diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/index.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/index.ts
index d113c505a..b95d2d1af 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export { useEntities } from './useEntities';
 export { useEntity } from './useEntity';
 export { useEntityActions } from './useEntityActions';
+export { useEntityLookup } from './useEntityLookup';
 export { useCreateEntity } from './useCreateEntity';
 export { useDeleteEntity } from './useDeleteEntity';
 export { useDismissEntity } from './useDismissEntity';
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityLookup.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityLookup.ts
index ab0ea0b41..a49a659a4 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityLookup.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityLookup.ts
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ function findEntity<TEntity extends Entity>(
   }
 }
 
-export default useEntityLookup;
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+export { useEntityLookup };
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroupLookup.ts b/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroupLookup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89c778a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/hooks/api/groups/useGroupLookup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Entities } from 'soapbox/entity-store/entities';
+import { useEntityLookup } from 'soapbox/entity-store/hooks';
+import { useApi } from 'soapbox/hooks/useApi';
+import { groupSchema } from 'soapbox/schemas';
+
+function useGroupLookup(slug: string) {
+  const api = useApi();
+
+  return useEntityLookup(
+    Entities.GROUPS,
+    (group) => group.slug === slug,
+    () => api.get(`/api/v1/groups/lookup?name=${slug}`),
+    { schema: groupSchema },
+  );
+}
+
+export { useGroupLookup };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/group.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/group.ts
index cd62f5860..827531ee7 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/schemas/group.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/group.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const groupSchema = z.object({
   members_count: z.number().catch(0),
   note: z.string().transform(note => note === '<p></p>' ? '' : note).catch(''),
   relationship: groupRelationshipSchema.nullable().catch(null), // Dummy field to be overwritten later
+  slug: z.string().catch(''), // TruthSocial
   statuses_visibility: z.string().catch('public'),
   tags: z.array(groupTagSchema).catch([]),
   uri: z.string().catch(''),