diff --git a/app/controllers/api/statuses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/statuses_controller.rb
index 872558f8e35..b1633ab6cc2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/statuses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/statuses_controller.rb
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ class Api::StatusesController < ApiController
     @status = ReblogService.new.(current_user.account, Status.find(params[:id]))
     render action: :show
   end
+
+  def favourite
+    @status = FavouriteService.new.(current_user.account, Status.find(params[:id])).status
+    render action: :show
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b3483771162..98d892fd50d 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     resources :statuses, only: [:create, :show] do
       member do
         post :reblog
+        post :favourite
       end
     end