diff --git a/library/libwaku.h b/library/libwaku.h
index edd69757de..b32ab55ca7 100644
--- a/library/libwaku.h
+++ b/library/libwaku.h
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ int waku_connect(void* ctx,
                  WakuCallBack callback,
                  void* userData);
 
+int waku_disconnect_peer_by_id(void* ctx,
+                 const char* peerId,
+                 WakuCallBack callback,
+                 void* userData);
+
+int waku_dial_peer_by_id(void* ctx,
+                 const char* peerId,
+                 const char* protocol,
+                 int timeoutMs,
+                 WakuCallBack callback,
+                 void* userData);
+
 int waku_get_peerids_from_peerstore(void* ctx,
                                     WakuCallBack callback,
                                     void* userData);
diff --git a/library/libwaku.nim b/library/libwaku.nim
index 888424e5e4..80178b46c8 100644
--- a/library/libwaku.nim
+++ b/library/libwaku.nim
@@ -482,6 +482,41 @@ proc waku_connect(
   )
   .handleRes(callback, userData)
 
+proc waku_disconnect_peer_by_id(
+    ctx: ptr WakuContext, peerId: cstring, callback: WakuCallBack, userData: pointer
+): cint {.dynlib, exportc.} =
+  checkLibwakuParams(ctx, callback, userData)
+
+  waku_thread
+  .sendRequestToWakuThread(
+    ctx,
+    RequestType.PEER_MANAGER,
+    PeerManagementRequest.createShared(
+      op = PeerManagementMsgType.DISCONNECT_PEER_BY_ID, peerId = $peerId
+    ),
+  )
+  .handleRes(callback, userData)
+
+proc waku_dial_peer_by_id(
+    ctx: ptr WakuContext,
+    peerId: cstring,
+    protocol: cstring,
+    timeoutMs: cuint,
+    callback: WakuCallBack,
+    userData: pointer,
+): cint {.dynlib, exportc.} =
+  checkLibwakuParams(ctx, callback, userData)
+
+  waku_thread
+  .sendRequestToWakuThread(
+    ctx,
+    RequestType.PEER_MANAGER,
+    PeerManagementRequest.createShared(
+      op = PeerManagementMsgType.DIAL_PEER_BY_ID, peerId = $peerId
+    ),
+  )
+  .handleRes(callback, userData)
+
 proc waku_get_peerids_from_peerstore(
     ctx: ptr WakuContext, callback: WakuCallBack, userData: pointer
 ): cint {.dynlib, exportc.} =
@@ -504,7 +539,9 @@ proc waku_get_peerids_by_protocol(
   .sendRequestToWakuThread(
     ctx,
     RequestType.PEER_MANAGER,
-    PeerManagementRequest.createGetPeerIdsByProtocolRequest($protocol),
+    PeerManagementRequest.createShared(
+      op = PeerManagementMsgType.GET_PEER_IDS_BY_PROTOCOL, protocol = $protocol
+    ),
   )
   .handleRes(callback, userData)
 
diff --git a/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/peer_manager_request.nim b/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/peer_manager_request.nim
index 5e28738e10..e92c3d4ed6 100644
--- a/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/peer_manager_request.nim
+++ b/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/peer_manager_request.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import std/[sequtils, strutils]
-import chronicles, chronos, results
+import chronicles, chronos, results, options
 import
   ../../../../waku/factory/waku,
   ../../../../waku/node/waku_node,
@@ -10,37 +10,39 @@ type PeerManagementMsgType* {.pure.} = enum
   CONNECT_TO
   GET_ALL_PEER_IDS
   GET_PEER_IDS_BY_PROTOCOL
+  DISCONNECT_PEER_BY_ID
+  DIAL_PEER_BY_ID
 
 type PeerManagementRequest* = object
   operation: PeerManagementMsgType
   peerMultiAddr: cstring
   dialTimeout: Duration
   protocol: cstring
+  peerId: cstring
 
 proc createShared*(
     T: type PeerManagementRequest,
     op: PeerManagementMsgType,
     peerMultiAddr = "",
     dialTimeout = chronos.milliseconds(0), ## arbitrary Duration as not all ops needs dialTimeout
+    peerId = "",
+    protocol = "",
 ): ptr type T =
   var ret = createShared(T)
   ret[].operation = op
   ret[].peerMultiAddr = peerMultiAddr.alloc()
-  ret[].dialTimeout = dialTimeout
-  return ret
-
-proc createGetPeerIdsByProtocolRequest*(
-    T: type PeerManagementRequest, protocol = ""
-): ptr type T =
-  var ret = createShared(T)
-  ret[].operation = PeerManagementMsgType.GET_PEER_IDS_BY_PROTOCOL
+  ret[].peerId = peerId.alloc()
   ret[].protocol = protocol.alloc()
+  ret[].dialTimeout = dialTimeout
   return ret
 
 proc destroyShared(self: ptr PeerManagementRequest) =
   if not isNil(self[].peerMultiAddr):
     deallocShared(self[].peerMultiAddr)
 
+  if not isNil(self[].peerId):
+    deallocShared(self[].peerId)
+
   if not isNil(self[].protocol):
     deallocShared(self[].protocol)
 
@@ -87,5 +89,20 @@ proc process*(
       .mapIt($it.peerId)
       .join(",")
     return ok(connectedPeers)
+  of DISCONNECT_PEER_BY_ID:
+    let peerId = PeerId.init($self[].peerId).valueOr:
+      error "DISCONNECT_PEER_BY_ID failed", error = $error
+      return err($error)
+    await waku.node.peerManager.disconnectNode(peerId)
+    return ok("")
+  of DIAL_PEER_BY_ID:
+    let peerId = PeerId.init($self[].peerId).valueOr:
+      error "DIAL_PEER_BY_ID failed", error = $error
+      return err($error)
+    let conn = await waku.node.peerManager.dialPeer(peerId, $self[].protocol)
+    if conn.isNone():
+      let msg = "failed dialing peer"
+      error "DIAL_PEER_BY_ID failed", error = msg
+      return err(msg)
 
   return ok("")
diff --git a/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim b/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
index 9c55fcc703..df4958b87d 100644
--- a/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
+++ b/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
@@ -381,9 +381,12 @@ proc connectToNodes*(
   # later.
   await sleepAsync(chronos.seconds(5))
 
+proc disconnectNode*(pm: PeerManager, peerId: PeerId) {.async.} =
+  await pm.switch.disconnect(peerId)
+
 proc disconnectNode*(pm: PeerManager, peer: RemotePeerInfo) {.async.} =
   let peerId = peer.peerId
-  await pm.switch.disconnect(peerId)
+  await pm.disconnectNode(peerId)
 
 # Dialing should be used for just protocols that require a stream to write and read
 # This shall not be used to dial Relay protocols, since that would create