diff --git a/pokesay.go b/pokesay.go
index 61048ea1..ee75dd38 100644
--- a/pokesay.go
+++ b/pokesay.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func parseFlags() pokesay.Args {
 
 	// selection/filtering
 	name := getopt.StringLong("name", 'n', "", "choose a pokemon from a specific name")
+	id := getopt.StringLong("id", 'i', "", "choose a pokemon from a specific ID (see `pokesay -l` for IDs)")
 	category := getopt.StringLong("category", 'c', "", "choose a pokemon from a specific category")
 
 	// list operations
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ func parseFlags() pokesay.Args {
 			ListNames:      *listNames,
 			Category:       *category,
 			NameToken:      *name,
+			IDToken:        *id,
 			JapaneseName:   *japaneseName,
 			BoxCharacters:  pokesay.DetermineBoxCharacters(*unicodeBorders),
 			DrawInfoBorder: *drawInfoBorder,
@@ -155,6 +157,30 @@ func runPrintByName(args pokesay.Args) {
 	t.PrintJson()
 }
 
+// runPrintByName prints a pokemon corresponding to a specific ID
+// - This reads a struct of {name -> metadata indexes} from the embedded filesystem
+// - It loads the specific metadata index, loads the corresponding metadata file, and then chooses a random entry
+// - Finally, it prints the pokemon
+func runPrintByID(args pokesay.Args) {
+	t := timer.NewTimer("runPrintByName", true)
+
+	names := pokedex.ReadStructFromBytes[map[string][]int](GOBAllNames)
+
+	_, idx := strconv.Atoi(args.IDToken)
+	for i, name := range names {
+		if i == idx {
+			fmt.Println("found", i, name)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	json, _ := json.MarshalIndent(names, "", strings.Repeat(" ", 2))
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, string(json))
+
+	t.Stop()
+	t.PrintJson()
+}
+
 // runPrintByCategory prints a pokemon matched by a category
 // - This loads a GOB file containing a pokemon "category" search struct from the embedded filesystem
 // - It chooses a random category file from the corresponding category directory
@@ -243,6 +269,8 @@ func main() {
 		runPrintByNameAndCategory(args)
 	} else if args.NameToken != "" {
 		runPrintByName(args)
+	} else if args.IDToken != "" {
+		runPrintByID(args)
 	} else if args.Category != "" {
 		runPrintByCategory(args)
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/pokesay/print.go b/src/pokesay/print.go
index 43f06030..2384d3c5 100644
--- a/src/pokesay/print.go
+++ b/src/pokesay/print.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type Args struct {
 	ListNames      bool
 	Category       string
 	NameToken      string
+	IDToken        string
 	JapaneseName   bool
 	BoxCharacters  *BoxCharacters
 	DrawInfoBorder bool