diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/common/serializers.py b/api/funkwhale_api/common/serializers.py
index 7dcafa084..8504fc587 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/common/serializers.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/common/serializers.py
@@ -335,3 +335,27 @@ class NullToEmptDict(object):
         if not v:
             return v
         return super().to_representation(v)
+
+
+class ScopesSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    id = serializers.CharField()
+    rate = serializers.CharField()
+    description = serializers.CharField()
+    limit = serializers.IntegerField()
+    duration = serializers.IntegerField()
+    remaining = serializers.IntegerField()
+    available = serializers.IntegerField()
+    available_seconds = serializers.IntegerField()
+    reset = serializers.IntegerField()
+    reset_seconds = serializers.IntegerField()
+
+
+class IdentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    type = serializers.CharField()
+    id = serializers.IntegerField()
+
+
+class RateLimitSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    enabled = serializers.BooleanField()
+    ident = IdentSerializer()
+    scopes = serializers.ListField(child=ScopesSerializer())
diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/common/views.py b/api/funkwhale_api/common/views.py
index fe669ad21..d6cbf1953 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/common/views.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/common/views.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class MutationViewSet(
 class RateLimitView(views.APIView):
     permission_classes = []
     throttle_classes = []
+    serializer_class = serializers.RateLimitSerializer
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         ident = throttling.get_ident(getattr(request, "user", None), request)
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ class RateLimitView(views.APIView):
             "ident": ident,
             "scopes": throttling.get_status(ident, time.time()),
         }
-        return response.Response(data, status=200)
+        return response.Response(serializers.RateLimitSerializer(data).data, status=200)
 
 
 class AttachmentViewSet(