diff --git a/cmd/web.go b/cmd/web.go
index 87468ee47..13dfdb9ef 100644
--- a/cmd/web.go
+++ b/cmd/web.go
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ func runWeb(ctx *cli.Context) {
 					m.Get("/raw/*", middleware.RepoRef(), v1.GetRepoRawFile)
 					m.Get("/archive/*", v1.GetRepoArchive)
 					m.Post("/forks", v1.ForkRepo)
+					m.Get("/commits/:commitId", v1.CommitById)
 				}, middleware.ApiRepoAssignment(), middleware.ApiReqToken())
 			})
 
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo_commits.go b/routers/api/v1/repo_commits.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..151d575e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo_commits.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	api "github.com/gogits/go-gogs-client"
+
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/git"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/models"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/log"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/middleware"
+)
+
+func ToApiSignature(signature *git.Signature) *api.Signature {
+	return &api.Signature{
+		Email:			signature.Email,
+		Name: 			signature.Name,
+		When: 			signature.When,
+	}
+}
+
+func ToApiCommit(commit *git.Commit) *api.Commit {
+	return &api.Commit{
+		ID:            	commit.Id.String(),
+		Author:        	*ToApiSignature(commit.Author),
+		Committer:    	*ToApiSignature(commit.Committer),
+		CommitMessage:  commit.CommitMessage,
+	}
+}
+
+func convertToGitRepo(repository *models.Repository) (*git.Repository, error) {
+	repoPath, err := repository.RepoPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	gitRepo, err := git.OpenRepository(repoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return gitRepo, nil
+}
+
+func CommitById(ctx *middleware.Context) {
+	gitRepo, err := convertToGitRepo(ctx.Repo.Repository)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(4, "convertToGitRepo: %v", err)
+		ctx.Error(500)
+		return
+	}
+
+	commit, err := gitRepo.GetCommit(ctx.Params(":commitId"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(4, "GetCommit: %v", err)
+		ctx.Error(500, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx.JSON(200, ToApiCommit(commit))
+}
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