diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/common/api_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a1f274996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/api_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+
+from rest_framework import generics
+
+from .serializers import ContentTypeSerializer
+
+
+class APIContentTypeList(generics.ListAPIView):
+    """
+    Returns a list of all the available content types.
+    """
+
+    serializer_class = ContentTypeSerializer
+    queryset = ContentType.objects.order_by('app_label', 'model')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/apps.py b/mayan/apps/common/apps.py
index 457ecc2073..ace2edd1c0 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/apps.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/apps.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from mayan.celery import app
+from rest_api.classes import APIEndPoint
 
 from .classes import Package
 from .handlers import (
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ class CommonApp(MayanAppConfig):
     def ready(self):
         super(CommonApp, self).ready()
 
+        APIEndPoint(app=self, version_string='1')
+
         Package(label='Django', license_text='''
 Copyright (c) Django Software Foundation and individual contributors.
 All rights reserved.
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/serializers.py b/mayan/apps/common/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab9520c89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+
+class ContentTypeSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        fields = ('app_label', 'id', 'model')
+        model = ContentType
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_api.py b/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b92bd8342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+
+
+class CommonAPITestCase(APITestCase):
+    def test_content_type_list_view(self):
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('rest_api:content-type-list'))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/urls.py b/mayan/apps/common/urls.py
index 11b6e1acf8..2db113ce26 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/urls.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles import static
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView
 from django.views.i18n import javascript_catalog
 
+from api_views import APIContentTypeList
 from .views import (
     AboutView, CurrentUserDetailsView, CurrentUserEditView,
     CurrentUserLocaleProfileDetailsView, CurrentUserLocaleProfileEditView,
@@ -66,3 +67,7 @@ urlpatterns += patterns(
         name='set_language'
     ),
 )
+
+api_urls = [
+    url(r'^content_types/$', APIContentTypeList.as_view(), name='content-type-list'),
+]