diff --git a/swh/web/api/urls.py b/swh/web/api/urls.py
--- a/swh/web/api/urls.py
+++ b/swh/web/api/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2018  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import swh.web.api.views.snapshot # noqa
 import swh.web.api.views.stat # noqa
 import swh.web.api.views.vault # noqa
+import swh.web.api.views.ping # noqa
 
 from swh.web.api.apiurls import APIUrls
 
diff --git a/swh/web/api/views/ping.py b/swh/web/api/views/ping.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/web/api/views/ping.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from swh.web.api.apidoc import api_doc
+from swh.web.api.apiurls import api_route
+
+
+@api_route(r'/ping/', 'api-1-ping')
+@api_doc('/ping/', noargs=True)
+def ping(request):
+    """
+    .. http:get:: /api/1/ping/
+
+        A simple test to check if the API is working.
+
+    :statuscode 200: no error
+
+    **Example:**
+
+    .. parsed-literal::
+
+        :swh_web_api:`ping/`
+
+    """
+    return "pong"