diff --git a/lib/api/v3/projects/available_work_packages_api.rb b/lib/api/v3/projects/available_work_packages_api.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be03771eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/v3/projects/available_work_packages_api.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject is a project management system.
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2015 the OpenProject Foundation (OPF)
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+#
+# 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, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+#++
+
+require 'api/v3/work_packages/work_package_representer'
+
+module API
+  module V3
+    module Projects
+      class AvailableWorkPackagesAPI < ::API::OpenProjectAPI
+        resources :work_packages do
+          before do
+            authorize(:view_project, context: @project) do
+              raise API::Errors::NotFound.new
+            end
+          end
+
+          helpers ::API::V3::WorkPackages::WorkPackagesSharedHelpers
+
+          post do
+            @work_package = WorkPackage.new(project: @project,
+                                            author: current_user,
+                                            created_at: Time.now)
+            @work_package.type = Type.where(is_default: true).first
+            @work_package.save(validate: false)
+            write_work_package_attributes
+            @work_package.lock_version = 1
+
+            send_notifications = !(params.has_key?(:notify) && params[:notify] == 'false')
+            update_service = UpdateWorkPackageService.new(current_user,
+                                                          @work_package,
+                                                          nil,
+                                                          send_notifications,
+                                                          WorkPackageObserver)
+
+            if write_request_valid? && update_service.save
+              @work_package.reload
+
+              WorkPackages::WorkPackageRepresenter.create(@work_package,
+                                            current_user: current_user)
+            else
+              errors = ::API::Errors::ErrorBase.create(@work_package.errors.dup)
+              @work_package.destroy
+              fail errors
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        mount ::API::V3::WorkPackages::Form::FormAPI
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/api/v3/projects/projects_api.rb b/lib/api/v3/projects/projects_api.rb
index 550a5f5e13..1ae8df92d7 100644
--- a/lib/api/v3/projects/projects_api.rb
+++ b/lib/api/v3/projects/projects_api.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ module API
 
             mount API::V3::Projects::AvailableAssigneesAPI
             mount API::V3::Projects::AvailableResponsiblesAPI
+            mount API::V3::Projects::AvailableWorkPackagesAPI
             mount API::V3::Categories::CategoriesByProjectAPI
             mount API::V3::Versions::VersionsByProjectAPI
             mount API::V3::Types::TypesByProjectAPI