diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/global.json b/public/language/en_GB/global.json
index b41f69b915..48e8109bd7 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/global.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/global.json
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
 	"posted": "posted",
 	"in": "in",
 
+	"norecentposts": "No Recent Posts",
+	"norecenttopics": "No Recent Topics",
 	"recentposts": "Recent Posts",
 	"recentips": "Recently Logged In IPs",
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index 3274b4c584..1242e4b04a 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -276,6 +276,17 @@ var path = require('path'),
 				});
 			});
 
+			app.get('/recent/posts/:term?', function (req, res, next) {
+				var uid = (req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0;
+				posts.getRecentPosts(uid, 0, 19, req.params.term, function (err, data) {
+					if(err) {
+						return next(err);
+					}
+
+					res.json(data);
+				});
+			});
+
 			app.get('/recent/:term?', function (req, res, next) {
 				var uid = (req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0;
 				topics.getLatestTopics(uid, 0, 19, req.params.term, function (err, data) {