diff --git a/app/controllers/user_status_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_status_controller.rb
index 5d7d05858f0..14016bd22e9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_status_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_status_controller.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 class UserStatusController < ApplicationController
   requires_login
 
+  def get
+    ensure_feature_enabled
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json { render json: UserStatusSerializer.new(current_user.user_status, root: false) }
+    end
+  end
+
   def set
     ensure_feature_enabled
     description = params.require(:description)
diff --git a/app/models/api_key_scope.rb b/app/models/api_key_scope.rb
index 1cc804fecfb..18db82addd7 100644
--- a/app/models/api_key_scope.rb
+++ b/app/models/api_key_scope.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ class ApiKeyScope < ActiveRecord::Base
           delete: { actions: %w[admin/users#destroy] },
           list: { actions: %w[admin/users#index] },
         },
+        user_status: {
+          read: { actions: %w[user_status#get] },
+          update: { actions: %w[user_status#set user_status#clear] },
+        },
         email: {
           receive_emails: { actions: %w[admin/email#handle_mail admin/email#smtp_should_reject] }
         },
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 96521f563f7..975f116aa50 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -4518,6 +4518,9 @@ en:
               anonymize: Anonymize user accounts.
               delete: Delete user accounts.
               list: Get a list of users.
+            user_status:
+              read: Read user status.
+              update: Update user status.
             email:
               receive_emails: Combine this scope with the mail-receiver to process incoming emails.
             badges:
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 44c1570c882..6bb1a357a59 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
     post "/presence/update" => "presence#update"
     get "/presence/get" => "presence#get"
 
+    get "user-status" => "user_status#get"
     put "user-status" => "user_status#set"
     delete "user-status" => "user_status#clear"
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/api_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/api_controller_spec.rb
index ccc4db57410..9fbc4f0c8d8 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/api_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/api_controller_spec.rb
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::ApiController do
           "email",
           "posts",
           "uploads",
+          "user_status",
           "global",
           "badges",
           "categories",
diff --git a/spec/requests/user_status_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/user_status_controller_spec.rb
index e16dbd1be93..bac9878f810 100644
--- a/spec/requests/user_status_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/user_status_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,46 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 RSpec.describe UserStatusController do
+  describe '#get' do
+    it 'requires user to be logged in' do
+      get "/user-status.json"
+      expect(response.status).to eq(403)
+    end
+
+    it "returns 404 if the feature is disabled" do
+      user = Fabricate(:user)
+      sign_in(user)
+      SiteSetting.enable_user_status = false
+
+      get "/user-status.json"
+
+      expect(response.status).to eq(404)
+    end
+
+    describe 'when feature is enabled and a user is logged in' do
+      fab!(:user) { Fabricate(:user) }
+
+      before do
+        sign_in(user)
+        SiteSetting.enable_user_status = true
+      end
+
+      it "returns user status" do
+        status = "off to dentist"
+        status_emoji = "tooth"
+        ends_at = "2100-01-01T18:00:00.000Z"
+        user.set_status!(status, status_emoji, DateTime.parse(ends_at))
+
+        get "/user-status.json"
+
+        expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+        expect(response.parsed_body["description"]).to eq(status)
+        expect(response.parsed_body["emoji"]).to eq(status_emoji)
+        expect(response.parsed_body["ends_at"]).to eq(ends_at)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#set' do
     it 'requires user to be logged in' do
       put "/user-status.json", params: { description: "off to dentist" }