diff --git a/app/internals/status.go b/app/internals/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5d4a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/internals/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Package internals has methods that suit none of the API packages.
+package internals
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+type statusResponse struct {
+	Response int `json:"response"`
+}
+
+// Status is used for checking the API is up by the ripple website, on the status page.
+func Status(c *gin.Context) {
+	c.JSON(200, statusResponse{
+		Response: 1,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/app/start.go b/app/start.go
index e6d038c..43f28c5 100644
--- a/app/start.go
+++ b/app/start.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/contrib/gzip"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/osuripple/api/app/internals"
 	"github.com/osuripple/api/app/v1"
 	"github.com/osuripple/api/common"
 )
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ func Start(conf common.Conf, db *sql.DB) *gin.Engine {
 			gv1.GET("/meta/up_since", Method(v1.MetaUpSinceGET, db, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
 			gv1.GET("/meta/update", Method(v1.MetaUpdateGET, db, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
 		}
+
+		api.GET("/status", internals.Status)
 	}
 
 	r.NoRoute(v1.Handle404)