diff --git a/src/composer/cli/__init__.py b/src/composer/cli/__init__.py
index eab53828..7e399252 100644
--- a/src/composer/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/composer/cli/__init__.py
@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ from composer.cli.modules import modules_cmd
 from composer.cli.projects import projects_cmd
 from composer.cli.compose import compose_cmd
 from composer.cli.sources import sources_cmd
+from composer.cli.status import status_cmd
 
 command_map = {
     "blueprints": blueprints_cmd,
     "modules": modules_cmd,
     "projects": projects_cmd,
     "compose": compose_cmd,
-    "sources": sources_cmd
+    "sources": sources_cmd,
+    "status": status_cmd
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/composer/cli/help.py b/src/composer/cli/help.py
index feebe312..f0b66bd1 100644
--- a/src/composer/cli/help.py
+++ b/src/composer/cli/help.py
@@ -64,4 +64,8 @@ sources change <source.toml>        Change an existing source
 sources delete <source>             Delete a package source.
 """
 
-epilog = compose_help + blueprints_help + modules_help + projects_help + sources_help
+status_help = """
+status show                         Show API server status.
+"""
+
+epilog = compose_help + blueprints_help + modules_help + projects_help + sources_help + status_help
diff --git a/src/composer/cli/status.py b/src/composer/cli/status.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b74e6237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composer/cli/status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018  Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger("composer-cli")
+
+import json
+
+from composer import http_client as client
+from composer.cli.help import status_help
+
+def status_cmd(opts):
+    """Process status commands
+
+    :param opts: Cmdline arguments
+    :type opts: argparse.Namespace
+    :returns: Value to return from sys.exit()
+    :rtype: int
+    """
+    if opts.args[1] == "help" or opts.args[1] == "--help":
+        print(status_help)
+        return 0
+    elif opts.args[1] != "show":
+        log.error("Unknown status command: %s", opts.args[1])
+        return 1
+
+    result = client.get_url_json(opts.socket, "/api/status")
+    if opts.json:
+        print(json.dumps(result, indent=4))
+        return 0
+
+    return 0