diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/index.js b/core/server/api/v2/index.js
index eeb924cfb2..62c17d4a15 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v2/index.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/index.js
@@ -73,5 +73,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
     get oembed() {
         return shared.pipeline(require('./oembed'), localUtils);
+    },
+
+    get slack() {
+        return shared.pipeline(require('./slack'), localUtils);
     }
 };
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/slack.js b/core/server/api/v2/slack.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10d935507f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/slack.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const common = require('../../lib/common');
+
+module.exports = {
+    docName: 'slack',
+    sendTest: {
+        permissions: false,
+        query() {
+            common.events.emit('slack.test');
+        }
+    }
+};
diff --git a/core/server/web/api/v2/admin/routes.js b/core/server/web/api/v2/admin/routes.js
index 100f0b51b7..95438b3050 100644
--- a/core/server/web/api/v2/admin/routes.js
+++ b/core/server/web/api/v2/admin/routes.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ module.exports = function apiRoutes() {
     router.post('/mail/test', mw.authAdminAPI, apiv2.http(apiv2.mail.sendTest));
 
     // ## Slack
-    router.post('/slack/test', mw.authAdminAPI, api.http(api.slack.sendTest));
+    router.post('/slack/test', mw.authAdminAPI, apiv2.http(apiv2.slack.sendTest));
 
     // ## Sessions
     router.get('/session', mw.authAdminAPI, api.http(apiv2.session.read));
diff --git a/core/test/functional/api/v2/admin/slack_spec.js b/core/test/functional/api/v2/admin/slack_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a5ee28352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/functional/api/v2/admin/slack_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const should = require('should');
+const supertest = require('supertest');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const testUtils = require('../../../../utils');
+const localUtils = require('./utils');
+const config = require('../../../../../server/config');
+const common = require('../../../../../server/lib/common');
+const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
+
+let request;
+
+describe('Slack API', function () {
+    let ghostServer;
+    let sandbox;
+    before(function () {
+        sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
+
+        return ghost()
+            .then(function (_ghostServer) {
+                ghostServer = _ghostServer;
+                request = supertest.agent(config.get('url'));
+            })
+            .then(function () {
+                return localUtils.doAuth(request);
+            });
+    });
+    after(function () {
+        sandbox.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should be able to post slack test', function (done) {
+        const eventSpy = sandbox.spy(common.events, 'emit');
+        request.post(localUtils.API.getApiQuery('slack/test/'))
+            .set('Origin', config.get('url'))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+                should.exist(jsonResponse);
+                eventSpy.calledOnce.should.be.true();
+                eventSpy.calledWith('slack.test').should.be.true();
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+});