diff --git a/openml/__init__.py b/openml/__init__.py
index 9a457c146..d1892f609 100644
--- a/openml/__init__.py
+++ b/openml/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 )
 from .__version__ import __version__
 from .datasets import OpenMLDataFeature, OpenMLDataset
-from .evaluations import OpenMLEvaluation
+from .evaluations import OpenMLEvaluation, list_estimation_procedures
 from .flows import OpenMLFlow
 from .runs import OpenMLRun
 from .setups import OpenMLParameter, OpenMLSetup
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def populate_cache(
     "exceptions",
     "extensions",
     "flows",
+    "list_estimation_procedures",
     "runs",
     "setups",
     "study",
diff --git a/openml/evaluations/__init__.py b/openml/evaluations/__init__.py
index b56d0c2d5..29344b03a 100644
--- a/openml/evaluations/__init__.py
+++ b/openml/evaluations/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 # License: BSD 3-Clause
 
 from .evaluation import OpenMLEvaluation
-from .functions import list_evaluation_measures, list_evaluations, list_evaluations_setups
+from .functions import (
+    list_estimation_procedures,
+    list_evaluation_measures,
+    list_evaluations,
+    list_evaluations_setups,
+)
 
 __all__ = [
     "OpenMLEvaluation",
+    "list_estimation_procedures",
     "list_evaluation_measures",
     "list_evaluations",
     "list_evaluations_setups",
diff --git a/openml/evaluations/functions.py b/openml/evaluations/functions.py
index 61c95a480..b5661c4df 100644
--- a/openml/evaluations/functions.py
+++ b/openml/evaluations/functions.py
@@ -298,16 +298,42 @@ def list_evaluation_measures() -> list[str]:
     return qualities["oml:evaluation_measures"]["oml:measures"][0]["oml:measure"]
 
 
-def list_estimation_procedures() -> list[str]:
-    """Return list of evaluation procedures available.
+@overload
+def list_estimation_procedures(include_ids: Literal[True]) -> dict[int, str]: ...
+
+
+@overload
+def list_estimation_procedures(include_ids: Literal[False] = ...) -> list[str]: ...
+
+
+def list_estimation_procedures(include_ids: bool = False) -> dict[int, str] | list[str]:  # noqa: FBT002
+    """Return dictionary or list of estimation procedures available.
 
     The function performs an API call to retrieve the entire list of
-    evaluation procedures' names that are available.
+    estimation procedures' ids and names that are available.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    include_ids : bool, optional (default=False)
+        If True, return a dictionary mapping estimation procedure id to name.
+        If False, return a list of estimation procedure names.
 
     Returns
     -------
-    list
+    list of estimation procedure names (default), or dict mapping
+    estimation procedure id to name if include_ids=True
     """
+    if not include_ids:
+        import warnings
+
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Returning a list from list_estimation_procedures is deprecated "
+            "and will be removed in a future release. "
+            "Use include_ids=True to get a dict of {id: name} instead.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+
     api_call = "estimationprocedure/list"
     xml_string = openml._api_calls._perform_api_call(api_call, "get")
     api_results = xmltodict.parse(xml_string)
@@ -322,6 +348,11 @@ def list_estimation_procedures() -> list[str]:
     if not isinstance(api_results["oml:estimationprocedures"]["oml:estimationprocedure"], list):
         raise TypeError('Error in return XML, does not contain "oml:estimationprocedure" as a list')
 
+    if include_ids:
+        return {
+            int(prod["oml:id"]): prod["oml:name"]
+            for prod in api_results["oml:estimationprocedures"]["oml:estimationprocedure"]
+        }
     return [
         prod["oml:name"]
         for prod in api_results["oml:estimationprocedures"]["oml:estimationprocedure"]
diff --git a/tests/test_evaluations/test_evaluation_functions.py b/tests/test_evaluations/test_evaluation_functions.py
index e15556d7b..6a1429830 100644
--- a/tests/test_evaluations/test_evaluation_functions.py
+++ b/tests/test_evaluations/test_evaluation_functions.py
@@ -264,3 +264,39 @@ def test_list_evaluations_setups_filter_task(self):
         task_id = [6]
         size = 121
         self._check_list_evaluation_setups(tasks=task_id, size=size)
+
+    @pytest.mark.test_server()
+    def test_list_estimation_procedures_return_type(self):
+        procedures = openml.evaluations.list_estimation_procedures(include_ids=True)
+        assert isinstance(procedures, dict)
+        assert len(procedures) > 0
+        assert all(isinstance(k, int) for k in procedures.keys())
+        assert all(isinstance(v, str) for v in procedures.values())
+
+    @pytest.mark.test_server()
+    def test_list_estimation_procedures_top_level_accessible(self):
+        procedures = openml.list_estimation_procedures(include_ids=True)
+        assert isinstance(procedures, dict)
+        assert len(procedures) > 0
+        assert all(isinstance(k, int) for k in procedures.keys())
+        assert all(isinstance(v, str) for v in procedures.values())
+
+    @pytest.mark.test_server()
+    def test_list_estimation_procedures_ids_are_positive_ints(self):
+        procedures = openml.evaluations.list_estimation_procedures(include_ids=True)
+        first_id = list(procedures.keys())[0]
+        assert isinstance(first_id, int)
+        assert first_id > 0
+
+    @pytest.mark.test_server()
+    def test_list_estimation_procedures_default_returns_list(self):
+        import warnings
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
+            procedures = openml.evaluations.list_estimation_procedures()
+            assert isinstance(procedures, list)
+            assert len(procedures) > 0
+            assert all(isinstance(s, str) for s in procedures)
+            # confirm deprecation warning was raised
+            assert any(issubclass(warning.category, DeprecationWarning) for warning in w)