diff --git a/appinfo/routes.php b/appinfo/routes.php
index e966abbf0..1abe4c0f6 100644
--- a/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 		// LocalController
 		['name' => 'Local#circles', 'url' => '/circles', 'verb' => 'GET'],
+		['name' => 'Local#probeCircles', 'url' => '/probecircles', 'verb' => 'GET'],
 		['name' => 'Local#create', 'url' => '/circles', 'verb' => 'POST'],
 		['name' => 'Local#destroy', 'url' => '/circles/{circleId}', 'verb' => 'DELETE'],
 		['name' => 'Local#search', 'url' => '/search', 'verb' => 'GET'],
diff --git a/lib/Controller/LocalController.php b/lib/Controller/LocalController.php
index 3ce9f4ac4..dc8e4a096 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/LocalController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/LocalController.php
@@ -423,6 +423,34 @@ public function circles(int $limit = -1, int $offset = 0): DataResponse {
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * @NoAdminRequired
+	 *
+	 * @param int $limit
+	 * @param int $offset
+	 *
+	 * @return DataResponse
+	 * @throws OCSException
+	 */
+	public function probeCircles(int $limit = -1, int $offset = 0): DataResponse {
+		try {
+			$this->setCurrentFederatedUser();
+
+			$probe = new CircleProbe();
+			$probe->filterHiddenCircles()
+				->filterBackendCircles()
+				->addDetail(BasicProbe::DETAILS_POPULATION)
+				->setItemsLimit($limit)
+				->setItemsOffset($offset);
+
+			return new DataResponse($this->serializeArray($this->circleService->probeCircles($probe)));
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			$this->e($e);
+			throw new OCSException($e->getMessage(), (int)$e->getCode());
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * @NoAdminRequired
 	 *