diff --git a/pkg/context/api.go b/pkg/context/api.go
index 439fb5dfd..7dc4472b9 100644
--- a/pkg/context/api.go
+++ b/pkg/context/api.go
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type APIContext struct {
-	*Context
+	*Context // TODO: Reduce to only needed fields instead of full shadow
+
+	// Base URL for the version of API endpoints, e.g. https://try.gogs.io/api/v1
+	BaseURL string
+
 	Org *APIOrganization
 }
 
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ func APIContexter() macaron.Handler {
 	return func(ctx *Context) {
 		c := &APIContext{
 			Context: ctx,
+			BaseURL: setting.AppURL + "api/v1",
 		}
 		ctx.Map(c)
 	}
diff --git a/routes/api/v1/api.go b/routes/api/v1/api.go
index 2fb2ebb0c..ccecc6a76 100644
--- a/routes/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/routes/api/v1/api.go
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *macaron.Macaron) {
 					m.Get("", repo.ListBranches)
 					m.Get("/*", repo.GetBranch)
 				})
+
+				m.Group("/commits", func() {
+					m.Get("/:sha", repo.GetSingleCommit)
+				})
+
 				m.Group("/keys", func() {
 					m.Combo("").Get(repo.ListDeployKeys).
 						Post(bind(api.CreateKeyOption{}), repo.CreateDeployKey)
diff --git a/routes/api/v1/repo/commits.go b/routes/api/v1/repo/commits.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a856d37ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/api/v1/repo/commits.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Copyright 2018 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 repo
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gogs/git-module"
+	api "github.com/gogs/go-gogs-client"
+
+	"github.com/gogs/gogs/models"
+	"github.com/gogs/gogs/models/errors"
+	"github.com/gogs/gogs/pkg/context"
+	"github.com/gogs/gogs/pkg/setting"
+)
+
+func GetSingleCommit(c *context.APIContext) {
+	gitRepo, err := git.OpenRepository(c.Repo.Repository.RepoPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		c.ServerError("OpenRepository", err)
+		return
+	}
+	commit, err := gitRepo.GetCommit(c.Params(":sha"))
+	if err != nil {
+		c.NotFoundOrServerError("GetCommit", git.IsErrNotExist, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Retrieve author and committer information
+	var apiAuthor, apiCommitter *api.User
+	author, err := models.GetUserByEmail(commit.Author.Email)
+	if err != nil && !errors.IsUserNotExist(err) {
+		c.ServerError("Get user by author email", err)
+		return
+	} else if err == nil {
+		apiAuthor = author.APIFormat()
+	}
+	// Save one query if the author is also the committer
+	if commit.Committer.Email == commit.Author.Email {
+		apiCommitter = apiAuthor
+	} else {
+		committer, err := models.GetUserByEmail(commit.Committer.Email)
+		if err != nil && !errors.IsUserNotExist(err) {
+			c.ServerError("Get user by committer email", err)
+			return
+		} else if err == nil {
+			apiCommitter = committer.APIFormat()
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Retrieve parent(s) of the commit
+	apiParents := make([]*api.CommitMeta, commit.ParentCount())
+	for i := 0; i < commit.ParentCount(); i++ {
+		sha, _ := commit.ParentID(i)
+		apiParents[i] = &api.CommitMeta{
+			URL: c.BaseURL + "/repos/" + c.Repo.Repository.FullName() + "/commits/" + sha.String(),
+			SHA: sha.String(),
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.JSONSuccess(&api.Commit{
+		CommitMeta: &api.CommitMeta{
+			URL: setting.AppURL + c.Link[1:],
+			SHA: commit.ID.String(),
+		},
+		HTMLURL: c.Repo.Repository.HTMLURL() + "/commits/" + commit.ID.String(),
+		RepoCommit: &api.RepoCommit{
+			URL: setting.AppURL + c.Link[1:],
+			Author: &api.CommitUser{
+				Name:  commit.Author.Name,
+				Email: commit.Author.Email,
+				Date:  commit.Author.When.Format(time.RFC3339),
+			},
+			Committer: &api.CommitUser{
+				Name:  commit.Committer.Name,
+				Email: commit.Committer.Email,
+				Date:  commit.Committer.When.Format(time.RFC3339),
+			},
+			Message: commit.Summary(),
+			Tree: &api.CommitMeta{
+				URL: c.BaseURL + "/repos/" + c.Repo.Repository.FullName() + "/tree/" + commit.ID.String(),
+				SHA: commit.ID.String(),
+			},
+		},
+		Author:    apiAuthor,
+		Committer: apiCommitter,
+		Parents:   apiParents,
+	})
+}