diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 7d0e0fc8c9..bc78d8f9e9 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       <groupId>sonia.scm</groupId>
       <artifactId>scm-annotation-processor</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
@@ -370,6 +370,25 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+      <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+      <version>1.16.18</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mapstruct-jdk8</artifactId>
+      <version>${org.mapstruct.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mapstruct-processor</artifactId>
+      <version>${org.mapstruct.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -456,7 +475,7 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -533,6 +552,7 @@
     <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.e1.ruleKey>javascript:S3827</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.e1.ruleKey>
     <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.e1.resourceKey>**.js</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.e1.resourceKey>
     <sonar.exclusions>src/main/webapp/resources/extjs/**,src/main/webapp/resources/moment/**,src/main/webapp/resources/syntaxhighlighter/**</sonar.exclusions>
+    <org.mapstruct.version>1.2.0.Final</org.mapstruct.version>
   </properties>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserDto.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ff27cfa2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.rest.resources;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+public class UserDto {
+  private String name;
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserMapper.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb2be1e703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.rest.resources;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+import org.mapstruct.Mapping;
+import org.mapstruct.factory.Mappers;
+import sonia.scm.user.User;
+
+@Mapper
+public interface UserMapper {
+      UserMapper INSTANCE = Mappers.getMapper( UserMapper.class );
+ 
+    @Mapping(source = "name", target = "name")
+    UserDto userToUserDto(User user);
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserNewResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserNewResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48cdbef4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/UserNewResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.rest.resources;
+
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.TypeHint;
+import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
+import sonia.scm.Manager;
+import sonia.scm.security.Role;
+import sonia.scm.user.User;
+import sonia.scm.user.UserException;
+import sonia.scm.user.UserManager;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.*;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+@Singleton
+@Path("usersnew")
+public class UserNewResource extends AbstractManagerResource<User, UserException>
+{
+
+  /** Field description */
+  public static final String PATH_PART = "usersnew";
+
+  @Inject
+  public UserNewResource(UserManager userManager) {
+    super(userManager);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected GenericEntity<Collection<User>> createGenericEntity(Collection<User> items) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getId(User user) {
+    return user.getName();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getPathPart() {
+    return PATH_PART;
+  }
+
+  @GET
+  @Path("{id}")
+  @TypeHint(UserDto.class)
+  @StatusCodes({
+    @ResponseCode(code = 200, condition = "success"),
+    @ResponseCode(code = 403, condition = "forbidden, the current user has no admin privileges"),
+    @ResponseCode(code = 404, condition = "not found, no group with the specified id/name available"),
+    @ResponseCode(code = 500, condition = "internal server error")
+  })
+  @Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML })
+  @Override
+  public Response get(@Context Request request, @PathParam("id") String id)
+  {
+    if (SecurityUtils.getSubject().hasRole(Role.ADMIN))
+    {
+      User user = manager.get(id);
+      UserDto userDto = UserMapper.INSTANCE.userToUserDto(user);
+      return Response.ok(userDto).build();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      return Response.status(Response.Status.FORBIDDEN).build();
+    }
+  }}