diff --git a/include/zephyr/net/coap.h b/include/zephyr/net/coap.h
index 67a70cbc43a..42eee01cfc1 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/net/coap.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/net/coap.h
@@ -916,6 +916,21 @@ struct coap_observer *coap_find_observer_by_addr(
 	struct coap_observer *observers, size_t len,
 	const struct sockaddr *addr);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Returns the observer that has token @a token.
+ *
+ * @param observers Pointer to the array of observers
+ * @param len Size of the array of observers
+ * @param token Pointer to the token
+ * @param token_len Length of valid bytes in the token
+ *
+ * @return A pointer to a observer if a match is found, NULL
+ * otherwise.
+ */
+struct coap_observer *coap_find_observer_by_token(
+	struct coap_observer *observers, size_t len,
+	const uint8_t *token, uint8_t token_len);
+
 /**
  * @brief Returns the next available observer representation.
  *
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/coap/coap.c b/subsys/net/lib/coap/coap.c
index bd266360f98..a7dd9302ba2 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/coap/coap.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/coap/coap.c
@@ -1915,6 +1915,25 @@ struct coap_observer *coap_find_observer_by_addr(
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+struct coap_observer *coap_find_observer_by_token(
+	struct coap_observer *observers, size_t len,
+	const uint8_t *token, uint8_t token_len)
+{
+	if (token_len == 0U || token_len > COAP_TOKEN_MAX_LEN) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		struct coap_observer *o = &observers[i];
+
+		if (o->tkl == token_len && memcmp(o->token, token, token_len) == 0) {
+			return o;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Internal initialization function for CoAP library.
  *