diff --git a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/PipelineController.groovy b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/PipelineController.groovy
index bff8e6a66d..ac15e83598 100644
--- a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/PipelineController.groovy
+++ b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/PipelineController.groovy
@@ -98,20 +98,20 @@ class PipelineController {
     pipelineService.startPipeline(map, authenticatedUser)
   }
 
-  @RequestMapping(value = "/{application}/{pipelineName:.+}", method = RequestMethod.POST)
+  @RequestMapping(value = "/{application}/{pipelineNameOrId:.+}", method = RequestMethod.POST)
   HttpEntity invokePipelineConfig(@PathVariable("application") String application,
-                                  @PathVariable("pipelineName") String pipelineName,
+                                  @PathVariable("pipelineNameOrId") String pipelineNameOrId,
                                   @RequestBody(required = false) Map trigger) {
     trigger = trigger ?: [:]
     trigger.user = trigger.user ?: AuthenticatedRequest.getSpinnakerUser().orElse('anonymous')
 
     try {
-      def body = pipelineService.trigger(application, pipelineName, trigger)
+      def body = pipelineService.trigger(application, pipelineNameOrId, trigger)
       new ResponseEntity(body, HttpStatus.ACCEPTED)
     } catch (PipelineConfigNotFoundException e) {
       throw e
     } catch (e) {
-      log.error("Unable to trigger pipeline (application: ${application}, pipelineName: ${pipelineName})", e)
+      log.error("Unable to trigger pipeline (application: ${application}, pipelineName: ${pipelineNameOrId})", e)
       new ResponseEntity([message: e.message], new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY)
     }
   }
diff --git a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/ApplicationService.groovy b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/ApplicationService.groovy
index fef817a1b3..5bc814812e 100644
--- a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/ApplicationService.groovy
+++ b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/ApplicationService.groovy
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ class ApplicationService {
     } execute()
   }
 
-  Map getPipelineConfigForApplication(String app, String pipelineName) {
+  Map getPipelineConfigForApplication(String app, String pipelineNameOrId) {
     HystrixFactory.newMapCommand(GROUP, "getPipelineConfig") {
-      front50Service.getPipelineConfigsForApplication(app).find { it.name == pipelineName }
+      front50Service.getPipelineConfigsForApplication(app).find { it.name == pipelineNameOrId || it.id == pipelineNameOrId }
     } execute()
   }
 
diff --git a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/PipelineService.groovy b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/PipelineService.groovy
index 35b46fdafc..f30e0ebf23 100644
--- a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/PipelineService.groovy
+++ b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/services/PipelineService.groovy
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ class PipelineService {
     front50Service.movePipelineConfig(moveCommand)
   }
 
-  Map trigger(String application, String pipelineName, Map trigger) {
-    def pipelineConfig = applicationService.getPipelineConfigForApplication(application, pipelineName)
+  Map trigger(String application, String pipelineNameOrId, Map trigger) {
+    def pipelineConfig = applicationService.getPipelineConfigForApplication(application, pipelineNameOrId)
     if (!pipelineConfig) {
       throw new PipelineConfigNotFoundException()
     }
diff --git a/gate-web/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/ApplicationServiceSpec.groovy b/gate-web/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/ApplicationServiceSpec.groovy
index 2a0317e864..e6ca085a0f 100644
--- a/gate-web/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/ApplicationServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/gate-web/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/ApplicationServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -230,4 +230,34 @@ class ApplicationServiceSpec extends Specification {
     "prod"      | "test"        || "prod,test"
     null        | null          || ""
   }
+
+  @Unroll
+  void "should return pipeline config based on name or id"() {
+    given:
+    HystrixRequestContext.initializeContext()
+
+    def service = new ApplicationService()
+    def front50 = Mock(Front50Service)
+    def clouddriver = Mock(ClouddriverService)
+    def config = new ServiceConfiguration(services: [front50: new Service()])
+
+    service.serviceConfiguration = config
+    service.front50Service = front50
+    service.clouddriverService = clouddriver
+    service.executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1)
+    def app = "theApp"
+
+    when:
+    def result = service.getPipelineConfigForApplication(app, nameOrId) != null
+
+    then:
+    result == expected
+    1 * front50.getPipelineConfigsForApplication(app) >> [ [ id: "by-id", name: "by-name" ] ]
+
+    where:
+    nameOrId  || expected
+    "by-id"   || true
+    "by-name" || true
+    "not-id"  || false
+  }
 }