diff --git a/app/views/users/show.api.rsb b/app/views/users/show.api.rsb
index 7168cb94f..e4c49f9b8 100644
--- a/app/views/users/show.api.rsb
+++ b/app/views/users/show.api.rsb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ api.user do
   api.created_on @user.created_on
   api.last_login_on @user.last_login_on
   api.api_key    @user.api_key if User.current.admin? || (User.current == @user)
+  api.status     @user.status if User.current.admin?
 
   render_api_custom_values @user.visible_custom_field_values, api
 
diff --git a/test/integration/api_test/users_test.rb b/test/integration/api_test/users_test.rb
index 7f72872a2..f90e8cb3d 100644
--- a/test/integration/api_test/users_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api_test/users_test.rb
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::UsersTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     assert_tag 'user', :child => {:tag => 'api_key', :content => User.find(2).api_key}
   end
 
+  test "GET /users/:id should not return status for standard user" do
+    get '/users/3.xml', {}, credentials('jsmith')
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_no_tag 'user', :child => {:tag => 'status'}
+  end
+
+  test "GET /users/:id should return status for administrators" do
+    get '/users/2.xml', {}, credentials('admin')
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_tag 'user', :child => {:tag => 'status', :content => User.find(1).status.to_s}
+  end
+
   context "POST /users" do
     context "with valid parameters" do
       setup do