diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsController.coffee
index 40cb7bb507..7c74d14aed 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsController.coffee
@@ -27,3 +27,13 @@ module.exports =
 				"exported project"
 			res.send export_v1_id: export_data.v1_id
 
+	exportStatus: (req, res) ->
+		{export_id} = req.params
+		ExportsHandler.fetchExport export_id, (err, export_json) ->
+			return next(err) if err?
+			parsed_export = JSON.parse(export_json)
+			json = {
+				status_summary: parsed_export.status_summary,
+				status_detail: parsed_export.status_detail
+			}
+			res.send export_json: json
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsHandler.coffee
index 38357c129d..167dc8bba0 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsHandler.coffee
@@ -98,3 +98,19 @@ module.exports = ExportsHandler = self =
 				err = new Error("project history version returned a failure status code: #{res.statusCode}")
 				logger.err err:err, project_id:project_id, "project history version returned failure status code: #{res.statusCode}"
 				callback err
+
+	fetchExport: (export_id, callback=(err, export_json) ->) ->
+		request.get {
+			url: "#{settings.apis.v1.url}/api/v1/sharelatex/exports/#{export_id}"
+			auth: {user: settings.apis.v1.user, pass: settings.apis.v1.pass }
+		}, (err, res, body) ->
+			console.log(body)
+			if err?
+				logger.err err:err, export:export_id, "error making request to v1 export"
+				callback err
+			else if 200 <= res.statusCode < 300
+				callback null, body
+			else
+				err = new Error("v1 export returned a failure status code: #{res.statusCode}")
+				logger.err err:err, export:export_id, "v1 export returned failure status code: #{res.statusCode}"
+				callback err
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index 22c4abe925..7c4db9c568 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ module.exports = class Router
 		privateApiRouter.post "/project/:Project_id/history/resync", AuthenticationController.httpAuth, HistoryController.resyncProjectHistory
 
 		webRouter.post '/project/:project_id/export/:brand_variation_id', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanAdminProject, ExportsController.exportProject
+		webRouter.get '/project/:project_id/export/:export_id', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanAdminProject, ExportsController.exportStatus
 
 		webRouter.get  '/Project/:Project_id/download/zip', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, ProjectDownloadsController.downloadProject
 		webRouter.get  '/project/download/zip', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadMultipleProjects, ProjectDownloadsController.downloadMultipleProjects