diff --git a/khard/query.py b/khard/query.py
index 97fe207..cebf55e 100644
--- a/khard/query.py
+++ b/khard/query.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 
 class AndQuery(Query):
 
-    """A query to combine multiple queries with "and"."""
+    """A query to combine multiple queries with \"and\"."""
 
     def __init__(self, first: Query, second: Query, *queries: Query) -> None:
         self._queries = (first, second, *queries)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 
 class OrQuery(Query):
 
-    """A query to combine multiple queries with "or"."""
+    """A query to combine multiple queries with \"or\"."""
 
     def __init__(self, first: Query, second: Query, *queries: Query) -> None:
         self._queries = (first, second, *queries)
@@ -254,6 +254,34 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         return 'name:{}'.format(self._term)
 
 
+class UidQuery(FieldQuery):
+
+    """A query to match the UID field using prefix matching.
+
+    khard list shows a short unique UID prefix for each contact. This
+    query matches only contacts whose UID starts with the given term so
+    that the displayed prefix selects exactly the expected contact.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, value: str) -> None:
+        super().__init__("uid", value)
+
+    def _match_union(self, value: "str | datetime | list | dict[str, Any]"
+                     ) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            return value.lower().startswith(self._term)
+        return super()._match_union(value)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
+        return isinstance(other, UidQuery) and self._term == other._term
+
+    def __hash__(self) -> int:
+        return hash((UidQuery, self._term))
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return 'uid:{}'.format(self._term)
+
+
 class PhoneNumberQuery(FieldQuery):
 
     """A special query to match against phone numbers."""
@@ -353,6 +381,8 @@ def parse(string: str) -> TermQuery | FieldQuery:
                 if kind.startswith(term.lower()):
                     return FieldQuery(field, kind)
             return TermQuery(string)
+        if field == "uid":
+            return UidQuery(term)
         if field in contacts.Contact.get_properties():
             return FieldQuery(field, term)
     return TermQuery(string)
diff --git a/test/test_query.py b/test/test_query.py
index 6b0133e..2f434d4 100644
--- a/test/test_query.py
+++ b/test/test_query.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     NullQuery,
     OrQuery,
     TermQuery,
+    UidQuery,
     parse,
 )
 
@@ -203,6 +204,52 @@ def test_kind_query_with_explicit_mismatch(self):
         self.assertFalse(query.match(contact))
 
 
+class TestUidQuery(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.uid_a = "aaabbbb"
+        self.uid_b = "bbbaaaa"
+        self.contact_a = TestContact(uid=self.uid_a)
+        self.contact_b = TestContact(uid=self.uid_b)
+
+    def test_matches_uid_by_prefix(self):
+        q = UidQuery("a")
+        self.assertTrue(q.match(self.contact_a))
+
+    def test_does_not_match_uid_with_term_as_substring_only(self):
+        # "a" is a substring of "bbbaaaa" but not a prefix
+        q = UidQuery("a")
+        self.assertFalse(q.match(self.contact_b))
+
+    def test_matches_full_uid(self):
+        q = UidQuery(self.uid_a)
+        self.assertTrue(q.match(self.contact_a))
+        self.assertFalse(q.match(self.contact_b))
+
+    def test_matching_is_case_insensitive(self):
+        q = UidQuery("AAA")
+        self.assertTrue(q.match(self.contact_a))
+        self.assertFalse(q.match(self.contact_b))
+
+    def test_empty_term_matches_any_contact_with_uid_set(self):
+        q = UidQuery("")
+        self.assertTrue(q.match(self.contact_a))
+        self.assertTrue(q.match(self.contact_b))
+
+    def test_empty_term_does_not_match_contact_without_uid(self):
+        q = UidQuery("")
+        self.assertFalse(q.match(TestContact()))
+
+    def test_shared_prefix_can_be_disambiguated(self):
+        uid_a = "aaabbbb"
+        uid_a2 = "aaacccc"
+        contact_a = TestContact(uid=uid_a)
+        contact_a2 = TestContact(uid=uid_a2)
+        self.assertTrue(UidQuery("aaab").match(contact_a))
+        self.assertFalse(UidQuery("aaab").match(contact_a2))
+        self.assertFalse(UidQuery("aaac").match(contact_a))
+        self.assertTrue(UidQuery("aaac").match(contact_a2))
+
+
 class TestNameQuery(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_matches_formatted_name_field(self):
         vcard = load_contact("minimal.vcf")
@@ -271,3 +318,9 @@ def test_kind_queries_only_need_a_substring_of_the_enum(self):
         self.assertEqual(parse("kind:i"), FieldQuery("kind", "individual"))
         self.assertEqual(parse("kind:org"), FieldQuery("kind", "org"))
         self.assertEqual(parse("kind:o"), FieldQuery("kind", "org"))
+
+    def test_uid_field_creates_uid_query_instance(self):
+        actual = parse("uid:abc123")
+        expected = UidQuery("abc123")
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+        self.assertEqual(type(actual), UidQuery)