diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/__init__.py b/mayan/apps/documents/__init__.py
index 6e93f6a158..801b2a1bca 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/__init__.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/__init__.py
@@ -158,3 +158,4 @@ namespace.add_statistic(DocumentUsageStatistics(name='document_usage', label=_(u
 endpoint = APIEndPoint('documents')
 endpoint.register_urls(api_urls)
 endpoint.add_endpoint('document-list', _(u'Returns a list of all the documents.'))
+endpoint.add_endpoint('documenttype-list', _(u'Returns a list of all the document types.'))
diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
index 8e982fba4d..b19754160d 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from .permissions import (PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_CREATE,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_NEW_VERSION,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_PROPERTIES_EDIT,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW,
+                          PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_TYPE_CREATE,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_TYPE_DELETE,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_TYPE_EDIT,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_TYPE_VIEW)
@@ -187,6 +188,20 @@ class APIDocumentPageView(generics.RetrieveUpdateAPIView):
     mayan_permission_attribute_check = 'document'
 
 
+class APIDocumentTypeListView(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    """
+    Returns a list of all the document types.
+    """
+
+    serializer_class = DocumentTypeSerializer
+    queryset = DocumentType.objects.all()
+
+    permission_classes = (MayanPermission,)
+    filter_backends = (MayanObjectPermissionsFilter,)
+    mayan_object_permissions = {'GET': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_TYPE_VIEW]}
+    mayan_view_permissions = {'POST': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_TYPE_CREATE]}
+
+
 class APIDocumentTypeView(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     """
     Returns the selected document type details.
diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/urls.py b/mayan/apps/documents/urls.py
index 21cd65e787..a4c9448592 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/urls.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
 from .api_views import (APIDocumentView, APIDocumentImageView, APIDocumentListView,
-                        APIDocumentPageView, APIDocumentTypeView,
-                        APIDocumentVersionCreateView, APIDocumentVersionView)
+                        APIDocumentPageView, APIDocumentTypeListView,
+                        APIDocumentTypeView, APIDocumentVersionCreateView,
+                        APIDocumentVersionView)
 from .conf.settings import PRINT_SIZE, DISPLAY_SIZE
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('documents.views',
@@ -76,5 +77,6 @@ api_urls = patterns('',
     url(r'^document_page/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', APIDocumentPageView.as_view(), name='documentpage-detail'),
     url(r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/image/$', APIDocumentImageView.as_view(), name='document-image'),
     url(r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/new_version/$', APIDocumentVersionCreateView.as_view(), name='document-new-version'),
+    url(r'^documenttypes/$', APIDocumentTypeListView.as_view(), name='documenttype-list'),
     url(r'^documenttypes/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', APIDocumentTypeView.as_view(), name='documenttype-detail'),
 )