diff --git a/src/monger/collection.clj b/src/monger/collection.clj
index 62ad8d4..f0aa813 100644
--- a/src/monger/collection.clj
+++ b/src/monger/collection.clj
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@
            map-of-fields (fields-to-db-object fields)]
        (.findOne #^DBCollection coll #^DBObject (to-db-object { :_id id }) #^DBObject (to-db-object map-of-fields)))))
 
+(defn ^IPersistentMap find-map-by-id
+  ([^String collection, ^String id]
+     (from-db-object ^DBObject (find-by-id collection id) true))
+  ([^String collection, ^String id, keywordize]
+     (from-db-object ^DBObject (find-by-id collection id) keywordize))
+  ([^String collection, ^String id, ^List fields, keywordize]
+     (from-db-object ^DBObject (find-by-id collection id fields) keywordize)))
+
 
 ;;
 ;; monger.collection/group
diff --git a/test/monger/test/collection.clj b/test/monger/test/collection.clj
index af30484..e23d42a 100644
--- a/test/monger/test/collection.clj
+++ b/test/monger/test/collection.clj
@@ -179,14 +179,21 @@
 ;; find-by-id
 ;;
 
-(deftest find-full-document-by-id-when-document-does-not-exist
+(deftest find-full-document-by-id-when-that-document-does-not-exist
   (let [collection "libraries"
         doc-id     (monger.util/random-uuid)]
     (monger.collection/remove collection)
     (is (nil? (monger.collection/find-by-id collection doc-id)))))
 
 
-(deftest find-full-document-by-id-when-document-exists
+(deftest find-full-document-by-id-as-map-when-that-document-does-not-exist
+  (let [collection "libraries"
+        doc-id     (monger.util/random-uuid)]
+    (monger.collection/remove collection)
+    (is (nil? (monger.collection/find-map-by-id collection doc-id)))))
+
+
+(deftest find-full-document-by-id-when-document-does-exist
   (let [collection "libraries"
         doc-id     (monger.util/random-uuid)
         doc        { :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }]
@@ -194,7 +201,16 @@
     (monger.collection/insert collection doc)
     (is (= (doc (monger.collection/find-by-id collection doc-id))))))
 
-(deftest find-partial-document-by-id-when-document-exists
+(deftest find-full-document-map-by-id-when-document-does-exist
+  (let [collection "libraries"
+        doc-id     (monger.util/random-uuid)
+        doc        { :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }]
+    (monger.collection/remove collection)
+    (monger.collection/insert collection doc)
+    (is (= (doc (monger.collection/find-map-by-id collection doc-id))))))
+
+
+(deftest find-partial-document-by-id-when-document-does-exist
   (let [collection "libraries"
         doc-id     (monger.util/random-uuid)
         doc        { :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }]
@@ -203,6 +219,19 @@
     (is (= ({ :language "Clojure" } (monger.collection/find-by-id collection doc-id [ :language ]))))))
 
 
+(deftest find-partial-document-as-map-by-id-when-document-does-exist
+  (let [collection "libraries"
+        doc-id     (monger.util/random-uuid)
+        doc        { :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }]
+    (monger.collection/remove collection)
+    (monger.collection/insert collection doc)
+    (is (= ({ :language "Clojure" } (monger.collection/find-map-by-id collection doc-id [ :language ]))))))
+
+
+;;
+;; monger.collection/find
+;;
+
 (deftest find-multiple-documents-when-collection-is-empty
   (let [collection "libraries"]
     (monger.collection/remove collection)