diff --git a/pywb/default_config.yaml b/pywb/default_config.yaml
index 1c77f1ca..d8fa5f45 100644
--- a/pywb/default_config.yaml
+++ b/pywb/default_config.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ paths:
         proxy_cert_download_html: proxy_cert_download.html
         proxy_select_html: proxy_select.html
 
+        info_json: collinfo.json
 
 templates_dirs:
     - templates
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ not_found_html: not_found.html
 proxy_cert_download_html: proxy_cert_download.html
 proxy_select_html: proxy_select.html
 
+info_json: collinfo.json
 
 static_default_prefix: &static_default_prefix static/__pywb
 static_shared_prefix: static/__shared
diff --git a/pywb/framework/archivalrouter.py b/pywb/framework/archivalrouter.py
index b15f660e..487fa596 100644
--- a/pywb/framework/archivalrouter.py
+++ b/pywb/framework/archivalrouter.py
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ class ArchivalRouter(object):
 
         self.home_view = kwargs.get('home_view')
         self.error_view = kwargs.get('error_view')
+        self.info_view = kwargs.get('info_view')
 
-        self.urlrewriter_class = (kwargs.get('config', {}).
-                                  get('urlrewriter_class', UrlRewriter))
+        config = kwargs.get('config', {})
+        self.urlrewriter_class = config.get('urlrewriter_class', UrlRewriter)
+
+        self.enable_coll_info = config.get('enable_coll_info', False)
 
     def __call__(self, env):
         request_uri = self.ensure_rel_uri_set(env)
@@ -43,6 +46,13 @@ class ArchivalRouter(object):
         if request_uri in ['/', '/index.html', '/index.htm']:
             return self.render_home_page(env)
 
+        if self.enable_coll_info and request_uri in ['/collinfo.json']:
+            params = env.get('pywb.template_params', {})
+            host = WbRequest.make_host_prefix(env)
+            return self.info_view.render_response(env=env, host=host, routes=self.routes,
+                                                  content_type='application/json',
+                                                  **params)
+
         return self.fallback(env, self) if self.fallback else None
 
     def parse_request(self, route, env, matcher, coll, request_uri,
diff --git a/pywb/templates/collinfo.json b/pywb/templates/collinfo.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35cf6986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pywb/templates/collinfo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[
+{% for route in routes %}
+{% if route | is_wb_handler %}
+{{ ',' if notfirst else '' }}
+{
+    "id": "{{ route.path }}",
+    "name": "{{ route.user_metadata.title if route.user_metadata.title else route.path }}", 
+    "timegate": "{{ host }}/{{route.path}}/",
+    "timemap": "{{ host }}/{{route.path}}/timemap/*/"
+
+}
+{% set notfirst = true %}
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+]
diff --git a/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py b/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
index 99154700..4a8c7cca 100644
--- a/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
+++ b/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
@@ -381,5 +381,6 @@ def create_wb_router(passed_config=None):
         abs_path=config.get('absolute_paths', True),
         home_view=init_view(config, 'home_html'),
         error_view=init_view(config, 'error_html'),
+        info_view=init_view(config, 'info_json'),
         config=config
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_config.yaml b/tests/test_config.yaml
index 8ec0e4bc..6df347f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_config.yaml
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ proxy_options:
     use_client_rewrite: true
     use_wombat: true
 
+
+#enable coll info JSON
+enable_coll_info: true
+
 # enable cdx server api for querying cdx directly (experimental)
 #enable_cdx_api: True
 # or specify suffix
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 66930d96..80856b02 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -477,7 +477,13 @@ class TestWbIntegration(BaseIntegration):
         assert resp.status_int == 400
         assert 'Invalid Url: http://?abc' in resp.body
 
-    #def test_invalid_config(self):
+
+    def test_coll_info_json(self):
+        resp = self.testapp.get('/collinfo.json')
+        assert resp.content_type == 'application/json'
+        assert len(resp.json) == 9
+
+   #def test_invalid_config(self):
     #    with raises(IOError):
     #        init_app(create_wb_router,
     #                 load_yaml=True,