diff --git a/modules/api/api.py b/modules/api/api.py
index c4bc4d49b..0a35a8fcf 100644
--- a/modules/api/api.py
+++ b/modules/api/api.py
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI, APIRouter, Depends
 from fastapi.security import HTTPBasic, HTTPBasicCredentials
 from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
 from PIL import PngImagePlugin,Image
+
 import piexif
 import piexif.helper
 import gradio as gr
 from modules import errors, shared, sd_samplers, deepbooru, sd_hijack, images, scripts, ui, postprocessing
+from modules.sd_vae import vae_dict
 from modules.api import models
 from modules.processing import StableDiffusionProcessingTxt2Img, StableDiffusionProcessingImg2Img, process_images
 from modules.textual_inversion.textual_inversion import create_embedding, train_embedding
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ class Api:
         self.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/prompt-styles", self.get_prompt_styles, methods=["GET"], response_model=List[models.PromptStyleItem])
         self.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/embeddings", self.get_embeddings, methods=["GET"], response_model=models.EmbeddingsResponse)
         self.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/refresh-checkpoints", self.refresh_checkpoints, methods=["POST"])
+        self.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/sd-vae", self.get_sd_vaes, methods=["GET"], response_model=List[models.SDVaeItem])
         self.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/refresh-vaes", self.refresh_vaes, methods=["POST"])
         self.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/create/embedding", self.create_embedding, methods=["POST"], response_model=models.CreateResponse)
         self.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/create/hypernetwork", self.create_hypernetwork, methods=["POST"], response_model=models.CreateResponse)
@@ -445,6 +448,10 @@ class Api:
 
     def get_samplers(self):
         return [{"name": sampler[0], "aliases":sampler[2], "options":sampler[3]} for sampler in sd_samplers.all_samplers]
+    
+    def get_sd_vaes(self):
+        return [{"model_name": x, "filename": vae_dict[x]} for x in vae_dict.keys()]
+
 
     def get_upscalers(self):
         return [
diff --git a/modules/api/models.py b/modules/api/models.py
index 704ebfe92..a14d6d299 100644
--- a/modules/api/models.py
+++ b/modules/api/models.py
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ class SamplerItem(BaseModel):
     aliases: List[str] = Field(title="Aliases")
     options: Dict[str, str] = Field(title="Options")
 
+class SDVaeItem(BaseModel):
+    model_name: str = Field(title="Model Name")
+    filename: str = Field(title="Filename")
+
 class UpscalerItem(BaseModel):
     name: str = Field(title="Name")
     model_name: Optional[str] = Field(title="Model Name")