diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
index 80cc3f6089..0ecaccd767 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 
+from rest_framework import generics, status
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+
+from acls.models import AccessEntry
 from converter.exceptions import UnkownConvertError, UnknownFileFormat
 from converter.literals import (DEFAULT_PAGE_NUMBER, DEFAULT_ROTATION,
                                 DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL)
 from permissions.models import Permission
-from rest_framework import generics
-from rest_framework.response import Response
-
-from acls.models import AccessEntry
 from rest_api.filters import MayanObjectPermissionsFilter
 from rest_api.permissions import MayanPermission
 
 from .conf.settings import DISPLAY_SIZE, ZOOM_MAX_LEVEL, ZOOM_MIN_LEVEL
+from .models import Document, DocumentPage, DocumentVersion
 from .permissions import (PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_CREATE,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_DELETE, PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_EDIT,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_NEW_VERSION,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_PROPERTIES_EDIT,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW)
-from .models import Document, DocumentPage, DocumentVersion
 from .serializers import (DocumentImageSerializer, DocumentPageSerializer,
                           DocumentSerializer, DocumentVersionSerializer)
 
@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ class APIDocumentView(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     queryset = Document.objects.all()
 
     permission_classes = (MayanPermission,)
-    mayan_object_permissions = {'GET': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW],
+    mayan_object_permissions = {
+        'GET': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW],
         'PUT': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_PROPERTIES_EDIT],
         'PATCH': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_PROPERTIES_EDIT],
-        'DELETE': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_DELETE]}
+        'DELETE': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_DELETE]
+    }
 
 
 class APIDocumentVersionCreateView(generics.CreateAPIView):
@@ -65,6 +67,42 @@ class APIDocumentVersionCreateView(generics.CreateAPIView):
     permission_classes = (MayanPermission,)
     mayan_view_permissions = {'POST': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_NEW_VERSION]}
 
+    def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.DATA, files=request.FILES)
+
+        if serializer.is_valid():
+            self.pre_save(serializer.object)
+            # Nested resource we take the document pk from the URL and insert it
+            # so that it needs not to be specified by the user, we mark it as
+            # a read only field in the serializer
+            serializer.object.document = get_object_or_404(Document, pk=kwargs['pk'])
+
+            try:
+                # Check the uniqueness of this version for this document instead
+                # of letting Django explode with an IntegrityError
+                DocumentVersion.objects.get(
+                    document=serializer.object.document,
+                    major=serializer.object.major,
+                    minor=serializer.object.minor,
+                    micro=serializer.object.micro,
+                    release_level=serializer.object.release_level,
+                    serial=serializer.object.serial
+                )
+            except DocumentVersion.DoesNotExist:
+                self.object = serializer.save(force_insert=True)
+            else:
+                return Response(
+                    {'non_field_errors': 'A version with the same major, minor, micro, release_level and serial values already exist for this document.'},
+                    status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+                )
+
+            self.post_save(self.object, created=True)
+            headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
+            return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+                            headers=headers)
+
+        return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
 
 class APIDocumentVersionView(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
     """
@@ -137,8 +175,9 @@ class APIDocumentPageView(generics.RetrieveUpdateAPIView):
     queryset = DocumentPage.objects.all()
 
     permission_classes = (MayanPermission,)
-    mayan_object_permissions = {'GET': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW],
+    mayan_object_permissions = {
+        'GET': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW],
         'PUT': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_EDIT],
-        'PATCH': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_EDIT]}
+        'PATCH': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_EDIT]
+    }
     mayan_permission_attribute_check = 'document'
-
diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/serializers.py b/mayan/apps/documents/serializers.py
index 14f580f73b..a83b43b35a 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/serializers.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/serializers.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class DocumentVersionSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = DocumentVersion
+        read_only_fields = ('document',)
 
 
 class DocumentImageSerializer(serializers.Serializer):