diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index edaacf371..b60a99736 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 *.iml
 .idea/*
+*.swp
 
 # npm
 node_modules/
diff --git a/src/js/plugin/PluginLoader.js b/src/js/plugin/PluginLoader.js
index 6906dc850..ff2b3a0e4 100644
--- a/src/js/plugin/PluginLoader.js
+++ b/src/js/plugin/PluginLoader.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from "react/addons";
 
 import config from "../config/config";
+import ajaxWrapper from "../helpers/ajaxWrapper";
 
 import URLUtil from "../helpers/URLUtil";
 import PluginDispatcher from "./shared/PluginDispatcher";
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ import PluginActions from "./shared/PluginActions";
 import PluginHelper from "./shared/PluginHelper";
 import PluginDispatcherProxy from "./PluginDispatcherProxy";
 
+import PluginAPI from "./sdk/PluginAPI";
+
 const PLUGIN_STARTUP_TIMEOUT = 10000; // in ms
 
 const PluginLoader = {
@@ -45,7 +48,8 @@ const PluginLoader = {
           PluginMountPoints: PluginMountPoints,
           pluginId: pluginId,
           React: React,
-          UIVersion: config.version
+          config: Object.freeze(config),
+          PluginAPI: PluginAPI
         });
 
         let dispatchToken = PluginDispatcher.register(function (event) {
diff --git a/src/js/plugin/sdk/PluginAPI.js b/src/js/plugin/sdk/PluginAPI.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ea758ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/plugin/sdk/PluginAPI.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+import MarathonService from "./services/MarathonService";
+import MarathonActions from "./actions/MarathonActions";
+
+const version = "0.0.1";
+
+var PluginAPI = {
+  version: version,
+  MarathonService: MarathonService,
+  MarathonActions: MarathonActions
+};
+
+export default Object.freeze(PluginAPI);
diff --git a/src/js/plugin/sdk/actions/MarathonActions.js b/src/js/plugin/sdk/actions/MarathonActions.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8047ef03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/plugin/sdk/actions/MarathonActions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import MarathonService from "../services/MarathonService";
+import Utils from "../utils";
+
+export default class MarathonActions {
+
+  static getDeployments() {
+    return MarathonService.request({
+      resource: "/v2/deployments"
+    });
+  }
+
+  static getGroup(group) {
+    let groupName = Utils.addLeadingSlashIfNedded(group);
+    return MarathonService.request({
+      resource: `/v2/groups${groupName}`
+    });
+  }
+
+  static getGroups() {
+    return this.getGroup("/");
+  }
+
+  static getApp(appId) {
+    return MarathonService.request({
+      resource: `/v2/apps${appId}`
+    });
+  }
+
+};
diff --git a/src/js/plugin/sdk/services/MarathonService.js b/src/js/plugin/sdk/services/MarathonService.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00b609616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/plugin/sdk/services/MarathonService.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+import config from "../../../config/config";
+import ajaxWrapper from "../../../helpers/ajaxWrapper";
+import Utils from "../utils";
+
+export default class MarathonService {
+
+  static request(opts = {}) {
+    let method = "GET";
+    let resource = Utils.addLeadingSlashIfNedded(opts.resource);
+
+    if (opts.method) {
+      method = opts.method;
+    }
+
+    return ajaxWrapper({
+      url: `${config.apiURL}${resource}`,
+      method: method,
+      data: opts.data
+    });
+  }
+
+};
diff --git a/src/js/plugin/sdk/utils.js b/src/js/plugin/sdk/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d42bdc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/plugin/sdk/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+export default class Utils {
+
+  static addLeadingSlashIfNedded(value) {
+    if (value && value[0] !== "/") {
+      return "/" + value;
+    }
+    return value;
+  };
+
+};