diff --git a/Documentation/js-api.txt b/Documentation/js-api.txt
index e41eb15e38..fcda916cd8 100644
--- a/Documentation/js-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/js-api.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ self.get(url, callback)
   a string, otherwise the result is a JavaScript object or array,
   as described in the relevant REST API documentation.
 
+[[self_getCurrentUser]]
+=== self.getCurrentUser()
+Returns the currently signed in user's AccountInfo data; empty account
+data if no user is currently signed in.
+
 [[self_getPluginName]]
 === self.getPluginName()
 Returns the name this plugin was installed as by the server
@@ -625,6 +630,11 @@ Gerrit.get('/changes/?q=status:open', function (open) {
 });
 ----
 
+[[Gerrit_getCurrentUser]]
+=== Gerrit.getCurrentUser()
+Returns the currently signed in user's AccountInfo data; empty account
+data if no user is currently signed in.
+
 [[Gerrit_getPluginName]]
 === Gerrit.getPluginName()
 Returns the name this plugin was installed as by the server
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/api/ApiGlue.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/api/ApiGlue.java
index b0b9e66334..490edee622 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/api/ApiGlue.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/api/ApiGlue.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package com.google.gerrit.client.api;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.client.ErrorDialog;
 import com.google.gerrit.client.Gerrit;
+import com.google.gerrit.client.account.AccountInfo;
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject;
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.JsArray;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.History;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ public class ApiGlue {
       refresh: @com.google.gerrit.client.api.ApiGlue::refresh(),
       refreshMenuBar: @com.google.gerrit.client.api.ApiGlue::refreshMenuBar(),
       showError: @com.google.gerrit.client.api.ApiGlue::showError(Ljava/lang/String;),
+      getCurrentUser: @com.google.gerrit.client.api.ApiGlue::getCurrentUser(),
 
       on: function (e,f){(this.events[e] || (this.events[e]=[])).push(f)},
       onAction: function (t,n,c){this._onAction(this.getPluginName(),t,n,c)},
@@ -194,6 +196,10 @@ public class ApiGlue {
     Gerrit.display(History.getToken());
   }
 
+  private static final AccountInfo getCurrentUser() {
+    return Gerrit.getUserAccountInfo();
+  }
+
   private static final void refreshMenuBar() {
     Gerrit.refreshMenuBar();
   }
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/api/Plugin.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/api/Plugin.java
index 7ef022a62b..8312cc3d88 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/api/Plugin.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/api/Plugin.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ final class Plugin extends JavaScriptObject {
     var G = $wnd.Gerrit;
     @com.google.gerrit.client.api.Plugin::TYPE.prototype = {
       getPluginName: function(){return this.name},
+      getCurrentUser: @com.google.gerrit.client.api.ApiGlue::getCurrentUser(),
       go: @com.google.gerrit.client.api.ApiGlue::go(Ljava/lang/String;),
       refresh: @com.google.gerrit.client.api.ApiGlue::refresh(),
       refreshMenuBar: @com.google.gerrit.client.api.ApiGlue::refreshMenuBar(),