diff --git a/src/Interfaces/LTreeModelInterface.php b/src/Interfaces/LTreeModelInterface.php
index 8ca4587..08730ab 100644
--- a/src/Interfaces/LTreeModelInterface.php
+++ b/src/Interfaces/LTreeModelInterface.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public function getLtreeLevel(): int;
     public function getLtreeProxyDeleteColumns(): array;
     public function getLtreeProxyUpdateColumns(): array;
     public function isParentOf(int $id): bool;
+    public function getAncestorByLevel(int $level = 1);
 
     // relations
     public function ltreeParent(): BelongsTo;
diff --git a/src/Traits/LTreeModelTrait.php b/src/Traits/LTreeModelTrait.php
index f18d898..e74d643 100644
--- a/src/Traits/LTreeModelTrait.php
+++ b/src/Traits/LTreeModelTrait.php
@@ -109,4 +109,13 @@ public function renderAsLtree($value, $pad_string = LTreeHelper::PAD_STRING, $pa
     {
         return LTreeHelper::renderAsLTree($value, $this->getLtreeLevel(), $pad_string, $pad_type);
     }
+
+    public function getAncestorByLevel(int $level = 1)
+    {
+        return static::whereRaw(sprintf(
+                "({$this->getLtreePathColumn()} @> text2ltree('%s')) and  nlevel(path) = %d",
+                LTreeHelper::pathAsString($this->getLtreePath()),
+                $level)
+        )->first();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Functional/LtreeTest.php b/tests/Functional/LtreeTest.php
index 60fee2f..69369ef 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/LtreeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/LtreeTest.php
@@ -161,6 +161,21 @@ public function root(): void
         }
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function getAncestorByLevel(): void
+    {
+        $tree = $this->createTreeNodes($this->getTreeNodes());
+        $parent = $tree[1];
+        $descendants = $parent::descendantsOf($parent)->withoutSelf(1);
+        $this->assertGreaterThan(0, $descendants->count());
+        $descendants->each(static function ($descendant) use ($parent) {
+            $descendant->getAncestorByLevel($parent->id);
+        });
+
+        $this->assertSame($tree[5]->getAncestorByLevel(2)->id, $tree[2]->id);
+        $this->assertSame($tree[8]->getAncestorByLevel(3)->id, $tree[6]->id);
+    }
+
     private function initLTreeService()
     {
         DB::statement('CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS LTREE');