diff --git a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
index b91c437446..eedbc63d3c 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
@@ -624,4 +624,11 @@
       <property name="dictionaryService" ref="DictionaryService"/>
     </bean>
     
+    <!-- GET IMAP SERVER STATUS-->    
+    <bean id="webscript.org.alfresco.imap.imap-enabled.get" class="org.alfresco.repo.imap.scripts.ServerStatusWebScript" parent="webscript">
+    <property name="imapServerEnabled">
+             <value>${imap.server.enabled}</value>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
 </beans>
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diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/imap/scripts/ServerStatusWebScript.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/imap/scripts/ServerStatusWebScript.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a55c02709d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/imap/scripts/ServerStatusWebScript.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.alfresco.repo.imap.scripts;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractWebScript;
+import org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptRequest;
+import org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptResponse;
+
+public class ServerStatusWebScript extends AbstractWebScript
+{
+    private boolean imapServerEnabled;
+
+    public void execute(WebScriptRequest req, WebScriptResponse res) throws IOException
+    {
+        if (imapServerEnabled)
+        {
+            res.getWriter().write("enabled");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            res.getWriter().write("disabled");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setImapServerEnabled(boolean imapServerEnabled)
+    {
+        this.imapServerEnabled = imapServerEnabled;
+    }
+
+}