diff --git a/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/gossmap.py b/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/gossmap.py
index 50f5109ee788..0d4f1ea93779 100755
--- a/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/gossmap.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/gossmap.py
@@ -329,6 +329,25 @@ def get_node(self, node_id: Union[GossmapNodeId, str]):
             node_id = GossmapNodeId.from_str(node_id)
         return self.nodes.get(node_id)
 
+    def get_nodes(self,
+                  source: Union[GossmapNodeId, str],
+                  depth: int = 0, excludes: set = None):
+        """ Returns a set of nodes within a given depth from a source node """
+        node = self.get_node(source)
+        assert node is not None, f"Unknown source: {source}"
+        if excludes is None:
+            excludes = set()
+        excludes.add(node)
+        result = set()
+        result.add(node)
+        if depth > 0:
+            for channel in node.channels:
+                other = channel.node1 if channel.node1 != node else channel.node2
+                if other in excludes:
+                    continue
+                result.update(self.get_nodes(other.node_id, depth - 1, excludes))
+        return result
+
     def _update_channel(self, rec: bytes, off: int):
         fields = channel_update.read(io.BytesIO(rec[2:]), {})
         direction = fields['channel_flags'] & 1
diff --git a/contrib/pyln-client/tests/test_gossmap.py b/contrib/pyln-client/tests/test_gossmap.py
index e40262d0574a..6d4291e3c731 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-client/tests/test_gossmap.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-client/tests/test_gossmap.py
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ def test_mesh(tmp_path):
     scids = [scid12, scid14, scid23, scid25, scid36, scid45, scid47, scid56,
              scid58, scid69, scid78, scid89]
 
+    nodes = [*map(lambda nodeid: g.get_node(nodeid), nodeids)]
+
     # check all nodes are there
     for nodeid in nodeids:
         node = g.get_node(nodeid)
@@ -176,7 +178,25 @@ def test_mesh(tmp_path):
         assert channel.half_channels[1]
 
     # check basic relations
-    # l5 in the middle has 4 channels to l2, l4, l6 and l8
+    # get_nodes l5 in the middle
+    result = g.get_nodes(source=nodeids[4])
+    assert len(result) == 1
+    assert str(next(iter(result)).node_id) == nodeids[4]
+    result = g.get_nodes(source=nodeids[4], depth=1)
+    assert len(result) == 5
+    # on depth=1 the cross l2, l4, l5, l6, l8 must be returned
+    assert nodes[1] in result
+    assert nodes[3] in result
+    assert nodes[4] in result
+    assert nodes[5] in result
+    assert nodes[7] in result
+    # on depth=2 all nodes must be returned
+    result = g.get_nodes(source=nodeids[4], depth=2)
+    assert len(result) == 9
+    for node in nodes:
+        assert node in result
+
+    # get_halfchannels l5 in the middle has 4 channels to l2, l4, l6 and l8
     result = g.get_halfchannels(source=nodeids[4])
     exp_ids = [nodeids[1], nodeids[3], nodeids[5], nodeids[7]]
     exp_scidds = [scid25 + 'x1', scid45 + 'x0', scid56 + 'x1', scid58 + 'x0']