diff --git a/mayan/apps/ocr/__init__.py b/mayan/apps/ocr/__init__.py
index 5889a21659..63d6151ea7 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/ocr/__init__.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/ocr/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from main.api import register_maintenance_links
 from navigation.api import register_links
 from navigation.links import link_spacer
 from project_tools.api import register_tool
+from rest_api.classes import APIEndPoint
 
 from .links import (all_document_ocr_cleanup, ocr_tool_link,
                     queue_document_list, queue_document_multiple_delete,
@@ -56,3 +57,5 @@ Document.add_to_class('submit_for_ocr', document_ocr_submit)
 class_permissions(Document, [PERMISSION_OCR_DOCUMENT])
 
 register_tool(ocr_tool_link)
+
+APIEndPoint('ocr')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/ocr/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/ocr/api_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f53536f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/ocr/api_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+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 rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+
+from acls.models import AccessEntry
+from documents.models import Document
+from permissions.models import Permission
+from rest_api.filters import MayanObjectPermissionsFilter
+from rest_api.permissions import MayanPermission
+
+from .permissions import PERMISSION_OCR_DOCUMENT
+from .serializers import DocumentOCRSerializer
+
+
+class DocumentOCRView(generics.GenericAPIView):
+    serializer_class = DocumentOCRSerializer
+
+    permission_classes = (MayanPermission,)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Submit document OCR queue."""
+
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.DATA, files=request.FILES)
+
+        if serializer.is_valid():
+            document = get_object_or_404(Document, pk=serializer.data['document_id'])
+
+            try:
+                Permission.objects.check_permissions(request.user, [PERMISSION_OCR_DOCUMENT])
+            except PermissionDenied:
+                AccessEntry.objects.check_access(PERMISSION_OCR_DOCUMENT, request.user, document)
+
+            document.submit_for_ocr()
+
+            headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
+            return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_202_ACCEPTED,
+                            headers=headers)
+
+        return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+    def get_success_headers(self, data):
+        try:
+            return {'Location': data[api_settings.URL_FIELD_NAME]}
+        except (TypeError, KeyError):
+            return {}
diff --git a/mayan/apps/ocr/serializers.py b/mayan/apps/ocr/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1062adb850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/ocr/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+from .models import Document
+
+
+class DocumentOCRSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    document_id = serializers.IntegerField()
diff --git a/mayan/apps/ocr/urls.py b/mayan/apps/ocr/urls.py
index cee451cbd8..4b4f5b8436 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/ocr/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/ocr/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
+from .api_views import DocumentOCRView
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('ocr.views',
     url(r'^document/(?P<document_id>\d+)/submit/$', 'submit_document', (), 'submit_document'),
     url(r'^document/multiple/submit/$', 'submit_document_multiple', (), 'submit_document_multiple'),
@@ -9,4 +11,9 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('ocr.views',
     url(r'^queue/document/(?P<queue_document_id>\d+)/re-queue/$', 're_queue_document', (), 're_queue_document'),
     url(r'^queue/document/multiple/re-queue/$', 're_queue_multiple_document', (), 're_queue_multiple_document'),
 
-    url(r'^document/all/clean_up/$', 'all_document_ocr_cleanup', (), 'all_document_ocr_cleanup'),)
+    url(r'^document/all/clean_up/$', 'all_document_ocr_cleanup', (), 'all_document_ocr_cleanup'),
+)
+
+api_urls = patterns('',
+    url(r'^submit/$', DocumentOCRView.as_view(), name='document-ocr-submit-view'),
+)