vtkMRMLMarkupsNodeTest2.cxx b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/Testing/Cxx/vtkMRMLMarkupsNodeTest2.cxx
index 475e100163e96ab596c9e464f0c4acbc74efbaa3..bc0cda2783d57aa7369d139d11accf271a7aaedf 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/Testing/Cxx/vtkMRMLMarkupsNodeTest2.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/Testing/Cxx/vtkMRMLMarkupsNodeTest2.cxx
@@ -145,5 +145,52 @@ int vtkMRMLMarkupsNodeTest2(int , char * [] )
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
+  // Check if ID returned is valid
+  if (node1->GetNumberOfMarkups() > 0)
+    {
+    Markup* markup = node1->GetNthMarkup(0);
+    const char* markupID = markup->ID.c_str();
+    int markupIndex = node1->GetMarkupIndexByID(markupID);
+    if (node1->GetMarkupByID(markupID) != markup)
+      {
+      std::cerr << "Get Markup by ID failed" << std::endl;
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+      }
+    if (markupIndex != 0)
+      {
+      std::cerr << "Get Markup index by ID failed, returned "
+		<< markupIndex << ", expecting 0" << std::endl;
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+      }
+    }
+
+  // Check returned value with a NULL ID
+  Markup* markupNull = node1->GetMarkupByID(NULL);
+  int indexNull = node1->GetMarkupIndexByID(NULL);
+  if (markupNull)
+    {
+    std::cerr << "Get Markup by ID with NULL parameters failed" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+  if (indexNull >= 0)
+    {
+    std::cerr << "Get Markup index by ID with NULL parameters failed" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+  // Check returned value with an invalid ID
+  Markup* markupInvalid = node1->GetMarkupByID("Invalid");
+  int indexInvalid = node1->GetMarkupIndexByID("Invalid");
+  if (markupInvalid)
+    {
+    std::cerr << "Get Markup by ID with invalid ID failed" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+  if (indexInvalid >= 0)
+    {
+    std::cerr << "Get Markup index by ID with invalid ID failed" << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }