diff --git a/app/lib/vendor_api.rb b/app/lib/vendor_api.rb
index e376cbb5e73..0ef2a642a98 100644
--- a/app/lib/vendor_api.rb
+++ b/app/lib/vendor_api.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ module VendorAPI
       Changes::V15::AddApplicationSentToProviderDatetime,
       Changes::V15::AddReferenceFeedbackProvidedAtDatetime,
     ],
-    '1.6pre' => [Changes::V16::AddConfidentialToReference],
+    '1.6pre' => [
+      Changes::V16::AddConfidentialToReference,
+      Changes::V16::AddInactiveToApplicationAttributeStatuses,
+    ],
   }.freeze
 end
diff --git a/app/lib/vendor_api/changes/v16/add_inactive_to_application_attribute_statuses.rb b/app/lib/vendor_api/changes/v16/add_inactive_to_application_attribute_statuses.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2cc5136e46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/vendor_api/changes/v16/add_inactive_to_application_attribute_statuses.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module VendorAPI
+  module Changes
+    module V16
+      class AddInactiveToApplicationAttributeStatuses < VersionChange
+        description 'Add inactive to the application attributes'
+        resource ApplicationPresenter, [ApplicationPresenter::AddInactiveStatus]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/presenters/vendor_api/application_presenter/add_inactive_status.rb b/app/presenters/vendor_api/application_presenter/add_inactive_status.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..916da3c17cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/presenters/vendor_api/application_presenter/add_inactive_status.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module VendorAPI::ApplicationPresenter::AddInactiveStatus
+  def schema
+    super.deep_merge(
+      attributes: {
+        inactive: @application_choice.inactive?,
+      },
+    )
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/presenters/vendor_api/v1.6/application_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/vendor_api/v1.6/application_presenter_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7ec6e977b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/presenters/vendor_api/v1.6/application_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe VendorAPI::ApplicationPresenter do
+  let(:application_json) { described_class.new(version, application_choice).as_json }
+  let(:version) { '1.6' }
+
+  describe '#status' do
+    context 'when the application choice is inactive' do
+      let(:application_choice) { create(:application_choice, :inactive) }
+
+      it 'returns the status as inactive' do
+        expect(application_json.dig(:attributes, :inactive)).to be(true)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end