diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/conversations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/conversations_controller.rb
index 63644f85e..b3ca2f790 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/conversations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/conversations_controller.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ class Api::V1::ConversationsController < Api::BaseController
     render json: @conversation, serializer: REST::ConversationSerializer
   end
 
+  def unread
+    @conversation.update!(unread: true)
+    render json: @conversation, serializer: REST::ConversationSerializer
+  end
+
   def destroy
     @conversation.destroy!
     render_empty
diff --git a/config/routes/api.rb b/config/routes/api.rb
index 19c583b3e..a10e8058a 100644
--- a/config/routes/api.rb
+++ b/config/routes/api.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ namespace :api, format: false do
     resources :conversations, only: [:index, :destroy] do
       member do
         post :read
+        post :unread
       end
     end