diff --git a/wagtail/admin/api/endpoints.py b/wagtail/admin/api/endpoints.py
index ba9206df65..ea278141f0 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/api/endpoints.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/api/endpoints.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class PagesAdminAPIEndpoint(PagesAPIEndpoint):
         'children',
         'descendants',
         'parent',
+        'ancestors',
     ]
 
     body_fields = PagesAPIEndpoint.body_fields + [
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/api/serializers.py b/wagtail/admin/api/serializers.py
index 40e43cd0c5..589257148c 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/api/serializers.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/api/serializers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from rest_framework.fields import Field, ReadOnlyField
 
-from wagtail.api.v2.serializers import PageSerializer
+from wagtail.api.v2.serializers import PageSerializer, get_serializer_class
 from wagtail.api.v2.utils import get_full_url
 from wagtail.core.models import Page
 
@@ -76,8 +76,42 @@ class PageDescendantsField(Field):
         ])
 
 
+class PageAncestorsField(Field):
+    """
+    Serializes the page's ancestry.
+
+    Example:
+    "ancestry": [
+        {
+            "id": 1,
+            "meta": {
+                "type": "wagtailcore.Page",
+                "detail_url": "/api/v1/pages/1/"
+            },
+            "title": "Root"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": 2,
+            "meta": {
+                "type": "home.HomePage",
+                "detail_url": "/api/v1/pages/2/"
+            },
+            "title": "Home"
+        }
+    ]
+    """
+    def get_attribute(self, instance):
+        return instance
+
+    def to_representation(self, page):
+        serializer_class = get_serializer_class(Page, ['id', 'type', 'detail_url', 'html_url', 'title', 'admin_display_title'], meta_fields=['type', 'detail_url', 'html_url'], base=AdminPageSerializer)
+        serializer = serializer_class(context=self.context, many=True)
+        return serializer.to_representation(page.get_ancestors())
+
+
 class AdminPageSerializer(PageSerializer):
     status = PageStatusField(read_only=True)
     children = PageChildrenField(read_only=True)
     descendants = PageDescendantsField(read_only=True)
+    ancestors = PageAncestorsField(read_only=True)
     admin_display_title = ReadOnlyField(source='get_admin_display_title')
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/tests/api/test_pages.py b/wagtail/admin/tests/api/test_pages.py
index 95566836e9..cc67c6ac48 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/tests/api/test_pages.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/tests/api/test_pages.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class TestAdminPageListing(AdminAPITestCase, TestPageListing):
 
         for page in content['items']:
             self.assertEqual(set(page.keys()), {'id', 'meta', 'title', 'admin_display_title', 'date', 'related_links', 'tags', 'carousel_items', 'body', 'feed_image', 'feed_image_thumbnail'})
-            self.assertEqual(set(page['meta'].keys()), {'type', 'detail_url', 'show_in_menus', 'first_published_at', 'seo_title', 'slug', 'parent', 'html_url', 'search_description', 'children', 'descendants', 'status', 'latest_revision_created_at'})
+            self.assertEqual(set(page['meta'].keys()), {'type', 'detail_url', 'show_in_menus', 'first_published_at', 'seo_title', 'slug', 'parent', 'html_url', 'search_description', 'children', 'descendants', 'ancestors', 'status', 'latest_revision_created_at'})
 
     def test_all_fields_then_remove_something(self):
         response = self.get_response(type='demosite.BlogEntryPage', fields='*,-title,-admin_display_title,-date,-seo_title,-status')
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class TestAdminPageListing(AdminAPITestCase, TestPageListing):
 
         for page in content['items']:
             self.assertEqual(set(page.keys()), {'id', 'meta', 'related_links', 'tags', 'carousel_items', 'body', 'feed_image', 'feed_image_thumbnail'})
-            self.assertEqual(set(page['meta'].keys()), {'type', 'detail_url', 'show_in_menus', 'first_published_at', 'slug', 'parent', 'html_url', 'search_description', 'children', 'descendants', 'latest_revision_created_at'})
+            self.assertEqual(set(page['meta'].keys()), {'type', 'detail_url', 'show_in_menus', 'first_published_at', 'slug', 'parent', 'html_url', 'search_description', 'children', 'descendants', 'ancestors', 'latest_revision_created_at'})
 
     def test_all_nested_fields(self):
         response = self.get_response(type='demosite.BlogEntryPage', fields='feed_image(*)')
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ class TestAdminPageDetail(AdminAPITestCase, TestPageDetail):
         # Check the type info
         self.assertIsInstance(content['__types'], dict)
         self.assertEqual(set(content['__types'].keys()), {
+            'wagtailcore.Page',
+            'demosite.HomePage',
             'demosite.BlogIndexPage',
             'demosite.BlogEntryPageCarouselItem',
             'demosite.BlogEntryPage',
@@ -623,10 +625,23 @@ class TestAdminPageDetail(AdminAPITestCase, TestPageDetail):
             'listing_url': 'http://localhost/admin/api/v2beta/pages/?descendant_of=2'
         })
 
+    def test_meta_ancestors(self):
+        # Homepage should have children
+        response = self.get_response(16)
+        content = json.loads(response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
+
+        self.assertIn('ancestors', content['meta'])
+        self.assertIsInstance(content['meta']['ancestors'], list)
+        self.assertEqual(len(content['meta']['ancestors']), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(content['meta']['ancestors'][0].keys(), {'id', 'meta', 'title', 'admin_display_title'})
+        self.assertEqual(content['meta']['ancestors'][0]['title'], 'Root')
+        self.assertEqual(content['meta']['ancestors'][1]['title'], 'Home page')
+        self.assertEqual(content['meta']['ancestors'][2]['title'], 'Blog index')
+
     # FIELDS
 
     def test_remove_all_meta_fields(self):
-        response = self.get_response(16, fields='-type,-detail_url,-slug,-first_published_at,-html_url,-descendants,-latest_revision_created_at,-children,-show_in_menus,-seo_title,-parent,-status,-search_description')
+        response = self.get_response(16, fields='-type,-detail_url,-slug,-first_published_at,-html_url,-descendants,-latest_revision_created_at,-children,-ancestors,-show_in_menus,-seo_title,-parent,-status,-search_description')
         content = json.loads(response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
 
         self.assertNotIn('meta', set(content.keys()))