diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
index 2d9c497cd..2b0b2f98e 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type controllerInformer interface {
 	ClusterStatus(team, cluster string) (*spec.ClusterStatus, error)
 	ClusterLogs(team, cluster string) ([]*spec.LogEntry, error)
 	ClusterHistory(team, cluster string) ([]*spec.Diff, error)
+	ClusterDatabasesMap() map[string][]string
 	WorkerLogs(workerID uint32) ([]*spec.LogEntry, error)
 	ListQueue(workerID uint32) (*spec.QueueDump, error)
 	GetWorkersCnt() uint32
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ func New(controller controllerInformer, port int, logger *logrus.Logger) *Server
 
 	mux.HandleFunc("/clusters/", s.clusters)
 	mux.HandleFunc("/workers/", s.workers)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/databases/", s.databases)
 
 	s.http = http.Server{
 		Addr:        fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port),
@@ -222,6 +224,14 @@ func (s *Server) workers(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	s.respond(resp, err, w)
 }
 
+func (s *Server) databases(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+
+	databaseNamesPerCluster := s.controller.ClusterDatabasesMap()
+	s.respond(databaseNamesPerCluster, nil, w)
+	return
+
+}
+
 func (s *Server) allQueues(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	workersCnt := s.controller.GetWorkersCnt()
 	resp := make(map[uint32]*spec.QueueDump, workersCnt)
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index 66aed2d74..3ed4c156d 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ type Cluster struct {
 	oauthTokenGetter OAuthTokenGetter
 	KubeClient       k8sutil.KubernetesClient //TODO: move clients to the better place?
 	currentProcess   spec.Process
-	processMu        sync.RWMutex
+	processMu        sync.RWMutex // protects the current operation for reporting, no need to hold the master mutex
+	specMu           sync.RWMutex // protects the spec for reporting, no need to hold the master mutex
 }
 
 type compareStatefulsetResult struct {
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Update(oldSpec, newSpec *spec.Postgresql) error {
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()
 
 	c.setStatus(spec.ClusterStatusUpdating)
-	c.Postgresql = *newSpec
+	c.setSpec(newSpec)
 
 	defer func() {
 		if updateFailed {
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/sync.go b/pkg/cluster/sync.go
index 4a24b311e..864f2a833 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/sync.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Sync(newSpec *spec.Postgresql) (err error) {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()
 
-	c.Postgresql = *newSpec
+	c.setSpec(newSpec)
 
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/util.go b/pkg/cluster/util.go
index 580b87251..9bd292271 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/util.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/util.go
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package cluster
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/util/constants"
 	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/util/k8sutil"
 	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/util/retryutil"
-	"sort"
 )
 
 // OAuthTokenGetter provides the method for fetching OAuth tokens
@@ -386,3 +388,32 @@ func (c *Cluster) credentialSecretNameForCluster(username string, clusterName st
 func masterCandidate(replicas []spec.NamespacedName) spec.NamespacedName {
 	return replicas[rand.Intn(len(replicas))]
 }
+
+func cloneSpec(from *spec.Postgresql) (*spec.Postgresql, error) {
+	var (
+		buf    bytes.Buffer
+		result *spec.Postgresql
+		err    error
+	)
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	if err = enc.Encode(*from); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not encode the spec: %v", err)
+	}
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(&buf)
+	if err = dec.Decode(&result); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not decode the spec: %v", err)
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Cluster) setSpec(newSpec *spec.Postgresql) {
+	c.specMu.Lock()
+	c.Postgresql = *newSpec
+	c.specMu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (c *Cluster) GetSpec() (*spec.Postgresql, error) {
+	c.specMu.RLock()
+	defer c.specMu.RUnlock()
+	return cloneSpec(&c.Postgresql)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/status.go b/pkg/controller/status.go
index 27465fdd7..bc9480e36 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/status.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/status.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package controller
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -32,6 +33,29 @@ func (c *Controller) ClusterStatus(team, cluster string) (*spec.ClusterStatus, e
 	return status, nil
 }
 
+// ClusterDatabasesMap returns for each cluster the list of databases running there
+func (c *Controller) ClusterDatabasesMap() map[string][]string {
+
+	m := make(map[string][]string)
+
+	// avoid modifying the cluster list while we are fetching each one of them.
+	c.clustersMu.RLock()
+	defer c.clustersMu.RUnlock()
+	for _, cluster := range c.clusters {
+		// GetSpec holds the specMu lock of a cluster
+		if spec, err := cluster.GetSpec(); err == nil {
+			for database := range spec.Spec.Databases {
+				m[cluster.Name] = append(m[cluster.Name], database)
+			}
+			sort.Strings(m[cluster.Name])
+		} else {
+			c.logger.Warningf("could not get the list of databases for cluster %q: %v", cluster.Name, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
+
 // TeamClusterList returns team-clusters map
 func (c *Controller) TeamClusterList() map[string][]spec.NamespacedName {
 	return c.teamClusters