diff --git a/doc/api/http_api.md b/doc/api/http_api.md
index 0543ef71a..7e05ff86d 100644
--- a/doc/api/http_api.md
+++ b/doc/api/http_api.md
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ Portal submits content into new blog post
 ## Usage
 
 ### API version
-The latest version is `1.2`
+The latest version is `1.2.7`
+
+The current version can be queried via /api.
 
 ### Request Format
 
diff --git a/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js b/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
index 9f86277a0..8be5b5fe3 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ var version =
   }
 };
 
+// set the latest available API version here
+exports.latestApiVersion = '1.2.7';
+
 /**
  * Handles a HTTP API call
  * @param functionName the name of the called function
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/apicalls.js b/src/node/hooks/express/apicalls.js
index e57e1d350..0971a877b 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/apicalls.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/apicalls.js
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
       res.end("OK");
     });
   });
+  
+  //Provide a possibility to query the latest available API version
+  args.app.get('/api', function (req, res) {
+     res.json({"currentVersion" : apiHandler.latestApiVersion});
+  });
 }