diff --git a/templates/zerver/api/changelog.md b/templates/zerver/api/changelog.md
index fa4c28e33f..6bffb6a552 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/api/changelog.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/api/changelog.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ below features are supported.
 
 ## Changes in Zulip 4.0
 
+**Feature level 43**
+
+* [`GET /users/{user_id_or_email}/presence`]: Added support for
+ passing the `user_id` to identify the target user.
+
 **Feature level 42**
 
 * `PATCH /settings/display`: Added a new `default_view` setting allowing
diff --git a/templates/zerver/api/get-user-presence.md b/templates/zerver/api/get-user-presence.md
index 581a1e0e57..83ab5a5005 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/api/get-user-presence.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/api/get-user-presence.md
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 # Get user presence
 
-{generate_api_description(/users/{email}/presence:get)}
+{generate_api_description(/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:get)}
 
 ## Usage examples
 
 {start_tabs}
 {tab|python}
 
-{generate_code_example(python)|/users/{email}/presence:get|example}
+{generate_code_example(python)|/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:get|example}
 
 {tab|curl}
 
-{generate_code_example(curl)|/users/{email}/presence:get|example}
+{generate_code_example(curl)|/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:get|example}
 
 {end_tabs}
 
 ## Parameters
 
-{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/users/{email}/presence:get}
+{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:get}
 
 ## Response
 
 #### Return values
 
-{generate_return_values_table|zulip.yaml|/users/{email}/presence:get}
+{generate_return_values_table|zulip.yaml|/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:get}
 
 #### Example response
 
 A typical successful JSON response may look like:
 
-{generate_code_example|/users/{email}/presence:get|fixture(200)}
+{generate_code_example|/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:get|fixture(200)}
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index b04a7e4c68..3240c85025 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DESKTOP_WARNING_VERSION = "5.2.0"
 #
 # Changes should be accompanied by documentation explaining what the
 # new level means in templates/zerver/api/changelog.md.
-API_FEATURE_LEVEL = 42
+API_FEATURE_LEVEL = 43
 
 # Bump the minor PROVISION_VERSION to indicate that folks should provision
 # only when going from an old version of the code to a newer version. Bump
diff --git a/zerver/openapi/curl_param_value_generators.py b/zerver/openapi/curl_param_value_generators.py
index 71fb467e63..27d449377d 100644
--- a/zerver/openapi/curl_param_value_generators.py
+++ b/zerver/openapi/curl_param_value_generators.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def delete_event_queue() -> Dict[str, object]:
     }
 
 
-@openapi_param_value_generator(["/users/{email}/presence:get"])
+@openapi_param_value_generator(["/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:get"])
 def get_user_presence() -> Dict[str, object]:
     iago = helpers.example_user("iago")
     client = Client.objects.create(name="curl-test-client-3")
diff --git a/zerver/openapi/python_examples.py b/zerver/openapi/python_examples.py
index 4e097140e4..bc96499527 100644
--- a/zerver/openapi/python_examples.py
+++ b/zerver/openapi/python_examples.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def test_authorization_errors_fatal(client: Client, nonadmin_client: Client) ->
     validate_against_openapi_schema(result, "/users/me/subscriptions", "post", "400_1")
 
 
-@openapi_test_function("/users/{email}/presence:get")
+@openapi_test_function("/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:get")
 def get_user_presence(client: Client) -> None:
 
     # {code_example|start}
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def get_user_presence(client: Client) -> None:
     result = client.get_user_presence("iago@zulip.com")
     # {code_example|end}
 
-    validate_against_openapi_schema(result, "/users/{email}/presence", "get", "200")
+    validate_against_openapi_schema(result, "/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence", "get", "200")
 
 
 @openapi_test_function("/users/me/presence:post")
diff --git a/zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml b/zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml
index 09fc9094d4..9bb5875afd 100644
--- a/zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml
+++ b/zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml
@@ -4260,7 +4260,7 @@ paths:
                   - $ref: "#/components/schemas/JsonSuccess"
                   - example: {"msg": "", "result": "success"}
 
-  /users/{email}/presence:
+  /users/{user_id_or_email}/presence:
     get:
       operationId: get_user_presence
       tags: ["users"]
@@ -4273,16 +4273,19 @@ paths:
         presence endpoint, which returns data for all active users in the
         organization, instead.
 
-        `GET {{ api_url }}/v1/users/{email}/presence`
+        `GET {{ api_url }}/v1/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence`
 
         See
         [Zulip's developer documentation](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subsystems/presence.html)
         for details on the data model for presence in Zulip.
       parameters:
-        - name: email
+        - name: user_id_or_email
           in: path
           description: |
-            The email address of the user whose presence you want to fetch.
+            The user_id or Zulip display email address of the user whose presence you want to fetch.
+
+            **Changes**: New in Zulip 4.0 (feature level 43). Previous versions only supported
+            identifying the user by Zulip display email.
           schema:
             type: string
           example: iago@zulip.com
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_openapi.py b/zerver/tests/test_openapi.py
index ecc8e73862..2ca4748506 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_openapi.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_openapi.py
@@ -1063,7 +1063,10 @@ class OpenAPIRegexTest(ZulipTestCase):
             find_openapi_endpoint("/users/23/subscriptions/21")
             == "/users/{user_id}/subscriptions/{stream_id}"
         )
-        assert find_openapi_endpoint("/users/iago@zulip.com/presence") == "/users/{email}/presence"
+        assert (
+            find_openapi_endpoint("/users/iago@zulip.com/presence")
+            == "/users/{user_id_or_email}/presence"
+        )
         assert find_openapi_endpoint("/users/iago@zulip.com") == "/users/{email}"
         assert find_openapi_endpoint("/messages/23") == "/messages/{message_id}"
         assert find_openapi_endpoint("/realm/emoji/realm_emoji_1") == "/realm/emoji/{emoji_name}"
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_presence.py b/zerver/tests/test_presence.py
index 4fc03da00b..466264d40b 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_presence.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_presence.py
@@ -464,10 +464,17 @@ class SingleUserPresenceTests(ZulipTestCase):
         result = self.client_get("/json/users/cordelia@zulip.com/presence")
         self.assert_json_error(result, "No presence data for cordelia@zulip.com")
 
+        cordelia = self.example_user("cordelia")
+        result = self.client_get(f"/json/users/{cordelia.id}/presence")
+        self.assert_json_error(result, f"No presence data for {cordelia.id}")
+
         do_deactivate_user(self.example_user("cordelia"))
         result = self.client_get("/json/users/cordelia@zulip.com/presence")
         self.assert_json_error(result, "No such user")
 
+        result = self.client_get(f"/json/users/{cordelia.id}/presence")
+        self.assert_json_error(result, "No such user")
+
         result = self.client_get("/json/users/default-bot@zulip.com/presence")
         self.assert_json_error(result, "Presence is not supported for bot users.")
 
@@ -476,6 +483,10 @@ class SingleUserPresenceTests(ZulipTestCase):
         result = self.client_get("/json/users/othello@zulip.com/presence", subdomain="zephyr")
         self.assert_json_error(result, "No such user")
 
+        othello = self.example_user("othello")
+        result = self.client_get(f"/json/users/{othello.id}/presence", subdomain="zephyr")
+        self.assert_json_error(result, "No such user")
+
         # Then, we check everything works
         self.login("hamlet")
         result = self.client_get("/json/users/othello@zulip.com/presence")
@@ -485,6 +496,13 @@ class SingleUserPresenceTests(ZulipTestCase):
         )
         self.assertEqual(set(result_dict["presence"]["website"].keys()), {"status", "timestamp"})
 
+        result = self.client_get(f"/json/users/{othello.id}/presence")
+        result_dict = result.json()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(result_dict["presence"].keys()), {"ZulipAndroid", "website", "aggregated"}
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(set(result_dict["presence"]["website"].keys()), {"status", "timestamp"})
+
     def test_ping_only(self) -> None:
 
         self.login("othello")
diff --git a/zerver/views/presence.py b/zerver/views/presence.py
index 23840dcfe0..bd373cb2a8 100644
--- a/zerver/views/presence.py
+++ b/zerver/views/presence.py
@@ -13,25 +13,40 @@ from zerver.lib.request import REQ, JsonableError, has_request_variables
 from zerver.lib.response import json_error, json_success
 from zerver.lib.timestamp import datetime_to_timestamp
 from zerver.lib.validator import check_bool, check_capped_string
-from zerver.models import UserActivity, UserPresence, UserProfile, get_active_user
+from zerver.models import (
+    UserActivity,
+    UserPresence,
+    UserProfile,
+    get_active_user,
+    get_active_user_profile_by_id_in_realm,
+)
 
 
 def get_presence_backend(
-    request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile, email: str
+    request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile, user_id_or_email: str
 ) -> HttpResponse:
     # This isn't used by the webapp; it's available for API use by
     # bots and other clients.  We may want to add slim_presence
     # support for it (or just migrate its API wholesale) later.
+
     try:
-        target = get_active_user(email, user_profile.realm)
+        try:
+            user_id = int(user_id_or_email)
+            target = get_active_user_profile_by_id_in_realm(user_id, user_profile.realm)
+        except ValueError:
+            email = user_id_or_email
+            target = get_active_user(email, user_profile.realm)
     except UserProfile.DoesNotExist:
         return json_error(_("No such user"))
+
     if target.is_bot:
         return json_error(_("Presence is not supported for bot users."))
 
     presence_dict = get_presence_for_user(target.id)
     if len(presence_dict) == 0:
-        return json_error(_("No presence data for {email}").format(email=email))
+        return json_error(
+            _("No presence data for {user_id_or_email}").format(user_id_or_email=user_id_or_email)
+        )
 
     # For initial version, we just include the status and timestamp keys
     result = dict(presence=presence_dict[target.email])
diff --git a/zproject/urls.py b/zproject/urls.py
index a586f6b4c8..64ac4b7bc5 100644
--- a/zproject/urls.py
+++ b/zproject/urls.py
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ v1_api_and_json_patterns = [
     # It's important that this sit after users/me/presence so that
     # Django's URL resolution order doesn't break the
     # /users/me/presence endpoint.
-    rest_path("users/<email>/presence", GET=get_presence_backend),
+    rest_path("users/<user_id_or_email>/presence", GET=get_presence_backend),
     rest_path("realm/presence", GET=get_statuses_for_realm),
     rest_path("users/me/status", POST=update_user_status_backend),
     # user_groups -> zerver.views.user_groups