diff --git a/src/invidious/database/sessions.cr b/src/invidious/database/sessions.cr
index 96587082..51193803 100644
--- a/src/invidious/database/sessions.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/database/sessions.cr
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ module Invidious::Database::SessionIDs
     PG_DB.query_one?(request, sid, as: String)
   end
 
+  def select_token(sid : String) : String?
+    request = <<-SQL
+      SELECT id FROM session_ids
+      WHERE id = $1
+    SQL
+
+    PG_DB.query_one?(request, sid, as: String)
+  end
+
   def select_all(email : String) : Array({session: String, issued: Time})
     request = <<-SQL
       SELECT id, issued FROM session_ids
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aad6d365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authentication
+  def self.login(env)
+    env.response.content_type = "application/json"
+    # locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
+    if !CONFIG.login_enabled
+      return error_json(400, "Login has been disabled by administrator")
+    else
+      creds = Credentials.from_json(env.request.body || "{}")
+      user = Invidious::Database::Users.select(email: creds.username)
+      old_sid = creds.token
+      if user
+        if Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.new(creds.password).verify(password.byte_slice(0, 55))
+          sid = Base64.urlsafe_encode(Random::Secure.random_bytes(32))
+          Invidious::Database::SessionIDs.insert(sid, email)
+          if old_sid != ""
+            Invidious::Database::SessionIDs.delete(old_sid)
+          end
+          token = Invidious::Database::SessionIDs.select_token(sid)
+          response = JSON.build do |json|
+            json.object do
+              json.field "session", token[:session]
+              json.field "issued", token[:issued].to_unix
+            end
+          end
+          return response
+        else
+          return error_json(401, "Wrong username or password")
+        end
+      else
+        return error_json(400, "Not registered")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.signout(env)
+    env.response.content_type = "application/json"
+    user = env.get("user").as(User)
+    sid = env.request.cookies["SID"].value
+    Invidious::Database::SessionIDs.delete(sid: sid)
+    env.response.status_code = 200
+  end
+end
+
+struct Credentials
+  include JSON::Serializable
+  include YAML::Serializable
+
+  property username : String
+  property password : String
+  property token : String
+end
diff --git a/src/invidious/routing.cr b/src/invidious/routing.cr
index daaf4d88..127ee4de 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routing.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routing.cr
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ module Invidious::Routing
       get "/api/v1/search/suggestions", {{namespace}}::Search, :search_suggestions
       get "/api/v1/hashtag/:hashtag", {{namespace}}::Search, :hashtag
 
+      # Authentication
+      post "/api/v1/auth/login", {{namespace}}::Authentication, :login
+      post "/api/v1/auth/signout", {{namespace}}::Authentication, :signout
+
       # Authenticated
 
       # The notification APIs cannot be extracted yet! They require the *local* notifications constant defined in invidious.cr