diff --git a/firmware/controllers/sensors/sensor.cpp b/firmware/controllers/sensors/sensor.cpp
index af260bc869..18e1153201 100644
--- a/firmware/controllers/sensors/sensor.cpp
+++ b/firmware/controllers/sensors/sensor.cpp
@@ -231,3 +231,18 @@ bool Sensor::Register() {
 		entry->showInfo(getSensorName(type));
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * this is definitely not the fastest implementation possible but good enough for now?
+ * todo: some sort of hashmap in the future?
+ */
+SensorType findSensorTypeByName(const char *name) {
+    for (int i = 0;i<(int)SensorType::PlaceholderLast;i++) {
+    	SensorType type = (SensorType)i;
+    	const char *sensorName = getSensorType(type);
+    	if (strEqualCaseInsensitive(sensorName, name)) {
+    		return type;
+    	}
+    }
+    return SensorType::Invalid;
+}
diff --git a/firmware/controllers/sensors/sensor.h b/firmware/controllers/sensors/sensor.h
index 783ad89eb7..a23f02a4d9 100644
--- a/firmware/controllers/sensors/sensor.h
+++ b/firmware/controllers/sensors/sensor.h
@@ -193,3 +193,5 @@ private:
 	 */
 	static SensorRegistryEntry *getEntryForType(SensorType type);
 };
+
+SensorType findSensorTypeByName(const char *name);
diff --git a/unit_tests/tests/sensor/basic_sensor.cpp b/unit_tests/tests/sensor/basic_sensor.cpp
index 859e795016..3d09021d00 100644
--- a/unit_tests/tests/sensor/basic_sensor.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/tests/sensor/basic_sensor.cpp
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ TEST_F(SensorBasic, HasSensorMock) {
 	// Now we should!
 	ASSERT_TRUE(Sensor::hasSensor(SensorType::Clt));
 }
+
+
+TEST_F(SensorBasic, FindByName) {
+	ASSERT_EQ(SensorType::Clt, findSensorTypeByName("Clt"));
+}