diff --git a/public/openapi/write/users/uid.yaml b/public/openapi/write/users/uid.yaml
index 1e2878364a..c8cbcb61b7 100644
--- a/public/openapi/write/users/uid.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/write/users/uid.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,30 @@ head:
       description: user found
     '404':
       description: user not found
+get:
+  tags:
+    - users
+  summary: get a single user account
+  parameters:
+    - in: path
+      name: uid
+      schema:
+        type: integer
+      required: true
+      description: uid of the user to check
+      example: 3
+  responses:
+    '200':
+      description: successfully retrieved user profile
+      content:
+        application/json:
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              status:
+                $ref: ../../components/schemas/Status.yaml#/Status
+              response:
+                $ref: ../../components/schemas/UserObj.yaml#/UserObj
 delete:
   tags:
     - users
diff --git a/src/controllers/write/users.js b/src/controllers/write/users.js
index fc58c4484d..8b7e483ba2 100644
--- a/src/controllers/write/users.js
+++ b/src/controllers/write/users.js
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Users.exists = async (req, res) => {
 	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res);
 };
 
+Users.get = async (req, res) => {
+	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res, await user.getUserData(req.params.uid));
+};
+
 Users.update = async (req, res) => {
 	const userObj = await api.users.update(req, { ...req.body, uid: req.params.uid });
 	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res, userObj);
diff --git a/src/routes/write/users.js b/src/routes/write/users.js
index 118d8ba27e..43eaf27cda 100644
--- a/src/routes/write/users.js
+++ b/src/routes/write/users.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function authenticatedRoutes() {
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'delete', '/', [...middlewares, middleware.checkRequired.bind(null, ['uids'])], controllers.write.users.deleteMany);
 
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'head', '/:uid', [middleware.assert.user], controllers.write.users.exists);
+	setupApiRoute(router, 'get', '/:uid', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.user], controllers.write.users.get);
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'put', '/:uid', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.user], controllers.write.users.update);
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'delete', '/:uid', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.user], controllers.write.users.delete);
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'delete', '/:uid/content', [...middlewares, middleware.assert.user], controllers.write.users.deleteContent);