diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c594f4f3c9..515e2de4fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Certain suffixes that replace a number of zeros are now supported. The (case-ins
 
 For cycles an additional `c` or `C` is also acceptable. For example: `dfx canister deposit-cycles 3TC mycanister`
 
+### feat: `dfx ledger top-up` also accepts canister names
+
+Previously, `dfx ledger top-up` only accepted canister principals. Now it accepts both principals and canister names.
+
 ### feat: added `dfx cycles` command
 
 This won't work on mainnet yet, but can work locally after installing the cycles ledger.
diff --git a/docs/cli-reference/dfx-ledger.md b/docs/cli-reference/dfx-ledger.md
index 25906e3a07..20f64b56a6 100644
--- a/docs/cli-reference/dfx-ledger.md
+++ b/docs/cli-reference/dfx-ledger.md
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ dfx ledger top-up [options] canister [flag] --network ic
 
 You can specify the following argument for the `dfx ledger top-up` command.
 
-| Argument   | Description                                                      |
-|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `canister` | Specifies the canister identifier that you would like to top up. |
+| Argument   | Description                                                              |
+|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `canister` | Specifies the canister identifier or name that you would like to top up. |
 
 ### Options
 
diff --git a/e2e/tests-dfx/ledger.bash b/e2e/tests-dfx/ledger.bash
index 56a0375a87..b22c6f0c99 100644
--- a/e2e/tests-dfx/ledger.bash
+++ b/e2e/tests-dfx/ledger.bash
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ tc_to_num() {
   assert_contains "Using transfer at block height $block_height" "$stdout"
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
   assert_contains "Canister was topped up with" "$stdout"
+
+  # Top up canister by name instead of principal
+  dfx_new
+  assert_command dfx canister create e2e_project_backend
+  assert_command dfx ledger top-up e2e_project_backend --amount 5
+  assert_contains "Canister was topped up with 617283500000000 cycles"
 }
 
 @test "ledger create-canister" {
diff --git a/src/dfx/src/commands/ledger/top_up.rs b/src/dfx/src/commands/ledger/top_up.rs
index 80265460f0..2c3defd80a 100644
--- a/src/dfx/src/commands/ledger/top_up.rs
+++ b/src/dfx/src/commands/ledger/top_up.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const MEMO_TOP_UP_CANISTER: u64 = 1347768404_u64;
 /// Top up a canister with cycles minted from ICP
 #[derive(Parser)]
 pub struct TopUpOpts {
-    /// Specify the canister id to top up
+    /// Specify the canister id or name to top up
     canister: String,
 
     /// Subaccount to withdraw from
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ pub async fn exec(env: &dyn Environment, opts: TopUpOpts) -> DfxResult {
 
     let memo = Memo(MEMO_TOP_UP_CANISTER);
 
-    let to = Principal::from_text(&opts.canister).with_context(|| {
-        format!(
-            "Failed to parse {:?} as target canister principal.",
-            &opts.canister
-        )
-    })?;
+    let to = Principal::from_text(&opts.canister)
+        .or_else(|_| env.get_canister_id_store()?.get(&opts.canister))
+        .with_context(|| {
+            format!(
+                "Failed to parse {:?} as target canister principal or name.",
+                &opts.canister
+            )
+        })?;
 
     let agent = env.get_agent();