diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/routing.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/routing.go
index c5ed3a35..0314861b 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ func Setup(
 		}),
 	).Methods(http.MethodPut, http.MethodOptions)
 
+	r0mux.Handle("/account/whoami",
+		common.MakeAuthAPI("whoami", authData, func(req *http.Request, device *authtypes.Device) util.JSONResponse {
+			return Whoami(req, device)
+		}),
+	).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodOptions)
+
 	// Stub endpoints required by Riot
 
 	r0mux.Handle("/login",
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/whoami.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/whoami.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..840bcb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/routing/whoami.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package routing
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/auth/authtypes"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
+)
+
+// whoamiResponse represents an response for a `whoami` request
+type whoamiResponse struct {
+	UserID string `json:"user_id"`
+}
+
+// Whoami implements `/account/whoami` which enables client to query their account user id.
+// https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.3.0.html#get-matrix-client-r0-account-whoami
+func Whoami(req *http.Request, device *authtypes.Device) util.JSONResponse {
+	return util.JSONResponse{
+		Code: http.StatusOK,
+		JSON: whoamiResponse{UserID: device.UserID},
+	}
+}