diff --git a/channeldb/db.go b/channeldb/db.go
index 696f3f008..6377df63a 100644
--- a/channeldb/db.go
+++ b/channeldb/db.go
@@ -1249,3 +1249,50 @@ func getMigrationsToApply(versions []version, version uint32) ([]migration, []ui
 
 	return migrations, migrationVersions
 }
+
+// fetchHistoricalChanBucket returns a the channel bucket for a given outpoint
+// from the historical channel bucket. If the bucket does not exist,
+// ErrNoHistoricalBucket is returned.
+func fetchHistoricalChanBucket(tx *bbolt.Tx,
+	outPoint *wire.OutPoint) (*bbolt.Bucket, error) {
+
+	// First fetch the top level bucket which stores all data related to
+	// historically stored channels.
+	historicalChanBucket := tx.Bucket(historicalChannelBucket)
+	if historicalChanBucket == nil {
+		return nil, ErrNoHistoricalBucket
+	}
+
+	// With the bucket for the node and chain fetched, we can now go down
+	// another level, for the channel itself.
+	var chanPointBuf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := writeOutpoint(&chanPointBuf, outPoint); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	chanBucket := historicalChanBucket.Bucket(chanPointBuf.Bytes())
+	if chanBucket == nil {
+		return nil, ErrChannelNotFound
+	}
+
+	return chanBucket, nil
+}
+
+// FetchHistoricalChannel fetches open channel data from the historical channel
+// bucket.
+func (d *DB) FetchHistoricalChannel(outPoint *wire.OutPoint) (*OpenChannel, error) {
+	var channel *OpenChannel
+	err := d.View(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+		chanBucket, err := fetchHistoricalChanBucket(tx, outPoint)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		channel, err = fetchOpenChannel(chanBucket, outPoint)
+		return err
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return channel, nil
+}
diff --git a/channeldb/db_test.go b/channeldb/db_test.go
index 935a287ce..4d678303a 100644
--- a/channeldb/db_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/db_test.go
@@ -693,3 +693,57 @@ func TestFetchChannels(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestFetchHistoricalChannel tests lookup of historical channels.
+func TestFetchHistoricalChannel(t *testing.T) {
+	cdb, cleanUp, err := makeTestDB()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to make test database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer cleanUp()
+
+	// Create a an open channel in the database.
+	channel := createTestChannel(t, cdb, openChannelOption())
+
+	// First, try to lookup a channel when the bucket does not
+	// exist.
+	_, err = cdb.FetchHistoricalChannel(&channel.FundingOutpoint)
+	if err != ErrNoHistoricalBucket {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no bucket, got: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Close the channel so that it will be written to the historical
+	// bucket. The values provided in the channel close summary are the
+	// minimum required for this call to run without panicking.
+	if err := channel.CloseChannel(&ChannelCloseSummary{
+		ChanPoint:      channel.FundingOutpoint,
+		RemotePub:      channel.IdentityPub,
+		SettledBalance: btcutil.Amount(500),
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error closing channel: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	histChannel, err := cdb.FetchHistoricalChannel(&channel.FundingOutpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexepected error getting channel: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Set the db on our channel to nil so that we can check that all other
+	// fields on the channel equal those on the historical channel.
+	channel.Db = nil
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(histChannel, channel) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected: %v, got: %v", channel, histChannel)
+	}
+
+	// Create an outpoint that will not be in the db and look it up.
+	badOutpoint := &wire.OutPoint{
+		Hash:  channel.FundingOutpoint.Hash,
+		Index: channel.FundingOutpoint.Index + 1,
+	}
+	_, err = cdb.FetchHistoricalChannel(badOutpoint)
+	if err != ErrChannelNotFound {
+		t.Fatalf("expected chan not found, got: %v", err)
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/channeldb/error.go b/channeldb/error.go
index e0e754522..b1364fb4b 100644
--- a/channeldb/error.go
+++ b/channeldb/error.go
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ var (
 	// created.
 	ErrNoChanDBExists = fmt.Errorf("channel db has not yet been created")
 
+	// ErrNoHistoricalBucket is returned when the historical channel bucket
+	// not been created yet.
+	ErrNoHistoricalBucket = fmt.Errorf("historical channel bucket has " +
+		"not yet been created")
+
 	// ErrDBReversion is returned when detecting an attempt to revert to a
 	// prior database version.
 	ErrDBReversion = fmt.Errorf("channel db cannot revert to prior version")