diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
index 859754d246..8579399a2a 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/api_views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+# TODO: Improve API methods docstrings
+
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 
@@ -16,7 +18,8 @@ from permissions.models import Permission
 from rest_api.filters import MayanObjectPermissionsFilter
 from rest_api.permissions import MayanPermission
 
-from .models import Document, DocumentPage, DocumentType, DocumentVersion
+from .models import (Document, DocumentPage, DocumentType, DocumentVersion,
+                     RecentDocument)
 from .permissions import (PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_CREATE,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_DELETE, PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_EDIT,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_NEW_VERSION,
@@ -28,7 +31,8 @@ from .permissions import (PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_CREATE,
                           PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_TYPE_VIEW)
 from .serializers import (DocumentImageSerializer, DocumentPageSerializer,
                           DocumentSerializer, DocumentTypeSerializer,
-                          DocumentVersionSerializer, NewDocumentSerializer)
+                          DocumentVersionSerializer, NewDocumentSerializer,
+                          RecentDocumentSerializer)
 from .settings import DISPLAY_SIZE, ZOOM_MAX_LEVEL, ZOOM_MIN_LEVEL
 from .tasks import task_get_document_image, task_new_document
 
@@ -311,3 +315,14 @@ class APIDocumentTypeDocumentListView(generics.ListAPIView):
             AccessEntry.objects.check_access(PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_TYPE_VIEW, self.request.user, document_type)
 
         return document_type.documents.all()
+
+
+class APIRecentDocumentListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = RecentDocumentSerializer
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return RecentDocument.objects.filter(user=self.request.user)
+
+    def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Return a list of the recent documents for the current user."""
+        return super(APIRecentDocumentListView, self).get(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/serializers.py b/mayan/apps/documents/serializers.py
index 35db2c7bba..19e7c2467b 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/serializers.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/serializers.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from .literals import LANGUAGE_CHOICES
-from .models import Document, DocumentVersion, DocumentPage, DocumentType
+from .models import (Document, DocumentVersion, DocumentPage, DocumentType,
+                     RecentDocument)
 
 
 class DocumentPageSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
@@ -54,3 +55,9 @@ class NewDocumentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     file = serializers.FileField()
     label = serializers.CharField(required=False)
     language = serializers.ChoiceField(choices=LANGUAGE_CHOICES, blank_display_value=None, required=False)
+
+
+class RecentDocumentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        fields = ('document', 'datetime_accessed')
+        model = RecentDocument
diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/urls.py b/mayan/apps/documents/urls.py
index 1c43bd5012..3a988bea96 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/urls.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from .api_views import (APIDocumentView, APIDocumentImageView, APIDocumentListView,
                         APIDocumentPageView, APIDocumentTypeDocumentListView,
                         APIDocumentTypeListView, APIDocumentTypeView,
-                        APIDocumentVersionCreateView, APIDocumentVersionView)
+                        APIDocumentVersionCreateView, APIDocumentVersionView,
+                        APIRecentDocumentListView)
 from .settings import PRINT_SIZE, DISPLAY_SIZE
 from .views import DocumentListView
 
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('documents.views',
 
 api_urls = patterns('',
     url(r'^documents/$', APIDocumentListView.as_view(), name='document-list'),
+    url(r'^documents/recent/$', APIRecentDocumentListView.as_view(), name='document-recent-list'),
     url(r'^documents/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', APIDocumentView.as_view(), name='document-detail'),
     url(r'^document_version/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', APIDocumentVersionView.as_view(), name='documentversion-detail'),
     url(r'^document_page/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', APIDocumentPageView.as_view(), name='documentpage-detail'),