diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/__init__.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..3b434cfaea 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/rest_api/__init__.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from .classes import APIEndPoint
+from .urls import api_urls
+
+endpoint = APIEndPoint('rest_api')
+endpoint.register_urls(api_urls)
+endpoint.add_endpoint('auth_token_obtain', _(u'Obtain an API authentication token.'))
diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/urls.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/urls.py
index 2e22f0d559..f9a5d0352a 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/rest_api/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/urls.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from django.conf.urls import include, patterns, url
 
-from .views import APIBase, Version_0, APIAppView
+from .views import APIBase, Version_0, APIAppView, BrowseableObtainAuthToken
 
 version_0_urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^$', Version_0.as_view(), name='api-version-0'),
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^$', APIBase.as_view(), name='api-root'),
     url(r'^v0/', include(version_0_urlpatterns)),
 )
+
+api_urls = patterns('',
+    url(r'^auth/token/obtain/', BrowseableObtainAuthToken.as_view(), name='auth_token_obtain'),
+)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/rest_api/views.py b/mayan/apps/rest_api/views.py
index 759b3be228..7eafb19488 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/rest_api/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/rest_api/views.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import logging
 
-from rest_framework import generics
+from rest_framework import generics, renderers
+from rest_framework.authtoken.views import ObtainAuthToken
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
@@ -66,3 +67,10 @@ class APIAppView(generics.GenericAPIView):
         return Response({
             'endpoints': result
         })
+
+
+class BrowseableObtainAuthToken(ObtainAuthToken):
+    """
+    Obtain an API authentication token.
+    """
+    renderer_classes = (renderers.JSONRenderer, renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer)
diff --git a/mayan/settings/base.py b/mayan/settings/base.py
index 12f5e0a5dd..9fcedb67d0 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/base.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/base.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'mptt',
     'compressor',
     'rest_framework',
+    'rest_framework.authtoken',
     'solo',
     # Base generic
     'permissions',
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     'MAX_PAGINATE_BY': 100,
     'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
         'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
     )
 }