diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/ItemController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/ItemController.php
index f4cdec02c..5ae6a9086 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/ItemController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/ItemController.php
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ public function detail(Request $request, $id)
         return $items->documents()->first();
     }
 
+    public function incrementViewCount($id)
+    {
+        Item::findOrFail($id)->increment('view_count');
+    }
+
     protected function createQueryBuilder($q, $filter)
     {
         $builder = Query::bool();
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 9a2731589..45634ba88 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
             'items.aggregations'
         );
         Route::get('items/{id}', [V1ItemController::class, 'detail'])->name('items.show');
+        Route::post('items/{id}/views', [V1ItemController::class, 'incrementViewCount'])
+            ->name('items.views');
     });
 
 Route::prefix('v2')->group(function () {
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/V1/ItemsTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/V1/ItemsTest.php
index daadcace7..66ae9c404 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Api/V1/ItemsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/V1/ItemsTest.php
@@ -152,4 +152,14 @@ public function test_formatted_authors()
             $response['data'][0]['content']['authors_formatted'][0]
         );
     }
+
+    public function test_increment_view_count()
+    {
+        $item = Item::factory()->create(['view_count' => 0]);
+
+        $this->postJson(route('api.v1.items.views', ['id' => $item->id]))
+            ->assertOk();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $item->fresh()->view_count);
+    }
 }