diff --git a/api/endpoints.go b/api/endpoints.go
index f8dd4676..ad772011 100644
--- a/api/endpoints.go
+++ b/api/endpoints.go
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ const (
 	// 		MIMEApplicationVendorIOTASerializerV2 => bytes.
 	CoreEndpointOutputWithMetadata = "/outputs/{outputId}/full"
 
+	// CoreEndpointTransaction is the endpoint for getting a transaction by its transaction ID.
+	// GET returns the transaction.
+	// "Accept" header:
+	// 		MIMEApplicationJSON => json.
+	// 		MIMEApplicationVendorIOTASerializerV2 => bytes.
+	CoreEndpointTransaction = "/transactions/{transactionId}"
+
 	// CoreEndpointTransactionsIncludedBlock is the endpoint for getting the block that was first confirmed for a given transaction ID.
 	// GET returns the block.
 	// "Accept" header:
@@ -303,6 +310,7 @@ var (
 	CoreRouteOutput                            = route(CorePluginName, CoreEndpointOutput)
 	CoreRouteOutputMetadata                    = route(CorePluginName, CoreEndpointOutputMetadata)
 	CoreRouteOutputWithMetadata                = route(CorePluginName, CoreEndpointOutputWithMetadata)
+	CoreRouteTransaction                       = route(CorePluginName, CoreEndpointTransaction)
 	CoreRouteTransactionsIncludedBlock         = route(CorePluginName, CoreEndpointTransactionsIncludedBlock)
 	CoreRouteTransactionsIncludedBlockMetadata = route(CorePluginName, CoreEndpointTransactionsIncludedBlockMetadata)
 	CoreRouteTransactionsMetadata              = route(CorePluginName, CoreEndpointTransactionsMetadata)
diff --git a/nodeclient/http_api_client.go b/nodeclient/http_api_client.go
index 7635e0f8..262e74d7 100644
--- a/nodeclient/http_api_client.go
+++ b/nodeclient/http_api_client.go
@@ -450,6 +450,24 @@ func (client *Client) OutputWithMetadataByID(ctx context.Context, outputID iotag
 	return outputResponse.Output, outputResponse.Metadata, nil
 }
 
+// TransactionByID gets a transaction by its ID from the node.
+func (client *Client) TransactionByID(ctx context.Context, txID iotago.TransactionID) (*iotago.Transaction, error) {
+	query := client.endpointReplaceTransactionIDParameter(api.CoreRouteTransaction, txID)
+
+	res := new(RawDataEnvelope)
+	//nolint:bodyclose
+	if _, err := client.DoWithRequestHeaderHook(ctx, http.MethodGet, query, RequestHeaderHookAcceptIOTASerializerV2, nil, res); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	tx := new(iotago.Transaction)
+	if _, err := client.CommittedAPI().Decode(res.Data, tx, serix.WithValidation()); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return tx, nil
+}
+
 // TransactionIncludedBlock get a block that included the given transaction ID in the ledger.
 func (client *Client) TransactionIncludedBlock(ctx context.Context, txID iotago.TransactionID) (*iotago.Block, error) {
 	query := client.endpointReplaceTransactionIDParameter(api.CoreRouteTransactionsIncludedBlock, txID)
diff --git a/nodeclient/http_api_client_test.go b/nodeclient/http_api_client_test.go
index 927b249a..ad5cc658 100644
--- a/nodeclient/http_api_client_test.go
+++ b/nodeclient/http_api_client_test.go
@@ -463,6 +463,28 @@ func TestClient_OutputWithMetadataByID(t *testing.T) {
 	require.EqualValues(t, originMetadata, responseMetadata)
 }
 
+func TestClient_TestTransactionByID(t *testing.T) {
+	defer gock.Off()
+
+	txID := tpkg.RandTransactionID()
+
+	originTransaction := tpkg.RandTransaction(mockAPI)
+
+	mockGetBinary(api.EndpointWithNamedParameterValue(api.CoreRouteTransaction, api.ParameterTransactionID, txID.ToHex()), 200, originTransaction)
+
+	nodeAPI := nodeClient(t)
+	responseTransaction, err := nodeAPI.TransactionByID(context.Background(), txID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	originTransactionBytes, err := mockAPI.Encode(originTransaction, serix.WithValidation())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	responseTransactionBytes, err := mockAPI.Encode(responseTransaction, serix.WithValidation())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, originTransactionBytes, responseTransactionBytes)
+}
+
 func TestClient_TransactionIncludedBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	defer gock.Off()