diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
index 50a3934d6..15f66b24f 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def user_fetcher(username) do
     get "/statusnet/conversation/:id", TwitterAPI.Controller, :fetch_conversation
 
     post "/account/register", TwitterAPI.Controller, :register
+
+    get "/externalprofile/show", TwitterAPI.Controller, :external_profile
   end
 
   scope "/api", Pleroma.Web do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
index d73ef3c77..d048d07c3 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
@@ -350,4 +350,12 @@ def conversation_id_to_context(id) do
       {:error, "No such conversation"}
     end
   end
+
+  def get_external_profile(for_user, uri) do
+    with %User{} = user <- User.get_cached_by_ap_id(uri) do
+      {:ok, UserRepresenter.to_map(user, %{for: for_user})}
+    else _e ->
+      {:error, "Couldn't find user"}
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
index 3fb60da6c..4a1622cc8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ def update_avatar(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, params) do
     |> json_reply(200, response)
   end
 
+  def external_profile(%{assigns: %{user: current_user}} = conn, %{"profileurl" => uri}) do
+    with {:ok, user_map} <- TwitterAPI.get_external_profile(current_user, uri),
+         response <- Poison.encode!(user_map) do
+      conn
+      |> json_reply(200, response)
+    end
+  end
+
   defp bad_request_reply(conn, error_message) do
     json = error_json(conn, error_message)
     json_reply(conn, 400, json)
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
index f8afbaee5..0e9d29018 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -389,6 +389,17 @@ test "it returns errors on a problem", %{conn: conn} do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "GET /api/externalprofile/show" do
+    test "it returns the user", %{conn: conn} do
+      user = insert(:user)
+
+      conn = conn
+      |> get("/api/externalprofile/show", %{profileurl: user.ap_id})
+
+      assert json_response(conn, 200) == UserRepresenter.to_map(user)
+    end
+  end
+
   defp valid_user(_context) do
     user = insert(:user)
     [user: user]
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
index fd309e5ed..ebc9e362f 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
@@ -358,4 +358,13 @@ test "returns an existing mapping for an existing object" do
       assert conversation_id == object.id
     end
   end
+
+  describe "fetching a user by uri" do
+    test "fetches a user by uri" do
+      user = insert(:user)
+
+      {:ok, represented} = TwitterAPI.get_external_profile(user, user.ap_id)
+      assert represented = UserRepresenter.to_map(user, %{for: user})
+    end
+  end
 end