diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiPlugin.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiPlugin.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac4003a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/api/ApiPlugin.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package gitbucket.core.api
+
+import gitbucket.core.plugin.{PluginRegistry, PluginInfo}
+
+case class ApiPlugin(
+  id: String,
+  name: String,
+  versino: String,
+  description: String,
+  jarFileName: String
+)
+
+object ApiPlugin{
+  def apply(plugin: PluginInfo): ApiPlugin = {
+    ApiPlugin(plugin.pluginId, plugin.pluginName, plugin.pluginVersion, plugin.description, plugin.pluginJar.getName)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/ApiController.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/ApiController.scala
index 9054dfa..7d0f979 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/ApiController.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/ApiController.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import gitbucket.core.util.JGitUtil._
 import gitbucket.core.util.SyntaxSugars._
 import gitbucket.core.util._
+import gitbucket.core.plugin.PluginRegistry
 import gitbucket.core.view.helpers.{isRenderable, renderMarkup}
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk
@@ -717,5 +718,11 @@
     }
   })
 
+  /**
+    * non-GitHub compatible API for listing plugins
+    */
+  get("/api/v3/plugins"){
+    PluginRegistry().getPlugins().map{ApiPlugin(_)}
+  }
 }