diff --git a/src/channel.js b/src/channel.js
index 5bd91eca6..a9376ca41 100644
--- a/src/channel.js
+++ b/src/channel.js
@@ -530,8 +530,8 @@ export class Channel {
 	 *
 	 * @return {object} Server response
 	 */
-	async getReactions(message_id, options) {
-		return await this.getClient().get(
+	getReactions(message_id, options) {
+		return this.getClient().get(
 			this.getClient().baseURL + `/messages/${message_id}/reactions`,
 			{
 				...options,
@@ -539,6 +539,19 @@ export class Channel {
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * getMessagesById - Retrieves a list of messages by ID
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} messageIds The ids of the messages to retrieve from this channel
+	 *
+	 * @return {object} Server response
+	 */
+	getMessagesById(messageIds) {
+		return this.getClient().get(this._channelURL() + '/messages', {
+			ids: messageIds.join(','),
+		});
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * lastRead - returns the last time the user marked the channel as read if the user never marked the channel as read, this will return null
 	 * @return {date}
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 6eb3f867f..78200adb0 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -2624,10 +2624,54 @@ describe('Chat', function() {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('channel.getMessagesById', function() {
+		let channel;
+		const user = uuidv4();
+		const msgIds = [uuidv4(), uuidv4()];
+
+		before(async function() {
+			const client = await getTestClientForUser(user);
+			channel = client.channel('messaging', uuidv4(), {
+				members: [user],
+			});
+			await channel.create();
+			await channel.sendMessage({ id: msgIds[0], text: 'text' });
+			await channel.sendMessage({ id: msgIds[1], text: 'text' });
+			await channel.sendReaction(msgIds[0], { type: 'like' });
+			await channel.sendReaction(msgIds[1], { type: 'like' });
+		});
+
+		it('empty list', function(done) {
+			channel
+				.getMessagesById([])
+				.then(() => done('should have failed'))
+				.catch(() => done());
+		});
+
+		it('get one message and check reactions are populated', async function() {
+			const response = await channel.getMessagesById([msgIds[0]]);
+			expect(response.messages).to.be.an('array');
+			expect(response.messages).to.have.length(1);
+			expect(response.messages[0].id).to.eq(msgIds[0]);
+			expect(response.messages[0].own_reactions).to.be.an('array');
+			expect(response.messages[0].own_reactions).to.have.length(1);
+			expect(response.messages[0].latest_reactions).to.be.an('array');
+			expect(response.messages[0].latest_reactions).to.have.length(1);
+		});
+
+		it('get two message', async function() {
+			const response = await channel.getMessagesById(msgIds);
+			expect(response.messages).to.be.an('array');
+			expect(response.messages).to.have.length(2);
+			expect(msgIds.indexOf(response.messages[0].id)).to.not.eq(-1);
+			expect(msgIds.indexOf(response.messages[1].id)).to.not.eq(-1);
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('unread counts for messages send by muted users', function() {
-		let user1 = uuidv4();
-		let user2 = uuidv4(); //muted by user 1
-		let user3 = uuidv4();
+		const user1 = uuidv4();
+		const user2 = uuidv4(); //muted by user 1
+		const user3 = uuidv4();
 		let channel;
 		let client1, client2, client3;
 
diff --git a/types/stream-chat/index.d.ts b/types/stream-chat/index.d.ts
index 6ee7b7d90..9940d9bbd 100644
--- a/types/stream-chat/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/stream-chat/index.d.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ export class Channel {
   off(callbackOrString: string, callbackOrNothing: any): void;
   hide(userId?: string, clearHistory?: boolean): Promise<APIResponse>;
   show(userId?: string): Promise<APIResponse>;
+  getMessagesById(messageIds: string[]): Promise<APIResponse>;
 }
 
 export class ChannelState {