diff --git a/tests/webapp/api/test_job_details_api.py b/tests/webapp/api/test_job_details_api.py
index 042477de0..4c3c5d14f 100644
--- a/tests/webapp/api/test_job_details_api.py
+++ b/tests/webapp/api/test_job_details_api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
 from treeherder.model.models import (Job,
-                                     JobDetail)
+                                     JobDetail,
+                                     Repository)
 
 
 def test_job_details(test_repository, webapp):
@@ -24,11 +25,24 @@ def test_job_details(test_repository, webapp):
     }
 
     # create some job details for some fake jobs
-    i = 0
+    test_repository2 = Repository.objects.create(
+        repository_group=test_repository.repository_group,
+        name=test_repository.name + '_2',
+        dvcs_type=test_repository.dvcs_type,
+        url=test_repository.url + '_2',
+        codebase=test_repository.codebase)
+
+    i = 1
     for (job_guid, params) in details.iteritems():
-        print job_guid
+        if i < 3:
+            repository = test_repository
+        else:
+            # renumber last
+            repository = test_repository2
+            i = 1
+        print (i, repository)
         job = Job.objects.create(guid=job_guid,
-                                 repository=test_repository,
+                                 repository=repository,
                                  project_specific_id=i)
         JobDetail.objects.create(
             job=job, **params)
@@ -41,14 +55,35 @@ def test_job_details(test_repository, webapp):
     for result in resp.json['results']:
         job_guid = result['job_guid']
         del result['job_guid']
+        del result['job_id']
         assert result == details[job_guid]
 
     # filter to just get one guid at a time
-    for (guid, detail) in details.iteritems():
-        resp = webapp.get(reverse('jobdetail-list') + '?job__guid={}'.format(
-            guid))
-        assert resp.status_int == 200
-        assert len(resp.json['results']) == 1
-        result = resp.json['results'][0]
-        del result['job_guid']
-        assert result == details[guid]
+    for guid_identifier in ['job_guid', 'job__guid']:
+        for (guid, detail) in details.iteritems():
+            resp = webapp.get(reverse('jobdetail-list') + '?{}={}'.format(
+                guid_identifier, guid))
+            assert resp.status_int == 200
+            assert len(resp.json['results']) == 1
+            result = resp.json['results'][0]
+            del result['job_guid']
+            del result['job_id']
+            assert result == details[guid]
+
+    # filter to get the first and second with job_id__in and repository
+    resp = webapp.get(reverse('jobdetail-list') +
+                      '?repository={}&job_id__in=1,2'.format(
+                          test_repository.name))
+    assert resp.status_int == 200
+    assert len(resp.json['results']) == 2
+    assert set([v['job_guid'] for v in resp.json['results']]) == set(
+        ['abcd', 'efgh'])
+
+    # filter to get the last element with job_id__in and repository
+    resp = webapp.get(reverse('jobdetail-list') +
+                      '?repository={}&job_id__in=1,2'.format(
+                          test_repository2.name))
+    assert resp.status_int == 200
+    assert len(resp.json['results']) == 1
+    assert set([v['job_guid'] for v in resp.json['results']]) == set(
+        ['ijkl'])
diff --git a/treeherder/webapp/api/jobs.py b/treeherder/webapp/api/jobs.py
index f6cd43cdf..d059b6583 100644
--- a/treeherder/webapp/api/jobs.py
+++ b/treeherder/webapp/api/jobs.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import django_filters
 from rest_framework import (filters,
                             pagination,
                             viewsets)
@@ -307,11 +308,28 @@ class JobDetailViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     Endpoint for retrieving metadata (e.g. links to artifacts, file sizes)
     associated with a particular job
     '''
-    queryset = JobDetail.objects.all().select_related('job__guid')
+    queryset = JobDetail.objects.all().select_related('job__guid',
+                                                      'job__project_specific_id',
+                                                      'job__repository__name')
     serializer_class = serializers.JobDetailSerializer
 
+    class JobDetailFilter(filters.FilterSet):
+
+        class NumberInFilter(django_filters.filters.BaseInFilter,
+                             django_filters.NumberFilter):
+            pass
+
+        job_id__in = NumberInFilter(name='job__project_specific_id',
+                                    lookup_expr='in')
+        job_guid = django_filters.CharFilter(name='job__guid')
+        job__guid = django_filters.CharFilter(name='job__guid')  # for backwards compat
+        repository = django_filters.CharFilter(name='job__repository__name')
+
+        class Meta:
+            model = JobDetail
+
     filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend, filters.OrderingFilter)
-    filter_fields = ['job__guid']
+    filter_class = JobDetailFilter
 
     class JobDetailPagination(pagination.LimitOffsetPagination):
         default_limit = 100
diff --git a/treeherder/webapp/api/serializers.py b/treeherder/webapp/api/serializers.py
index 1fdea7340..6dbc7b9d2 100644
--- a/treeherder/webapp/api/serializers.py
+++ b/treeherder/webapp/api/serializers.py
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ class JobDetailSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     job_guid = serializers.SlugRelatedField(
         slug_field="guid", source="job",
         queryset=models.Job.objects.all())
+    job_id = serializers.SlugRelatedField(
+        slug_field="project_specific_id", source="job",
+        queryset=models.Job.objects.all())
 
     class Meta:
         model = models.JobDetail
-        fields = ['job_guid', 'title', 'value', 'url']
+        fields = ['job_id', 'job_guid', 'title', 'value', 'url']
diff --git a/ui/js/models/job_detail.js b/ui/js/models/job_detail.js
index acaf09cdf..d93964780 100644
--- a/ui/js/models/job_detail.js
+++ b/ui/js/models/job_detail.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ treeherder.factory('ThJobDetailModel', [
                 var timeout = config.timeout || null;
 
                 return $http.get(thUrl.getRootUrl("/jobdetail/"), {
-                    params: { job__guid: jobGuid },
+                    params: { job_guid: jobGuid },
                     timeout: timeout
                 }).then(function(response) {
                     return response.data.results;