diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/events/api_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a317c64c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/api_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from rest_framework import generics
+
+from .classes import Event
+from .serializers import EventSerializer
+
+
+class APIEventTypeList(generics.ListAPIView):
+    """
+    Returns a list of all the available event types.
+    """
+
+    serializer_class = EventSerializer
+    queryset = sorted(Event.all(), key=lambda event: event.name)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/apps.py b/mayan/apps/events/apps.py
index 74a6ddc661..190382c352 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/events/apps.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/apps.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ from actstream.models import Action
 
 from common import MayanAppConfig, menu_tools
 from common.classes import Package
-
 from navigation import SourceColumn
+from rest_api.classes import APIEndPoint
 
 from .links import link_events_list
 from .widgets import event_type_link
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class EventsApp(MayanAppConfig):
     def ready(self):
         super(EventsApp, self).ready()
 
+        APIEndPoint(app=self, version_string='1')
+
         Package(label='django-activity-stream', license_text='''
 Copyright (c) 2010-2015, Justin Quick
 All rights reserved.
diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/classes.py b/mayan/apps/events/classes.py
index 07b76c9617..d986bfb52b 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/events/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/classes.py
@@ -7,20 +7,33 @@ from actstream import action
 
 
 class Event(object):
-    _labels = {}
+    _registry = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def all(cls):
+        return cls._registry.values()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get(cls, name):
+        try:
+            return cls._registry[name]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise KeyError(
+                _('Unknown or obsolete event type: {0}'.format(name))
+            )
 
     @classmethod
     def get_label(cls, name):
         try:
-            return cls._labels[name]
-        except KeyError:
-            return _('Unknown or obsolete event type: {0}'.format(name))
+            return cls.get(name=name).label
+        except KeyError as exception:
+            return unicode(exception)
 
     def __init__(self, name, label):
         self.name = name
         self.label = label
         self.event_type = None
-        self.__class__._labels[name] = label
+        self.__class__._registry[name] = self
 
     def commit(self, actor=None, action_object=None, target=None):
         model = apps.get_model('events', 'EventType')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/serializers.py b/mayan/apps/events/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6223363413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+
+class EventSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    label = serializers.CharField()
+    name = serializers.CharField()
diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/tests/test_api.py b/mayan/apps/events/tests/test_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dadc0f531a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/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 EventAPITestCase(APITestCase):
+    def test_evet_type_list_view(self):
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('rest_api:event-type-list'))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/urls.py b/mayan/apps/events/urls.py
index 3f87a57e58..b256e1585e 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/events/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/urls.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
+from .api_views import APIEventTypeList
 from .views import EventListView, ObjectEventListView, VerbEventListView
 
 urlpatterns = patterns(
@@ -16,3 +17,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
         name='events_by_verb'
     ),
 )
+
+api_urls = [
+    url(r'^$', APIEventTypeList.as_view(), name='event-type-list'),
+]