diff --git a/accounts/pkg/service/v0/groups.go b/accounts/pkg/service/v0/groups.go
index 6d48fbcda..1c1132e98 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/service/v0/groups.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/service/v0/groups.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/storage"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@ func (s Service) ListGroups(c context.Context, in *proto.ListGroupsRequest, out
 		searchResults, _ = s.index.FindByPartial(&proto.Group{}, "DisplayName", "*")
 	}
 
+	var startsWithIDQuery = regexp.MustCompile(`^startswith\(id,'(.*)'\)$`)
+	match := startsWithIDQuery.FindStringSubmatch(in.Query)
+	if len(match) == 2 {
+		searchResults = []string{match[1]}
+	}
+
 	for _, hit := range searchResults {
 		g := &proto.Group{}
 		if err = s.repo.LoadGroup(c, hit, g); err != nil {