diff --git a/webapi/admin.go b/webapi/admin.go
index bba0125..bd3f784 100644
--- a/webapi/admin.go
+++ b/webapi/admin.go
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
 )
 
-// WalletStatus describes the current status of a single voting wallet.
+// WalletStatus describes the current status of a single voting wallet. This is
+// used by the admin.html template, and also serialized to JSON for the
+// /admin/status endpoint.
 type WalletStatus struct {
-	Connected       bool
-	InfoError       bool
-	DaemonConnected bool
-	VoteVersion     uint32
-	Unlocked        bool
-	Voting          bool
-	BestBlockError  bool
-	BestBlockHeight int64
+	Connected       bool   `json:"connected"`
+	InfoError       bool   `json:"infoerror"`
+	DaemonConnected bool   `json:"daemonconnected"`
+	VoteVersion     uint32 `json:"voteversion"`
+	Unlocked        bool   `json:"unlocked"`
+	Voting          bool   `json:"voting"`
+	BestBlockError  bool   `json:"bestblockerror"`
+	BestBlockHeight int64  `json:"bestblockheight"`
 }
 
 func walletStatus(c *gin.Context) map[string]WalletStatus {
@@ -56,6 +58,12 @@ func walletStatus(c *gin.Context) map[string]WalletStatus {
 	return walletStatus
 }
 
+// statusJSON is the handler for "GET /admin/status". It returns a JSON object
+// describing the current status of voting wallets.
+func statusJSON(c *gin.Context) {
+	c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusOK, walletStatus(c))
+}
+
 // adminPage is the handler for "GET /admin".
 func adminPage(c *gin.Context) {
 	c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "admin.html", gin.H{
diff --git a/webapi/webapi.go b/webapi/webapi.go
index 583217f..3e604ea 100644
--- a/webapi/webapi.go
+++ b/webapi/webapi.go
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func router(debugMode bool, cookieSecret []byte, dcrd rpc.DcrdConnect, wallets r
 		withWalletClients(wallets), withSession(cookieStore), requireAdmin(),
 	)
 	admin.GET("", adminPage)
+	admin.GET("/status", statusJSON)
 	admin.POST("/ticket", ticketSearch)
 	admin.GET("/backup", downloadDatabaseBackup)
 	admin.POST("/logout", adminLogout)