diff --git a/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md b/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
index a7019dde..d67c3a73 100644
--- a/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/piecrust/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Change `owner` import to accept the contract ID as argument and return
+  non-zero upon success 
+
 ## [0.14.1] - 2024-01-11
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/piecrust/src/imports.rs b/piecrust/src/imports.rs
index 2773fc85..230036f1 100644
--- a/piecrust/src/imports.rs
+++ b/piecrust/src/imports.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ impl Imports {
             "limit" => Func::wrap(store, limit),
             "spent" => Func::wrap(store, spent),
             "panic" => Func::wrap(store, panic),
-            "owner" => Func::wrap(store, owner),
+            "owner" => match is_64 {
+                false => Func::wrap(store, wasm32::owner),
+                true => Func::wrap(store, wasm64::owner),
+            },
             "self_id" => Func::wrap(store, self_id),
             #[cfg(feature = "debug")]
             "hdebug" => Func::wrap(store, hdebug),
@@ -386,16 +389,47 @@ fn panic(fenv: Caller<Env>, arg_len: u32) -> WasmtimeResult<()> {
     })?)
 }
 
-fn owner(fenv: Caller<Env>) {
+fn owner(fenv: Caller<Env>, mod_id_ofs: usize) -> WasmtimeResult<i32> {
+    check_ptr(fenv.data().self_instance(), mod_id_ofs, CONTRACT_ID_BYTES)?;
+
     let env = fenv.data();
-    let self_id = env.self_contract_id();
-    let contract_metadata = env
-        .contract_metadata(self_id)
-        .expect("contract metadata should exist");
-    let slice = contract_metadata.owner.as_slice();
-    let len = slice.len();
-    env.self_instance()
-        .with_arg_buf_mut(|arg| arg[..len].copy_from_slice(slice));
+
+    // The null pointer is always zero, so we can use this to check if the
+    // caller wants their own ID.
+    let metadata = if mod_id_ofs == 0 {
+        let self_id = env.self_contract_id();
+
+        let contract_metadata = env
+            .contract_metadata(self_id)
+            .expect("contract metadata should exist");
+
+        Some(contract_metadata)
+    } else {
+        let instance = env.self_instance();
+
+        let mod_id = instance.with_memory(|memory| {
+            let mut mod_id = ContractId::uninitialized();
+            mod_id.as_bytes_mut().copy_from_slice(
+                &memory[mod_id_ofs..][..std::mem::size_of::<ContractId>()],
+            );
+            mod_id
+        });
+
+        env.contract_metadata(&mod_id)
+    };
+
+    match metadata {
+        None => Ok(0),
+        Some(metadata) => {
+            let owner = metadata.owner.as_slice();
+
+            env.self_instance().with_arg_buf_mut(|arg| {
+                arg[..owner.len()].copy_from_slice(owner)
+            });
+
+            Ok(1)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn self_id(fenv: Caller<Env>) {
diff --git a/piecrust/src/imports/wasm32.rs b/piecrust/src/imports/wasm32.rs
index ead8479c..4963f461 100644
--- a/piecrust/src/imports/wasm32.rs
+++ b/piecrust/src/imports/wasm32.rs
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ pub(crate) fn emit(
 ) -> WasmtimeResult<()> {
     imports::emit(fenv, topic_ofs as usize, topic_len, arg_len)
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn owner(fenv: Caller<Env>, mod_id_ofs: u32) -> WasmtimeResult<i32> {
+    imports::owner(fenv, mod_id_ofs as usize)
+}
diff --git a/piecrust/src/imports/wasm64.rs b/piecrust/src/imports/wasm64.rs
index 95ce70cd..06f729db 100644
--- a/piecrust/src/imports/wasm64.rs
+++ b/piecrust/src/imports/wasm64.rs
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ pub(crate) fn emit(
 ) -> WasmtimeResult<()> {
     imports::emit(fenv, topic_ofs as usize, topic_len, arg_len)
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn owner(fenv: Caller<Env>, mod_id_ofs: u64) -> WasmtimeResult<i32> {
+    imports::owner(fenv, mod_id_ofs as usize)
+}
diff --git a/piecrust/tests/metadata.rs b/piecrust/tests/metadata.rs
index bba837f4..6239ac02 100644
--- a/piecrust/tests/metadata.rs
+++ b/piecrust/tests/metadata.rs
@@ -47,3 +47,75 @@ fn metadata() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn owner_of() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    const EXPECTED_OWNER_0: [u8; 33] = [3u8; 33];
+    const EXPECTED_OWNER_1: [u8; 33] = [4u8; 33];
+
+    const CONTRACT_ID_0: ContractId = ContractId::from_bytes([1; 32]);
+    const CONTRACT_ID_1: ContractId = ContractId::from_bytes([2; 32]);
+    const CONTRACT_ID_2: ContractId = ContractId::from_bytes([3; 32]);
+
+    let vm = VM::ephemeral()?;
+
+    let mut session = vm.session(SessionData::builder())?;
+
+    session.deploy(
+        contract_bytecode!("metadata"),
+        ContractData::builder(EXPECTED_OWNER_0).contract_id(CONTRACT_ID_0),
+        LIMIT,
+    )?;
+    session.deploy(
+        contract_bytecode!("metadata"),
+        ContractData::builder(EXPECTED_OWNER_1).contract_id(CONTRACT_ID_1),
+        LIMIT,
+    )?;
+
+    let owner = session
+        .call::<_, Option<[u8; 33]>>(
+            CONTRACT_ID_0,
+            "read_owner_of",
+            &CONTRACT_ID_1,
+            LIMIT,
+        )?
+        .data;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        owner,
+        Some(EXPECTED_OWNER_1),
+        "The first contract should think the second contract has the correct owner"
+    );
+
+    let owner = session
+        .call::<_, Option<[u8; 33]>>(
+            CONTRACT_ID_1,
+            "read_owner_of",
+            &CONTRACT_ID_0,
+            LIMIT,
+        )?
+        .data;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        owner,
+        Some(EXPECTED_OWNER_0),
+        "The second contract should think the first contract has the correct owner"
+    );
+
+    let owner = session
+        .call::<_, Option<[u8; 33]>>(
+            CONTRACT_ID_0,
+            "read_owner_of",
+            &CONTRACT_ID_2,
+            LIMIT,
+        )?
+        .data;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        owner,
+        None,
+        "The first contract should think that the owner of a non-existing contract in None"
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}