diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ffe2d23..124efef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+* New function for retrieving runs by their run folder name.
+
 ### Changes
 
 * Change tests to use secure variant of database config that stops logging secrets
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
-* `validate_runfolder` function to npgtracking.db.retrieval 
+* `validate_runfolder` function to npgtracking.db.retrieval
 
 ## [0.2.0] - 2025-12-12
 
diff --git a/src/npgtracking/db/retrieval.py b/src/npgtracking/db/retrieval.py
index 0ab8cdb..8e53317 100644
--- a/src/npgtracking/db/retrieval.py
+++ b/src/npgtracking/db/retrieval.py
@@ -129,3 +129,9 @@ def validate_runfolder(session: Session, id_run: int, runfolder_name: str) -> bo
     if not run:
         raise ValueError(f"Run with ID {id_run} does not exist.")
     return run.folder_name == runfolder_name
+
+
+def get_run_by_runfolder(session: Session, run_folder_name: str) -> Run:
+    return session.execute(
+        select(Run).where(Run.folder_name == run_folder_name)
+    ).scalar_one()
diff --git a/tests/test_retrieval.py b/tests/test_retrieval.py
index 52d01f6..ed77367 100644
--- a/tests/test_retrieval.py
+++ b/tests/test_retrieval.py
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 
 from pytest import mark as m
 from pytest import raises
+from sqlalchemy.exc import NoResultFound
 
 from npgtracking.db.retrieval import (
     get_run_by_id,
+    get_run_by_runfolder,
     get_runs_by_currentstatus,
     validate_runfolder,
 )
@@ -119,3 +121,18 @@ def test_validate_runfolder(self, tracking_session):
     def test_validate_runfolder_error(self, tracking_session):
         with raises(ValueError, match="Run with ID 1 does not exist"):
             validate_runfolder(tracking_session, 1, "430591-20251204_1628")
+
+    @m.context("When retrieving a Run by an invalid runfolder_name")
+    @m.it("An exception is raised")
+    def test_run_by_bad_runfolder_name(self, tracking_session):
+        with raises(NoResultFound):
+            get_run_by_runfolder(tracking_session, "/not/here")
+
+        with raises(NoResultFound):
+            get_run_by_runfolder(tracking_session, None)
+
+    @m.context("When retrieving a Run by a valid runfolder_name")
+    @m.it("A single valid Run object is returned")
+    def test_run_by_runfolder_name(self, tracking_session):
+        run = get_run_by_runfolder(tracking_session, "424091-20250823_0117")
+        assert run.id_run == 50001