diff --git a/app/controllers/Api.scala b/app/controllers/Api.scala
index 2ef385cb62..f6bee8b72f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Api.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Api.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ object Api extends LilaController {
   }
 
   def user(name: String) = ApiRequest { implicit ctx =>
-    userApi one name map toApiResult
+    userApi.one(name, isAuth = ctx.me.exists(_ is name)) map toApiResult
+  }
+
+  def me = ApiRequestAuth { implicit ctx => me =>
+    userApi.one(me.id, isAuth = true) map toApiResult
   }
 
   private val UsersRateLimitGlobal = new lila.memo.RateLimit[String](
@@ -299,6 +303,10 @@ object Api extends LilaController {
     js(ctx) map toHttp
   }
 
+  def ApiRequestAuth(js: Context => lila.user.User => Fu[ApiResult]) = Auth { implicit ctx => me =>
+    js(ctx)(me) map toHttp
+  }
+
   private val tooManyRequests = TooManyRequest(jsonError("Try again later"))
 
   private def toHttp(result: ApiResult)(implicit ctx: Context): Result = result match {
diff --git a/conf/routes b/conf/routes
index 13b3edfcaf..bd93f9c4cb 100644
--- a/conf/routes
+++ b/conf/routes
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ GET    /stat/rating/distribution/:perf controllers.Stat.ratingDistribution(perf:
 # API
 GET   /api/user                        controllers.Api.users
 POST  /api/users                       controllers.Api.usersByIds
+GET   /api/user/me                     controllers.Api.me
 GET   /api/user/:name                  controllers.Api.user(name: String)
 GET   /api/user/:name/games            controllers.Api.userGames(name: String)
 GET   /api/user/:name/activity         controllers.Api.activity(name: String)
diff --git a/modules/api/src/main/UserApi.scala b/modules/api/src/main/UserApi.scala
index 6563eb5f18..e6b4df5b3b 100644
--- a/modules/api/src/main/UserApi.scala
+++ b/modules/api/src/main/UserApi.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ private[api] final class UserApi(
       jsonView(u) ++ Json.obj("url" -> makeUrl(s"@/${u.username}"))
     }))
 
-  def one(username: String)(implicit ctx: Context): Fu[Option[JsObject]] = UserRepo named username flatMap {
+  def one(username: String, isAuth: Boolean)(implicit ctx: Context): Fu[Option[JsObject]] = UserRepo named username flatMap {
     case None => fuccess(none)
     case Some(u) if u.disabled => fuccess {
       Json.obj(
diff --git a/modules/user/src/main/User.scala b/modules/user/src/main/User.scala
index cf55ce9eda..be84662401 100644
--- a/modules/user/src/main/User.scala
+++ b/modules/user/src/main/User.scala
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ case class User(
   def planMonths: Option[Int] = activePlan.map(_.months)
 
   def createdSinceDays(days: Int) = createdAt isBefore DateTime.now.minusDays(days)
+
+  def is(name: String) = id == User.normalize(name)
 }
 
 object User {