diff --git a/docs/sources/developers/http_api/annotations.md b/docs/sources/developers/http_api/annotations.md
index 99c6a86195c..c0cd017b6b7 100644
--- a/docs/sources/developers/http_api/annotations.md
+++ b/docs/sources/developers/http_api/annotations.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Query Parameters:
 - `limit`: number. Optional - default is 100. Max limit for results returned.
 - `alertId`: number. Optional. Find annotations for a specified alert.
 - `dashboardId`: number. Optional. Find annotations that are scoped to a specific dashboard
+- `dashboardUID`: string. Optional. Find annotations that are scoped to a specific dashboard, when dashboardUID presents, dashboardId would be ignored.
 - `panelId`: number. Optional. Find annotations that are scoped to a specific panel
 - `userId`: number. Optional. Find annotations created by a specific user
 - `type`: string. Optional. `alert`|`annotation` Return alerts or user created annotations
diff --git a/pkg/api/annotations.go b/pkg/api/annotations.go
index 894f4382ead..5a44ebbc4fa 100644
--- a/pkg/api/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/api/annotations.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) GetAnnotations(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 		UserId:       c.QueryInt64("userId"),
 		AlertId:      c.QueryInt64("alertId"),
 		DashboardId:  c.QueryInt64("dashboardId"),
+		DashboardUid: c.Query("dashboardUID"),
 		PanelId:      c.QueryInt64("panelId"),
 		Limit:        c.QueryInt64("limit"),
 		Tags:         c.QueryStrings("tags"),
@@ -34,6 +35,16 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) GetAnnotations(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 		SignedInUser: c.SignedInUser,
 	}
 
+	// When dashboard UID present in the request, we ignore dashboard ID
+	if query.DashboardUid != "" {
+		dq := models.GetDashboardQuery{Uid: query.DashboardUid, OrgId: c.OrgId}
+		err := hs.DashboardService.GetDashboard(c.Req.Context(), &dq)
+		if err != nil {
+			return response.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "Invalid dashboard UID in the request", err)
+		}
+		query.DashboardId = dq.Id
+	}
+
 	repo := annotations.GetRepository()
 
 	items, err := repo.Find(c.Req.Context(), query)
diff --git a/pkg/api/docs/definitions/annotations.go b/pkg/api/docs/definitions/annotations.go
index b7fa844daf0..4906a012381 100644
--- a/pkg/api/docs/definitions/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/api/docs/definitions/annotations.go
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ type GetAnnotationsParams struct {
 	// in:query
 	// required:false
 	DashboardID int64 `json:"dashboardId"`
+	// Find annotations that are scoped to a specific dashboard
+	// in:query
+	// required:false
+	DashboardUID string `json:"dashboardUID"`
 	// Find annotations that are scoped to a specific panel
 	// in:query
 	// required:false
diff --git a/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go b/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
index 60130735b29..4e1f07f2d75 100644
--- a/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type ItemQuery struct {
 	UserId       int64    `json:"userId"`
 	AlertId      int64    `json:"alertId"`
 	DashboardId  int64    `json:"dashboardId"`
+	DashboardUid string   `json:"dashboardUID"`
 	PanelId      int64    `json:"panelId"`
 	AnnotationId int64    `json:"annotationId"`
 	Tags         []string `json:"tags"`
diff --git a/public/api-merged.json b/public/api-merged.json
index cf805d740b3..b607a3b2630 100644
--- a/public/api-merged.json
+++ b/public/api-merged.json
@@ -2018,6 +2018,12 @@
             "name": "dashboardId",
             "in": "query"
           },
+          {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Find annotations that are scoped to a specific dashboard",
+            "name": "dashboardUID",
+            "in": "query"
+          },
           {
             "type": "integer",
             "format": "int64",
diff --git a/public/api-spec.json b/public/api-spec.json
index d5f8ac0f284..bfb1de36b1f 100644
--- a/public/api-spec.json
+++ b/public/api-spec.json
@@ -2018,6 +2018,12 @@
             "name": "dashboardId",
             "in": "query"
           },
+          {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Find annotations that are scoped to a specific dashboard",
+            "name": "dashboardUID",
+            "in": "query"
+          },
           {
             "type": "integer",
             "format": "int64",