diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/api_views.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/api_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ce872e2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_comments/api_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+
+from rest_framework import generics
+
+from acls.models import AccessControlList
+from documents.models import Document
+from permissions import Permission
+
+from .permissions import (
+    permission_comment_create, permission_comment_delete,
+    permission_comment_view
+)
+from .serializers import CommentSerializer, WritableCommentSerializer
+
+
+class APICommentListView(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Returns a list of all the document comments.
+        """
+        return super(APICommentListView, self).get(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_document(self):
+        if self.request.method == 'GET':
+            permission_required = permission_comment_view
+        else:
+            permission_required = permission_comment_create
+
+        document = get_object_or_404(Document, pk=self.kwargs['document_pk'])
+
+        try:
+            Permission.check_permissions(
+                self.request.user, (permission_required,)
+            )
+        except PermissionDenied:
+            AccessControlList.objects.check_access(
+                permission_required, self.request.user, document
+            )
+
+        return document
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return self.get_document().comments.all()
+
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        if self.request.method == 'GET':
+            return CommentSerializer
+        else:
+            return WritableCommentSerializer
+
+    def get_serializer_context(self):
+        """
+        Extra context provided to the serializer class.
+        """
+        return {
+            'document': self.get_document(),
+            'format': self.format_kwarg,
+            'request': self.request,
+            'view': self
+        }
+
+    def post(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Create a new document comment.
+        """
+        return super(APICommentListView, self).post(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class APICommentView(generics.RetrieveDestroyAPIView):
+    lookup_url_kwarg = 'comment_pk'
+    serializer_class = CommentSerializer
+
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Delete the selected document comment.
+        """
+
+        return super(APICommentView, self).delete(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Returns the details of the selected document comment.
+        """
+
+        return super(APICommentView, self).get(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_document(self):
+        if self.request.method == 'GET':
+            permission_required = permission_comment_view
+        else:
+            permission_required = permission_comment_delete
+
+        document = get_object_or_404(Document, pk=self.kwargs['document_pk'])
+
+        try:
+            Permission.check_permissions(
+                self.request.user, (permission_required,)
+            )
+        except PermissionDenied:
+            AccessControlList.objects.check_access(
+                permission_required, self.request.user, document
+            )
+
+        return document
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return self.get_document().comments.all()
+
+    def get_serializer_context(self):
+        """
+        Extra context provided to the serializer class.
+        """
+        return {
+            'format': self.format_kwarg,
+            'request': self.request,
+            'view': self
+        }
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/apps.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/apps.py
index c4d5f3dfd4..905af2c7cf 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_comments/apps.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_comments/apps.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from acls import ModelPermission
 from common import MayanAppConfig, menu_facet, menu_object, menu_sidebar
 from navigation import SourceColumn
+from rest_api.classes import APIEndPoint
 
 from .links import (
     link_comment_add, link_comment_delete, link_comments_for_document
@@ -20,11 +21,14 @@ class DocumentCommentsApp(MayanAppConfig):
     app_namespace = 'comments'
     app_url = 'comments'
     name = 'document_comments'
+    test = True
     verbose_name = _('Document comments')
 
     def ready(self):
         super(DocumentCommentsApp, self).ready()
 
+        APIEndPoint(app=self, version_string='1')
+
         Document = apps.get_model(
             app_label='documents', model_name='Document'
         )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/serializers.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4090cdadfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_comments/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
+
+from documents.serializers import DocumentSerializer
+from user_management.serializers import UserSerializer
+
+from .models import Comment
+
+
+class CommentSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
+    document = DocumentSerializer(read_only=True)
+    document_comments_url = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    url = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    user = UserSerializer(read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        fields = (
+            'comment', 'document', 'document_comments_url', 'id',
+            'submit_date', 'url', 'user'
+        )
+        model = Comment
+
+    def get_document_comments_url(self, instance):
+        return reverse(
+            'rest_api:comment-list', args=(
+                instance.document.pk,
+            ), request=self.context['request'], format=self.context['format']
+        )
+
+    def get_url(self, instance):
+        return reverse(
+            'rest_api:comment-detail', args=(
+                instance.document.pk, instance.pk
+            ), request=self.context['request'], format=self.context['format']
+        )
+
+
+class WritableCommentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    document = DocumentSerializer(read_only=True)
+    document_comments_url = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    url = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+    user = UserSerializer(read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        fields = (
+            'comment', 'document', 'document_comments_url', 'id',
+            'submit_date', 'url', 'user'
+        )
+        model = Comment
+        read_only_fields = ('document',)
+
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        validated_data['document'] = self.context['document']
+        validated_data['user'] = self.context['request'].user
+        return super(WritableCommentSerializer, self).create(validated_data)
+
+    def get_document_comments_url(self, instance):
+        return reverse(
+            'rest_api:comment-list', args=(
+                instance.document.pk,
+            ), request=self.context['request'], format=self.context['format']
+        )
+
+    def get_url(self, instance):
+        return reverse(
+            'rest_api:comment-detail', args=(
+                instance.document.pk, instance.pk
+            ), request=self.context['request'], format=self.context['format']
+        )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/tests/__init__.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/tests/literals.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/tests/literals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..489cba38be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_comments/tests/literals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+TEST_COMMENT_TEXT = 'test comment text'
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/tests/test_api.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/tests/test_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72dd645028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_comments/tests/test_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.test import override_settings
+
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+
+from documents.models import DocumentType
+from documents.tests.literals import (
+    TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE, TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH
+)
+from user_management.tests.literals import (
+    TEST_ADMIN_EMAIL, TEST_ADMIN_PASSWORD, TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME
+)
+
+from ..models import Comment
+
+from .literals import TEST_COMMENT_TEXT
+
+
+@override_settings(OCR_AUTO_OCR=False)
+class CommentAPITestCase(APITestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.admin_user = get_user_model().objects.create_superuser(
+            username=TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME, email=TEST_ADMIN_EMAIL,
+            password=TEST_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+        )
+
+        self.client.login(
+            username=TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME, password=TEST_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+        )
+
+        self.document_type = DocumentType.objects.create(
+            label=TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE
+        )
+
+        with open(TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH) as file_object:
+            self.document = self.document_type.new_document(
+                file_object=file_object
+            )
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if hasattr(self, 'document_type'):
+            self.document_type.delete()
+
+    def _create_comment(self):
+        return self.document.comments.create(
+            comment=TEST_COMMENT_TEXT, user=self.admin_user
+        )
+
+    def test_comment_create_view(self):
+        response = self.client.post(
+            reverse(
+                'rest_api:comment-list', args=(self.document.pk,)
+            ), {
+                'comment': TEST_COMMENT_TEXT
+            }
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
+        comment = Comment.objects.first()
+        self.assertEqual(Comment.objects.count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['id'], comment.pk)
+
+    def test_comment_delete_view(self):
+        comment = self._create_comment()
+
+        self.client.delete(
+            reverse(
+                'rest_api:comment-detail', args=(self.document.pk, comment.pk,)
+            )
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(Comment.objects.count(), 0)
+
+    def test_comment_detail_view(self):
+        comment = self._create_comment()
+
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse(
+                'rest_api:comment-detail', args=(self.document.pk, comment.pk,)
+            )
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['comment'], comment.comment)
+
+    def test_comment_list_view(self):
+        comment = self._create_comment()
+
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse('rest_api:comment-list', args=(self.document.pk,))
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.data['results'][0]['comment'], comment.comment
+        )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/urls.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/urls.py
index b2c68b989e..b538962d34 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_comments/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_comments/urls.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 
+from .api_views import APICommentListView, APICommentView
 from .views import (
     DocumentCommentCreateView, DocumentCommentDeleteView,
     DocumentCommentListView
@@ -22,3 +23,14 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
         DocumentCommentListView.as_view(), name='comments_for_document'
     ),
 )
+
+api_urls = [
+    url(
+        r'^document/(?P<document_pk>[0-9]+)/comments/$',
+        APICommentListView.as_view(), name='comment-list'
+    ),
+    url(
+        r'^document/(?P<document_pk>[0-9]+)/comments/(?P<comment_pk>[0-9]+)/$',
+        APICommentView.as_view(), name='comment-detail'
+    ),
+]