diff --git a/api4/post.go b/api4/post.go
index ad2a16f836..3a6cb7b981 100644
--- a/api4/post.go
+++ b/api4/post.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func (api *API) InitPost() {
 	api.BaseRoutes.Posts.Handle("", api.APISessionRequired(createPost)).Methods("POST")
 	api.BaseRoutes.Post.Handle("", api.APISessionRequired(getPost)).Methods("GET")
 	api.BaseRoutes.Post.Handle("", api.APISessionRequired(deletePost)).Methods("DELETE")
+	api.BaseRoutes.Posts.Handle("/ids", api.APISessionRequired(getPostsByIds)).Methods("POST")
 	api.BaseRoutes.Posts.Handle("/ephemeral", api.APISessionRequired(createEphemeralPost)).Methods("POST")
 	api.BaseRoutes.Post.Handle("/thread", api.APISessionRequired(getPostThread)).Methods("GET")
 	api.BaseRoutes.Post.Handle("/files/info", api.APISessionRequired(getFileInfosForPost)).Methods("GET")
@@ -408,6 +409,57 @@ func getPost(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+func getPostsByIds(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	postIDs := model.ArrayFromJSON(r.Body)
+
+	if len(postIDs) == 0 {
+		c.SetInvalidParam("post_ids")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(postIDs) > 1000 {
+		c.Err = model.NewAppError("getPostsByIds", "api.post.posts_by_ids.invalid_body.request_error", map[string]interface{}{"MaxLength": 1000}, "", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	postsList, err := c.App.GetPostsByIds(postIDs)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Err = err
+		return
+	}
+
+	var posts = []*model.Post{}
+	channelMap := make(map[string]*model.Channel)
+
+	for _, post := range postsList {
+		var channel *model.Channel
+		if val, ok := channelMap[post.ChannelId]; ok {
+			channel = val
+		} else {
+			channel, err = c.App.GetChannel(post.ChannelId)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.Err = err
+				return
+			}
+			channelMap[channel.Id] = channel
+		}
+
+		if !c.App.SessionHasPermissionToChannel(*c.AppContext.Session(), channel.Id, model.PermissionReadChannel) {
+			if channel.Type != model.ChannelTypeOpen || (channel.Type == model.ChannelTypeOpen && !c.App.SessionHasPermissionToTeam(*c.AppContext.Session(), channel.TeamId, model.PermissionReadPublicChannel)) {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		post = c.App.PreparePostForClient(post, false, false)
+
+		posts = append(posts, post)
+	}
+
+	if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(posts); err != nil {
+		mlog.Warn("Error while writing response", mlog.Err(err))
+	}
+}
+
 func deletePost(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	c.RequirePostId()
 	if c.Err != nil {
diff --git a/api4/post_test.go b/api4/post_test.go
index 31159c4356..1529525d35 100644
--- a/api4/post_test.go
+++ b/api4/post_test.go
@@ -2735,3 +2735,26 @@ func TestSetPostUnreadWithoutCollapsedThreads(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, int64(3), channelUnread.MsgCountRoot)
 	})
 }
+func TestGetPostsByIds(t *testing.T) {
+	th := Setup(t).InitBasic()
+	defer th.TearDown()
+	client := th.Client
+
+	post1 := th.CreatePost()
+	post2 := th.CreatePost()
+
+	posts, response, err := client.GetPostsByIds([]string{post1.Id, post2.Id})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	CheckOKStatus(t, response)
+	require.Len(t, posts, 2, "wrong number returned")
+	require.Equal(t, posts[0].Id, post2.Id)
+	require.Equal(t, posts[1].Id, post1.Id)
+
+	_, response, err = client.GetPostsByIds([]string{})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	CheckBadRequestStatus(t, response)
+
+	_, response, err = client.GetPostsByIds([]string{"abc123"})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	CheckNotFoundStatus(t, response)
+}
diff --git a/app/app_iface.go b/app/app_iface.go
index 929a7d3f85..d5a3824642 100644
--- a/app/app_iface.go
+++ b/app/app_iface.go
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ type AppIface interface {
 	GetPostsAfterPost(options model.GetPostsOptions) (*model.PostList, *model.AppError)
 	GetPostsAroundPost(before bool, options model.GetPostsOptions) (*model.PostList, *model.AppError)
 	GetPostsBeforePost(options model.GetPostsOptions) (*model.PostList, *model.AppError)
+	GetPostsByIds(postIDs []string) ([]*model.Post, *model.AppError)
 	GetPostsEtag(channelID string, collapsedThreads bool) string
 	GetPostsForChannelAroundLastUnread(channelID, userID string, limitBefore, limitAfter int, skipFetchThreads bool, collapsedThreads, collapsedThreadsExtended bool) (*model.PostList, *model.AppError)
 	GetPostsPage(options model.GetPostsOptions) (*model.PostList, *model.AppError)
diff --git a/app/opentracing/opentracing_layer.go b/app/opentracing/opentracing_layer.go
index e68daa0817..87f48b4680 100644
--- a/app/opentracing/opentracing_layer.go
+++ b/app/opentracing/opentracing_layer.go
@@ -7570,6 +7570,28 @@ func (a *OpenTracingAppLayer) GetPostsBeforePost(options model.GetPostsOptions)
 	return resultVar0, resultVar1
 }
 
+func (a *OpenTracingAppLayer) GetPostsByIds(postIDs []string) ([]*model.Post, *model.AppError) {
+	origCtx := a.ctx
+	span, newCtx := tracing.StartSpanWithParentByContext(a.ctx, "app.GetPostsByIds")
+
+	a.ctx = newCtx
+	a.app.Srv().Store.SetContext(newCtx)
+	defer func() {
+		a.app.Srv().Store.SetContext(origCtx)
+		a.ctx = origCtx
+	}()
+
+	defer span.Finish()
+	resultVar0, resultVar1 := a.app.GetPostsByIds(postIDs)
+
+	if resultVar1 != nil {
+		span.LogFields(spanlog.Error(resultVar1))
+		ext.Error.Set(span, true)
+	}
+
+	return resultVar0, resultVar1
+}
+
 func (a *OpenTracingAppLayer) GetPostsEtag(channelID string, collapsedThreads bool) string {
 	origCtx := a.ctx
 	span, newCtx := tracing.StartSpanWithParentByContext(a.ctx, "app.GetPostsEtag")
diff --git a/app/post.go b/app/post.go
index bc69ca9b5d..6994c9db24 100644
--- a/app/post.go
+++ b/app/post.go
@@ -1670,3 +1670,18 @@ func (a *App) GetPostIfAuthorized(postID string, session *model.Session) (*model
 
 	return post, nil
 }
+
+func (a *App) GetPostsByIds(postIDs []string) ([]*model.Post, *model.AppError) {
+	posts, err := a.Srv().Store.Post().GetPostsByIds(postIDs)
+	if err != nil {
+		var nfErr *store.ErrNotFound
+		switch {
+		case errors.As(err, &nfErr):
+			return nil, model.NewAppError("GetPostsByIds", "app.post.get.app_error", nil, nfErr.Error(), http.StatusNotFound)
+		default:
+			return nil, model.NewAppError("GetPostsByIds", "app.post.get.app_error", nil, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return posts, nil
+}
diff --git a/i18n/en.json b/i18n/en.json
index a850ad3c3e..321beb8d2c 100644
--- a/i18n/en.json
+++ b/i18n/en.json
@@ -2215,6 +2215,10 @@
     "id": "api.post.patch_post.can_not_update_post_in_deleted.error",
     "translation": "Can not update a post in a deleted channel."
   },
+  {
+    "id": "api.post.posts_by_ids.invalid_body.request_error",
+    "translation": "The number of Post IDs received has exceeded the maximum size of {{.MaxLength}}"
+  },
   {
     "id": "api.post.search_files.invalid_body.app_error",
     "translation": "Unable to parse the request body."
diff --git a/model/client4.go b/model/client4.go
index e820a7abfd..dd9de4d000 100644
--- a/model/client4.go
+++ b/model/client4.go
@@ -3768,6 +3768,27 @@ func (c *Client4) GetPostsForChannel(channelId string, page, perPage int, etag s
 	return &list, BuildResponse(r), nil
 }
 
+// GetPostsByIds gets a list of posts by taking an array of post ids
+func (c *Client4) GetPostsByIds(postIds []string) ([]*Post, *Response, error) {
+	js, jsonErr := json.Marshal(postIds)
+	if jsonErr != nil {
+		return nil, nil, NewAppError("SearchFilesWithParams", "api.marshal_error", nil, jsonErr.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	}
+	r, err := c.DoAPIPost(c.postsRoute()+"/ids", string(js))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, BuildResponse(r), err
+	}
+	defer closeBody(r)
+	var list []*Post
+	if r.StatusCode == http.StatusNotModified {
+		return list, BuildResponse(r), nil
+	}
+	if jsonErr := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&list); jsonErr != nil {
+		return nil, nil, NewAppError("GetPostsByIds", "api.unmarshal_error", nil, jsonErr.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	}
+	return list, BuildResponse(r), nil
+}
+
 // GetFlaggedPostsForUser returns flagged posts of a user based on user id string.
 func (c *Client4) GetFlaggedPostsForUser(userId string, page int, perPage int) (*PostList, *Response, error) {
 	query := fmt.Sprintf("?page=%v&per_page=%v", page, perPage)
diff --git a/store/sqlstore/post_store.go b/store/sqlstore/post_store.go
index 9f12f745c1..6504bdd0b4 100644
--- a/store/sqlstore/post_store.go
+++ b/store/sqlstore/post_store.go
@@ -1978,6 +1978,9 @@ func (s *SqlPostStore) GetPostsByIds(postIds []string) ([]*model.Post, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to find Posts")
 	}
+	if len(posts) == 0 {
+		return nil, store.NewErrNotFound("Post", fmt.Sprintf("postIds=%v", postIds))
+	}
 	return posts, nil
 }