diff --git a/packages/rocketchat-api/server/v1/groups.js b/packages/rocketchat-api/server/v1/groups.js
index abef31491b2..6d5e77d5913 100644
--- a/packages/rocketchat-api/server/v1/groups.js
+++ b/packages/rocketchat-api/server/v1/groups.js
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ function findPrivateGroupById({ roomId, userId, checkedArchived = true }) {
 
 	return roomSub;
 }
+function findPrivateGroupByName({ roomName, userId, checkedArchived = true }) {
+	if (!roomName || !roomName.trim()) {
+		return RocketChat.API.v1.failure('Body param "roomName" is required');
+	}
+	
+	const roomSub = RocketChat.models.Subscriptions.findOneByRoomNameAndUserId(roomName, userId);
+
+	if (!roomSub || roomSub.t !== 'p') {
+		return RocketChat.API.v1.failure(`No private group found by the name of: ${roomName}`);
+	}
+
+	if (checkedArchived && roomSub.archived) {
+		return RocketChat.API.v1.failure(`The private group, ${roomSub.name}, is already archived`);
+	}
+
+	return roomSub;
+}
 
 RocketChat.API.v1.addRoute('groups.addModerator', { authRequired: true }, {
 	post: function() {
@@ -227,7 +244,12 @@ RocketChat.API.v1.addRoute('groups.history', { authRequired: true }, {
 
 RocketChat.API.v1.addRoute('groups.info', { authRequired: true }, {
 	get: function() {
-		const findResult = findPrivateGroupById({ roomId: this.queryParams.roomId, userId: this.userId, checkedArchived: false });
+		let findResult;
+		if(this.queryParams.roomId) {
+			findResult = findPrivateGroupById({ roomId: this.queryParams.roomId, userId: this.userId, checkedArchived: false });
+		} else if(this.queryParams.roomName) {
+			findResult = findPrivateGroupByName({ roomName: this.queryParams.roomName, userId: this.userId, checkedArchived: false });
+		}
 
 		//The find method returns either with the group or the failure
 		if (findResult.statusCode) {
@@ -235,7 +257,7 @@ RocketChat.API.v1.addRoute('groups.info', { authRequired: true }, {
 		}
 
 		return RocketChat.API.v1.success({
-			group: RocketChat.models.Rooms.findOneById(findResult.rid, { fields: RocketChat.API.v1.defaultFieldsToExclude })
+			group: RocketChat.models.Rooms.findOneByName(findResult.name, { fields: RocketChat.API.v1.defaultFieldsToExclude })
 		});
 	}
 });
diff --git a/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/models/Subscriptions.coffee b/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/models/Subscriptions.coffee
index ddeb5e4e357..c2376b06927 100644
--- a/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/models/Subscriptions.coffee
+++ b/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/models/Subscriptions.coffee
@@ -19,19 +19,28 @@ class ModelSubscriptions extends RocketChat.models._Base
 		this.cache.ensureIndex('rid', 'array')
 		this.cache.ensureIndex('u._id', 'array')
 		this.cache.ensureIndex(['rid', 'u._id'], 'unique')
+		this.cache.ensureIndex(['name', 'u._id'], 'unique')
 
 
 	# FIND ONE
 	findOneByRoomIdAndUserId: (roomId, userId) ->
 		if this.useCache
 			return this.cache.findByIndex('rid,u._id', [roomId, userId]).fetch()
-
 		query =
 			rid: roomId
 			"u._id": userId
 
 		return @findOne query
 
+	findOneByRoomNameAndUserId: (roomName, userId) ->
+		if this.useCache
+			return this.cache.findByIndex('name,u._id', [roomName, userId]).fetch()
+		query =
+			name: roomName
+			"u._id": userId
+
+		return @findOne query
+
 	# FIND
 	findByUserId: (userId, options) ->
 		if this.useCache