diff --git a/src/lib/BravoClient.ts b/src/lib/BravoClient.ts
index 97ae6b2..071be4c 100644
--- a/src/lib/BravoClient.ts
+++ b/src/lib/BravoClient.ts
@@ -472,14 +472,32 @@ export class BravoClient extends FavroClient {
     return await find(await this.listColumns(widgetCommonId), matchFunction);
   }
 
-  async findColumnById(widgetCommonId: string, columnId: string) {
-    const column = await find(
-      await this.listColumns(widgetCommonId),
-      (col) => col.columnId == columnId,
-    );
+  async findColumnById(
+    columnCommonId: string,
+  ): Promise<BravoColumn | undefined>;
+  async findColumnById(
+    widgetCommonId: string,
+    columnId: string,
+  ): Promise<BravoColumn | undefined>;
+  async findColumnById(
+    widgetOrColumnId: string,
+    columnId?: string,
+  ): Promise<BravoColumn | undefined> {
+    const column = columnId
+      ? await find(
+          await this.listColumns(widgetOrColumnId),
+          (col) => col.columnId == columnId,
+        )
+      : ((await (
+          await this.requestWithReturnedEntities(
+            `columns/${widgetOrColumnId}`,
+            { method: 'get' },
+            BravoColumn,
+          )
+        ).getFirstEntity()) as BravoColumn);
     assertBravoClaim(
       column,
-      `Column with id ${columnId} does not exist on Widget with id ${widgetCommonId}`,
+      `Column with id ${columnId} does not exist on Widget with id ${widgetOrColumnId}`,
     );
     return column;
   }
diff --git a/src/test/client.test.ts b/src/test/client.test.ts
index 6e94742..7e8348b 100644
--- a/src/test/client.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/client.test.ts
@@ -347,6 +347,11 @@ describe('BravoClient', function () {
       const foundColumn = await testWidget.findColumnByName(testColumnName);
       assertBravoTestClaim(foundColumn);
       expect(foundColumn!.equals(testColumn)).to.be.true;
+
+      expect(
+        (await client.findColumnById(testColumn.columnId))?.equals(foundColumn),
+        'Should be able to directly find',
+      ).to.be.true;
     });
 
     it('can create a webhook', async function () {