diff --git a/internal/db/model.go b/internal/db/model.go
index 63d06ec9c..79d58ed30 100644
--- a/internal/db/model.go
+++ b/internal/db/model.go
@@ -166,6 +166,25 @@ func (d *Database) ForEachModel(ctx context.Context, f func(m *dbmodel.Model) er
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *Database) FetchModelsByUUID(ctx context.Context, modelUUIDs []string) ([]dbmodel.Model, error) {
+	const op = errors.Op("db.ForEachModel")
+
+	if err := d.ready(); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.E(op, err)
+	}
+	var models []dbmodel.Model
+	db := d.DB.WithContext(ctx)
+	err := db.Where("uuid IN ?", modelUUIDs).Find(&models).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		err = dbError(err)
+		if errors.ErrorCode(err) == errors.CodeNotFound {
+			return nil, errors.E(op, err, "model not found")
+		}
+		return nil, errors.E(op, dbError(err))
+	}
+	return models, nil
+}
+
 func preloadModel(prefix string, db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
 	if len(prefix) > 0 && prefix[len(prefix)-1] != '.' {
 		prefix += "."
diff --git a/internal/db/model_test.go b/internal/db/model_test.go
index 3ba011106..07b3cee01 100644
--- a/internal/db/model_test.go
+++ b/internal/db/model_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package db_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
 	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
@@ -718,3 +719,85 @@ func (s *dbSuite) TestForEachModel(c *qt.C) {
 		"00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000003",
 	})
 }
+
+const testFetchModelsByUUIDEnv = `clouds:
+- name: test
+  type: test
+  regions:
+  - name: test-region
+cloud-credentials:
+- name: test-cred
+  cloud: test
+  owner: alice@external
+  type: empty
+controllers:
+- name: test
+  uuid: 00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
+  cloud: test
+  region: test-region
+models:
+- name: test-1
+  uuid: 00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
+  owner: alice@external
+  cloud: test
+  region: test-region
+  cloud-credential: test-cred
+  controller: test
+  users:
+  - user: alice@external
+    access: admin
+  - user: bob@external
+    access: write
+- name: test-2
+  uuid: 00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000002
+  owner: bob@external
+  cloud: test
+  region: test-region
+  cloud-credential: test-cred
+  controller: test
+  users:
+  - user: bob@external
+    access: admin
+- name: test-3
+  uuid: 00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000003
+  owner: bob@external
+  cloud: test
+  region: test-region
+  cloud-credential: test-cred
+  controller: test
+  users:
+  - user: bob@external
+    access: admin
+`
+
+func TestFetchModelsByUUIDlUnconfiguredDatabase(t *testing.T) {
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	var d db.Database
+	_, err := d.FetchModelsByUUID(context.Background(), nil)
+	c.Check(err, qt.ErrorMatches, `database not configured`)
+	c.Check(errors.ErrorCode(err), qt.Equals, errors.CodeServerConfiguration)
+}
+
+func (s *dbSuite) TestFetchModelsByUUID(c *qt.C) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	err := s.Database.Migrate(context.Background(), true)
+	c.Assert(err, qt.Equals, nil)
+
+	env := jimmtest.ParseEnvironment(c, testFetchModelsByUUIDEnv)
+	env.PopulateDB(c, *s.Database, nil)
+
+	modelUUIDs := []string{
+		"00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
+		"00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000002",
+		"00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000003",
+	}
+	models, err := s.Database.FetchModelsByUUID(ctx, modelUUIDs)
+	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+	sort.Slice(models, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return models[i].UUID.String < models[j].UUID.String
+	})
+	c.Check(models[0].UUID.String, qt.Equals, "00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001")
+	c.Check(models[1].UUID.String, qt.Equals, "00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000002")
+	c.Check(models[2].UUID.String, qt.Equals, "00000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000003")
+}
diff --git a/internal/jujuapi/jimm.go b/internal/jujuapi/jimm.go
index 061682304..e87274e7d 100644
--- a/internal/jujuapi/jimm.go
+++ b/internal/jujuapi/jimm.go
@@ -497,14 +497,15 @@ func (r *controllerRoot) RemoveCloudFromController(ctx context.Context, req apip
 func (r *controllerRoot) CrossModelQuery(ctx context.Context, req apiparams.CrossModelQueryRequest) (apiparams.CrossModelQueryResponse, error) {
 	const op = errors.Op("jujuapi.CrossModelQuery")
 
-	usersModels, err := r.jimm.Database.GetUserModels(ctx, r.user.User)
+	modelUUIDs, err := r.user.ListModels(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return apiparams.CrossModelQueryResponse{}, errors.E(op, errors.Code("failed to get models for user"))
+		return apiparams.CrossModelQueryResponse{}, errors.E(op, errors.Code("failed to list user's model access"))
 	}
-	models := make([]dbmodel.Model, len(usersModels))
-	for i, m := range usersModels {
-		models[i] = m.Model_
+	models, err := r.jimm.Database.FetchModelsByUUID(ctx, modelUUIDs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return apiparams.CrossModelQueryResponse{}, errors.E(op, errors.Code("failed to get models for user"))
 	}
+
 	switch strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(req.Type)) {
 	case "jq":
 		return r.jimm.QueryModelsJq(ctx, models, req.Query)