diff --git a/src/plugins/discourse/createGraph.test.js b/src/plugins/discourse/createGraph.test.js
index 7d616c6..8e6052d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discourse/createGraph.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/discourse/createGraph.test.js
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ describe("plugins/discourse/createGraph", () => {
         "Method topicsInCategories should be unused for createGraph"
       );
     }
+    findUsername() {
+      throw new Error("Method findUsername should be unused by createGraph");
+    }
   }
 
   function example() {
diff --git a/src/plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository.js b/src/plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository.js
index 475ae10..63c1ad8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository.js
+++ b/src/plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository.js
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ export interface ReadRepository {
   topicsInCategories(
     categoryIds: $ReadOnlyArray<CategoryId>
   ): $ReadOnlyArray<TopicId>;
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the username of a user, if it exists.
+   *
+   * Note: input username is case-insensitive.
+   */
+  findUsername(username: string): ?string;
 }
 
 export type SyncHeads = {|
@@ -304,6 +311,19 @@ export class SqliteMirrorRepository
       .all();
   }
 
+  findUsername(username: string): ?string {
+    return this._db
+      .prepare(
+        dedent`\
+          SELECT username
+          FROM users
+          WHERE username = :username COLLATE NOCASE
+        `
+      )
+      .pluck()
+      .get({username});
+  }
+
   likes(): $ReadOnlyArray<LikeAction> {
     return this._db
       .prepare("SELECT post_id, username, timestamp_ms FROM likes")
diff --git a/src/plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository.test.js b/src/plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository.test.js
index cbbcbe4..89a4d52 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository.test.js
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ describe("plugins/discourse/mirrorRepository", () => {
     expect(fs.readFileSync(filename).toJSON()).toEqual(data);
   });
 
+  it("findUsername does a case-insensitive query", () => {
+    // Given
+    const db = new Database(":memory:");
+    const url = "http://example.com";
+    const username = "PascalFan1988";
+    const repository = new SqliteMirrorRepository(db, url);
+
+    // When
+    repository.addUser(username);
+    const result1 = repository.findUsername("pascalfan1988");
+    const result2 = repository.findUsername(username);
+
+    // Then
+    expect(result1).toEqual(username);
+    expect(result2).toEqual(username);
+  });
+
   it("bumpedMsForTopic finds an existing topic's bumpedMs", () => {
     // Given
     const db = new Database(":memory:");