diff --git a/pykd/dbgext.cpp b/pykd/dbgext.cpp
index 0333b06..12be766 100644
--- a/pykd/dbgext.cpp
+++ b/pykd/dbgext.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE( pykd )
          .def("reload", &pykd::Module::reloadSymbols,
             "(Re)load symbols for the module" );
 
-    python::def( "diaOpenPdb", &pyDia::GlobalScope::openPdb, 
+    python::def( "diaLoadPdb", &pyDia::GlobalScope::loadPdb, 
         "Open pdb file for quering debug symbols. Return DiaSymbol of global scope");
 
     python::class_<pyDia::Symbol>("DiaSymbol", "class wrapper for MS DIA Symbol" )
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE( pykd )
         .def("machineType", &pyDia::GlobalScope::getMachineType, 
             "Retrieves the type of the target CPU: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_XXX")
         .def("findByRva", &pyDia::GlobalScope::findByRva, 
-            "Find symbol by RVA. Return tuple: (DiaSymbol, offset)");
+            "Find symbol by RVA. Return tuple: (DiaSymbol, offset)")
+        .def("symbolById", &pyDia::GlobalScope::getSymbolById, 
+            "Retrieves a symbol by its unique identifier: DiaSymbol::indexId()");
 
     // CPU type:
     DEF_PY_CONST_ULONG(IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386);
diff --git a/pykd/diawrapper.cpp b/pykd/diawrapper.cpp
index 0d54ef9..101c3d9 100644
--- a/pykd/diawrapper.cpp
+++ b/pykd/diawrapper.cpp
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ GlobalScope::GlobalScope(
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-GlobalScope GlobalScope::openPdb(const std::string &filePath)
+GlobalScope GlobalScope::loadPdb(const std::string &filePath)
 {
     DiaDataSourcePtr _scope;
 
@@ -400,4 +400,18 @@ Symbol GlobalScope::findByRvaImpl(
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+Symbol GlobalScope::getSymbolById(ULONG symId)
+{
+    DiaSymbolPtr _symbol;
+    HRESULT hres = m_session->symbolById(symId, &_symbol);
+    if (S_OK != hres)
+        throw Exception("Call IDiaSession::findSymbolByRVAEx", hres);
+    if (!_symbol)
+        throw Exception("Call IDiaSession::findSymbolByRVAEx", E_UNEXPECTED);
+
+    return Symbol( _symbol, m_machineType );
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 }
diff --git a/pykd/diawrapper.h b/pykd/diawrapper.h
index 1bfe2ac..f288ca2 100644
--- a/pykd/diawrapper.h
+++ b/pykd/diawrapper.h
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public:
     GlobalScope() {}
 
     // GlobalScope factory
-    static GlobalScope openPdb(const std::string &filePath);
+    static GlobalScope loadPdb(const std::string &filePath);
 
     ULONG getMachineType() const {
         return m_machineType;
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ public:
         __out LONG &displacement
     );
 
+    // get symbol by unique index
+    Symbol getSymbolById(ULONG symId);
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/diatest.py b/test/scripts/diatest.py
index 97ea559..1b549d2 100644
--- a/test/scripts/diatest.py
+++ b/test/scripts/diatest.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import pykd
 
 class DiaTest( unittest.TestCase ):
   def testFind(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertNotEqual(0, len(gScope))
     symFunction = gScope.find("FuncWithName0")
     self.assertTrue(1 == len( symFunction ))
@@ -18,24 +18,24 @@ class DiaTest( unittest.TestCase ):
     self.assertTrue(len(symFunction) > 1)
 
   def testSize(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertEqual(1, gScope["g_ucharValue"].type().size())
     self.assertEqual(2, gScope["g_ushortValue"].type().size())
     self.assertEqual(4, gScope["g_ulongValue"].type().size())
     self.assertEqual(8, gScope["g_ulonglongValue"].type().size())
 
   def testValue(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertEqual(0x5555, gScope["g_constNumValue"].value())
     self.assertEqual(True, gScope["g_constBoolValue"].value())
 
   def testName(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertEqual("g_constNumValue", gScope["g_constNumValue"].name())
     self.assertEqual("FuncWithName0", gScope["FuncWithName0"].name())
 
   def testRva(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     _rva = gScope["FuncWithName0"].rva()
     self.assertNotEqual(0, _rva)
     self.assertTrue( _rva < (target.module.end() - target.module.begin()) )
@@ -44,23 +44,23 @@ class DiaTest( unittest.TestCase ):
     self.assertTrue( _rva < (target.module.end() - target.module.begin()) )
 
   def testSymTag(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertEqual(pykd.SymTagFunction, gScope["FuncWithName0"].symTag())
     self.assertEqual(pykd.SymTagData, gScope["g_string"].symTag())
 
   def testLocType(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertEqual(pykd.LocIsConstant, gScope["g_constNumValue"].locType())
     self.assertEqual(pykd.LocIsStatic, gScope["FuncWithName1"].locType())
 
   def testBasicType(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertFalse(gScope["g_string"].type().isBasic())
     self.assertEqual(pykd.btBool, gScope["g_constBoolValue"].type().baseType())
     self.assertEqual(pykd.btULong, gScope["g_ulongValue"].type().baseType())
 
   def testBits(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     structWithBits = gScope["structWithBits"]
     bitField = structWithBits["m_bit0_4"]
     self.assertEqual(pykd.LocIsBitField, bitField.locType())
@@ -76,20 +76,20 @@ class DiaTest( unittest.TestCase ):
     self.assertEqual(2, bitField.size())
 
   def testIndexId(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertNotEqual( gScope["classChild"].indexId(), 
                          gScope["classBase"].indexId() )
     self.assertNotEqual( gScope["FuncWithName0"].indexId(), 
                          gScope["FuncWithName1"].indexId() )
 
   def testUdtKind(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertEqual(pykd.UdtStruct, gScope["structWithBits"].udtKind())
     self.assertEqual(pykd.UdtUnion, gScope["unionTest"].udtKind())
     self.assertEqual(pykd.UdtClass, gScope["classBase"].udtKind())
 
   def testOffset(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     structTest = gScope["structTest"]
     self.assertEqual( 0, structTest["m_field0"].offset() )
     self.assertTrue( structTest["m_field0"].offset() < 
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ class DiaTest( unittest.TestCase ):
     self.assertTrue(structTest["m_field3"].offset() < structTest.size())
 
   def testMachine(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     self.assertTrue( (gScope.machineType() == pykd.IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386) or
                      (gScope.machineType() == pykd.IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64) )
 
   def testFindByRva(self):
-    gScope = pykd.diaOpenPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
     func = gScope["FuncWithName0"]
 
     tplSymOffset = gScope.findByRva(func.rva(), pykd.SymTagFunction)
@@ -117,3 +117,8 @@ class DiaTest( unittest.TestCase ):
     self.assertEqual(tplSymOffset[0].indexId(), func.indexId())
     self.assertEqual(tplSymOffset[1], 2)
 
+  def testSymbolById(self):
+    gScope = pykd.diaLoadPdb( str(target.module.pdb()) )
+    func = gScope["FuncWithName0"]
+    self.assertEqual( gScope.symbolById(func.indexId()).indexId(),
+                      func.indexId())