diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collections_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5583bb395da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collections_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class Api::V1Alpha::CollectionsController < Api::BaseController
+  rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, Mastodon::ValidationError do |e|
+    render json: { error: ValidationErrorFormatter.new(e).as_json }, status: 422
+  end
+
+  before_action :check_feature_enabled
+
+  before_action -> { doorkeeper_authorize! :write, :'write:collections' }, only: [:create]
+
+  before_action :require_user!
+
+  def create
+    @collection = CreateCollectionService.new.call(collection_params, current_user.account)
+
+    render json: @collection, serializer: REST::CollectionSerializer
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def collection_params
+    params.permit(:name, :description, :sensitive, :discoverable, :tag, account_ids: [])
+  end
+
+  def check_feature_enabled
+    raise ActionController::RoutingError unless Mastodon::Feature.collections_enabled?
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/collection_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/collection_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c03cc538566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/collection_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class REST::CollectionSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  attributes :uri, :name, :description, :local, :sensitive, :discoverable,
+             :created_at, :updated_at
+
+  belongs_to :account, serializer: REST::AccountSerializer
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/doorkeeper.rb b/config/initializers/doorkeeper.rb
index 516db258dfa..908acb55033 100644
--- a/config/initializers/doorkeeper.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/doorkeeper.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Doorkeeper.configure do
                   :'write:accounts',
                   :'write:blocks',
                   :'write:bookmarks',
+                  :'write:collections',
                   :'write:conversations',
                   :'write:favourites',
                   :'write:filters',
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ Doorkeeper.configure do
                   :'read:accounts',
                   :'read:blocks',
                   :'read:bookmarks',
+                  :'read:collections',
                   :'read:favourites',
                   :'read:filters',
                   :'read:follows',
diff --git a/config/routes/api.rb b/config/routes/api.rb
index 34b2e255da6..2fa3d4d8335 100644
--- a/config/routes/api.rb
+++ b/config/routes/api.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ namespace :api, format: false do
   # Experimental JSON / REST API
   namespace :v1_alpha do
     resources :async_refreshes, only: :show
+
+    resources :collections, only: [:create]
   end
 
   # JSON / REST API
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collections_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collections_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f9c5e5f347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collections_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'Api::V1Alpha::Collections', feature: :collections do
+  include_context 'with API authentication', oauth_scopes: 'read:collections write:collections'
+
+  describe 'POST /api/v1_alpha/collections' do
+    subject do
+      post '/api/v1_alpha/collections', headers: headers, params: params
+    end
+
+    let(:params) { {} }
+
+    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'read'
+
+    context 'with valid params' do
+      let(:params) do
+        {
+          name: 'Low-traffic bots',
+          description: 'Really nice bots, please follow',
+          sensitive: '0',
+          discoverable: '1',
+        }
+      end
+
+      it 'creates a collection and returns http success' do
+        expect do
+          subject
+        end.to change(Collection, :count).by(1)
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with invalid params' do
+      it 'returns http unprocessable content and detailed errors' do
+        expect do
+          subject
+        end.to_not change(Collection, :count)
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(422)
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to include({
+          'error' => a_hash_including({
+            'details' => a_hash_including({
+              'name' => [{ 'error' => 'ERR_BLANK', 'description' => "can't be blank" }],
+              'description' => [{ 'error' => 'ERR_BLANK', 'description' => "can't be blank" }],
+            }),
+          }),
+        })
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/serializers/rest/collection_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/rest/collection_serializer_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c498937b508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/serializers/rest/collection_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe REST::CollectionSerializer do
+  subject { serialized_record_json(collection, described_class) }
+
+  let(:collection) do
+    Fabricate(:collection,
+              name: 'Exquisite follows',
+              description: 'Always worth a follow',
+              local: true,
+              sensitive: true,
+              discoverable: false)
+  end
+
+  it 'includes the relevant attributes' do
+    expect(subject)
+      .to include(
+        'account' => an_instance_of(Hash),
+        'name' => 'Exquisite follows',
+        'description' => 'Always worth a follow',
+        'local' => true,
+        'sensitive' => true,
+        'discoverable' => false,
+        'created_at' => match_api_datetime_format,
+        'updated_at' => match_api_datetime_format
+      )
+  end
+end