diff --git a/hc/api/tests/test_list_checks.py b/hc/api/tests/test_list_checks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e3907cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hc/api/tests/test_list_checks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import json
+from datetime import timedelta as td
+
+from hc.api.models import Check, User
+from hc.test import BaseTestCase
+from hc.accounts.models import Profile
+
+class ListChecksTestCase(BaseTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(ListChecksTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.profile = Profile(user=self.alice, api_key="abc")
+        self.profile.save()
+        self.checks = [
+            Check(user=self.alice, name="Alice 1", timeout=td(seconds=3600), grace=td(seconds=900)),
+            Check(user=self.alice, name="Alice 2", timeout=td(seconds=86400), grace=td(seconds=3600)),
+        ]
+        for check in self.checks:
+            check.save()
+
+    def get(self, url, data):
+        return self.client.generic('GET', url, json.dumps(data), 'application/json')
+
+    def test_it_works(self):
+        r = self.get("/api/v1/checks/", { "api_key": "abc" })
+
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertTrue("checks" in r.json())
+        self.assertEqual(len(r.json()["checks"]), 2)
+
+        checks = { check["name"]: check for check in r.json()["checks"] }
+        self.assertEqual(checks["Alice 1"]["timeout"], 3600)
+        self.assertEqual(checks["Alice 1"]["grace"],   900)
+        self.assertEqual(checks["Alice 1"]["url"],     self.checks[0].url())
+        self.assertEqual(checks["Alice 2"]["timeout"], 86400)
+        self.assertEqual(checks["Alice 2"]["grace"],   3600)
+        self.assertEqual(checks["Alice 2"]["url"],     self.checks[1].url())
+
+    def test_it_shows_only_users_checks(self):
+        bob = User(username="bob", email="bob@example.com")
+        bob.save()
+        bob_check = Check(user=bob, name="Bob 1")
+
+        r = self.get("/api/v1/checks/", { "api_key": "abc" })
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(r.json()["checks"]), 2)
+        checks = { check["name"]: check for check in r.json()["checks"] }
+        self.assertNotIn("Bob 1", checks)
diff --git a/hc/api/views.py b/hc/api/views.py
index 0de24b27..92725864 100644
--- a/hc/api/views.py
+++ b/hc/api/views.py
@@ -80,26 +80,39 @@ def handle_email(request):
 @check_api_key
 @validate_json(schemas.check)
 def create_check(request):
-    if request.method != "POST":
+    if request.method == "GET":
+        code = 200
+        response = {
+            "checks": [{
+                "name":          check.name,
+                "ping_url" :     check.url(),
+                "tags":          check.tags,
+                "timeout":       int(check.timeout.total_seconds()),
+                "grace":         int(check.grace.total_seconds()),
+                # "channels": check.channels,
+            } for check in Check.objects.filter(user=request.user)]
+        }
+    elif request.method == "POST":
+        check = Check(user=request.user)
+        check.name = str(request.json.get("name", ""))
+        check.tags = str(request.json.get("tags", ""))
+        if "timeout" in request.json:
+            check.timeout = td(seconds=request.json["timeout"])
+        if "grace" in request.json:
+            check.grace = td(seconds=request.json["grace"])
+
+        check.save()
+
+        # This needs to be done after saving the check, because of
+        # the M2M relation between checks and channels:
+        if request.json.get("channels") == "*":
+            check.assign_all_channels()
+
+        code = 201
+        response = {
+            "ping_url": check.url()
+        }
+    else:
         return HttpResponse(status=405)
 
-    check = Check(user=request.user)
-    check.name = str(request.json.get("name", ""))
-    check.tags = str(request.json.get("tags", ""))
-    if "timeout" in request.json:
-        check.timeout = td(seconds=request.json["timeout"])
-    if "grace" in request.json:
-        check.grace = td(seconds=request.json["grace"])
-
-    check.save()
-
-    # This needs to be done after saving the check, because of
-    # the M2M relation between checks and channels:
-    if request.json.get("channels") == "*":
-        check.assign_all_channels()
-
-    response = {
-        "ping_url": check.url()
-    }
-
-    return JsonResponse(response, status=201)
+    return JsonResponse(response, status=code)
diff --git a/templates/front/docs_api.html b/templates/front/docs_api.html
index 524d0611..67098f4b 100644
--- a/templates/front/docs_api.html
+++ b/templates/front/docs_api.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <h2>REST API</h2>
 <p>
 This is early days for healtchecks.io REST API. For now, there's just
-one API call: for creating a new check.
+one API resource for listing/creating checks.
 </p>
 
 <h2 class="rule">Authentication</h2>
@@ -42,6 +42,26 @@ and 5xx indicates a server error.
 The response may contain a JSON document with additional data.
 </p>
 
+<h2 class="rule">List checks</h2>
+
+<div class="api-path">GET {{ SITE_ROOT }}/api/v1/checks/</div>
+
+<p>
+    Returns a list of checks
+</p>
+<h3 class="api-section">Example Request</h3>
+
+<pre>
+curl {{ SITE_ROOT }}/api/v1/checks/ \
+    -X GET \
+    -d '{"api_key": "your-api-key"}'
+</pre>
+
+<h3 class="api-section">Example Response</h3>
+<pre>
+{"checks": [{"url": "{{ PING_ENDPOINT }}848f3002-266b-482a-89ad-9d66a11aa2fb", "grace": 900, "name": "API test 1", "timeout": 3600, "tags": "foo"}, {"url": "{{ PING_ENDPOINT }}20324f81-5966-4e75-9734-8440df52ed75", "grace": 60, "name": "API test 2", "timeout": 60, "tags": "bar,baz"}]}
+</pre>
+
 <h2 class="rule">Create a check</h2>
 
 <div class="api-path">POST {{ SITE_ROOT }}/api/v1/checks/</div>
@@ -110,4 +130,4 @@ curl {{ SITE_ROOT }}/api/v1/checks/ \
 {"ping_url": "{{ PING_ENDPOINT }}20f2d3d0-efe4-4cc1-a114-a186a225de50"}
 </pre>
 
-{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endblock %}