diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index d66c535f0..ffb23bfaa 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class Server {
       .get(config.API_ENDPOINT + 'statistics/3m', routes.get3MStatistics.bind(routes))
       .get(config.API_ENDPOINT + 'statistics/6m', routes.get6MStatistics.bind(routes))
       .get(config.API_ENDPOINT + 'statistics/1y', routes.get1YStatistics.bind(routes))
+      .get(config.API_ENDPOINT + 'backend-info', routes.getBackendInfo)
     ;
   }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/routes.ts b/backend/src/routes.ts
index 2b225c96a..397a9ce02 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import statistics from './api/statistics';
 import feeApi from './api/fee-api';
 import mempoolBlocks from './api/mempool-blocks';
 import mempool from './api/mempool';
+import * as os from 'os';
 
 class Routes {
   private cache = {};
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ class Routes {
     const times = mempool.getFirstSeenForTransactions(txIds);
     res.send(times);
   }
+
+  public getBackendInfo(req, res) {
+    res.send({
+      'hostname': os.hostname(),
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 export default new Routes();