diff --git a/lib/OpenCloud/Common/Exceptions/DomainNotFoundException.php b/lib/OpenCloud/Common/Exceptions/DomainNotFoundException.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07ddfb608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/OpenCloud/Common/Exceptions/DomainNotFoundException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 Rackspace US, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+namespace OpenCloud\Common\Exceptions;
+
+class DomainNotFoundException extends \Exception
+{
+}
diff --git a/lib/OpenCloud/DNS/Service.php b/lib/OpenCloud/DNS/Service.php
index 9d3bbc9dd..651353e14 100644
--- a/lib/OpenCloud/DNS/Service.php
+++ b/lib/OpenCloud/DNS/Service.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 use OpenCloud\Common\Http\Message\Formatter;
 use OpenCloud\Common\Service\CatalogService;
+use OpenCloud\Common\Exceptions\DomainNotFoundException;
 use OpenCloud\DNS\Collection\DnsIterator;
 use OpenCloud\DNS\Resource\AsyncResponse;
 use OpenCloud\DNS\Resource\Domain;
@@ -55,6 +56,24 @@ public function domain($info = null)
         return $this->resource('Domain', $info);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a domain, given a domain name
+     *
+     * @param string $domainName Domain name
+     * @return Domain the domain object
+     */
+    public function domainByName($domainName)
+    {
+        $domainList = $this->domainList(array("name" => $domainName));
+
+        if (count($domainList) != 1) {
+            throw new DomainNotFoundException();
+        }
+
+        return $this->resource('Domain', $domainList[0]);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Returns a collection of domains
      *
diff --git a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/DNS/ServiceTest.php b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/DNS/ServiceTest.php
index 73da7403e..9503e0409 100644
--- a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/DNS/ServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/DNS/ServiceTest.php
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ public function testDomain()
         $this->assertInstanceOf('OpenCloud\DNS\Resource\Domain', $this->service->domain());
     }
 
+    public function testDomainByName()
+    {
+        $this->addMockSubscriber($this->makeResponse('{"domains":[{"name":"region2.example.net","id":2725352,"updated":"2011-06-23T20:21:06.000+0000","created":"2011-06-23T19:24:27.000+0000"}],"totalEntries":114}', 200));
+        $domain = $this->service->domainByName("region2.example.net");
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('OpenCloud\DNS\Resource\Domain', $domain);
+        $this->assertEquals("region2.example.net", $domain->getName());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException OpenCloud\Common\Exceptions\DomainNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function testDomainByNameWhenDomainNotFound()
+    {
+        $this->addMockSubscriber($this->makeResponse('{"domains":[],"totalEntries":114}', 200));
+        $domain = $this->service->domainByName("region2.example.net");
+    }
+
     /**
      * @mockFile Domain_List
      */