diff --git a/app/controllers/roles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/roles_controller.rb
index 5f38852..29e7604 100644
--- a/app/controllers/roles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/roles_controller.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
 class RolesController < ApplicationController
   layout 'admin'
 
-  before_filter :require_admin, :except => :index
-  before_filter :require_admin_or_api_request, :only => :index
-  before_filter :find_role, :only => [:edit, :update, :destroy]
-  accept_api_auth :index
+  before_filter :require_admin, :except => [:index, :show]
+  before_filter :require_admin_or_api_request, :only => [:index, :show]
+  before_filter :find_role, :only => [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
 
   def index
     respond_to do |format|
@@ -35,6 +34,12 @@ class RolesController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def show
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.api
+    end
+  end
+
   def new
     # Prefills the form with 'Non member' role permissions by default
     @role = Role.new(params[:role] || {:permissions => Role.non_member.permissions})
diff --git a/app/views/roles/show.api.rsb b/app/views/roles/show.api.rsb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e81819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/roles/show.api.rsb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+api.role do
+  api.id @role.id
+  api.name @role.name
+  api.array :permissions do
+    @role.permissions.each do |perm|
+      api.permission(perm.to_s)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index a7e0bdc..61a5800 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ RedmineApp::Application.routes.draw do
     end
   end
   resources :custom_fields, :except => :show
-  resources :roles, :except => :show do
+  resources :roles do
     collection do
       match 'permissions', :via => [:get, :post]
     end
diff --git a/test/integration/api_test/roles_test.rb b/test/integration/api_test/roles_test.rb
index 87affe1..807e1ff 100644
--- a/test/integration/api_test/roles_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api_test/roles_test.rb
@@ -66,4 +66,25 @@ class ApiTest::RolesTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context "/roles/:id" do
+    context "GET" do
+      context "xml" do
+        should "return the role" do
+          get '/roles/1.xml'
+
+          assert_response :success
+          assert_equal 'application/xml', @response.content_type
+
+          assert_select 'role' do
+            assert_select 'name', :text => 'Manager'
+            assert_select 'role permissions[type=array]' do
+              assert_select 'permission', Role.find(1).permissions.size
+              assert_select 'permission', :text => 'view_issues'
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/routing/roles_test.rb b/test/integration/routing/roles_test.rb
index 0ec486a..401ab0d 100644
--- a/test/integration/routing/roles_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/routing/roles_test.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ class RoutingRolesTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
         { :controller => 'roles', :action => 'index', :format => 'xml' }
       )
     assert_routing(
+        { :method => 'get', :path => "/roles/2.xml" },
+        { :controller => 'roles', :action => 'show', :id => '2', :format => 'xml' }
+      )
+    assert_routing(
         { :method => 'get', :path => "/roles/new" },
         { :controller => 'roles', :action => 'new' }
       )