diff --git a/cura/API/Account.py b/cura/API/Account.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..377464f438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cura/API/Account.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Ultimaker B.V.
+# Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher.
+from typing import Tuple, Optional, Dict
+
+from PyQt5.QtCore.QObject import QObject, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, pyqtProperty
+
+from UM.Message import Message
+from cura.OAuth2.AuthorizationService import AuthorizationService
+from cura.OAuth2.Models import OAuth2Settings
+from UM.Application import Application
+
+from UM.i18n import i18nCatalog
+i18n_catalog = i18nCatalog("cura")
+
+
+##  The account API provides a version-proof bridge to use Ultimaker Accounts
+#
+#   Usage:
+#       ``from cura.API import CuraAPI
+#       api = CuraAPI()
+#       api.account.login()
+#       api.account.logout()
+#       api.account.userProfile # Who is logged in``
+#
+class Account(QObject):
+    # Signal emitted when user logged in or out.
+    loginStateChanged = pyqtSignal()
+
+    def __init__(self, parent = None) -> None:
+        super().__init__(parent)
+        self._callback_port = 32118
+        self._oauth_root = "https://account.ultimaker.com"
+        self._cloud_api_root = "https://api.ultimaker.com"
+
+        self._oauth_settings = OAuth2Settings(
+            OAUTH_SERVER_URL= self._oauth_root,
+            CALLBACK_PORT=self._callback_port,
+            CALLBACK_URL="http://localhost:{}/callback".format(self._callback_port),
+            CLIENT_ID="um---------------ultimaker_cura_drive_plugin",
+            CLIENT_SCOPES="user.read drive.backups.read drive.backups.write",
+            AUTH_DATA_PREFERENCE_KEY="cura_drive/auth_data",
+            AUTH_SUCCESS_REDIRECT="{}/cura-drive/v1/auth-success".format(self._cloud_api_root),
+            AUTH_FAILED_REDIRECT="{}/cura-drive/v1/auth-error".format(self._cloud_api_root)
+        )
+
+        self._authorization_service = AuthorizationService(Application.getInstance().getPreferences(), self._oauth_settings)
+
+        self._authorization_service.onAuthStateChanged.connect(self._onLoginStateChanged)
+        self._authorization_service.onAuthenticationError.connect(self._onLoginStateChanged)
+
+        self._error_message = None
+        self._logged_in = False
+
+    @pyqtProperty(bool, notify=loginStateChanged)
+    def isLoggedIn(self) -> bool:
+        return self._logged_in
+
+    def _onLoginStateChanged(self, logged_in: bool = False, error_message: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        if error_message:
+            if self._error_message:
+                self._error_message.hide()
+            self._error_message = Message(error_message, title = i18n_catalog.i18nc("@info:title", "Login failed"))
+            self._error_message.show()
+
+        if self._logged_in != logged_in:
+            self._logged_in = logged_in
+            self.loginStateChanged.emit()
+
+    def login(self) -> None:
+        if self._logged_in:
+            # Nothing to do, user already logged in.
+            return
+        self._authorization_service.startAuthorizationFlow()
+
+    #   Get the profile of the logged in user
+    #   @returns None if no user is logged in, a dict containing user_id, username and profile_image_url
+    @pyqtProperty("QVariantMap", notify = loginStateChanged)
+    def userProfile(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Optional[str]]]:
+        user_profile = self._authorization_service.getUserProfile()
+        if not user_profile:
+            return None
+        return user_profile.__dict__
+
+    def logout(self) -> None:
+        if not self._logged_in:
+            return  # Nothing to do, user isn't logged in.
+
+        self._authorization_service.deleteAuthData()
diff --git a/cura/API/__init__.py b/cura/API/__init__.py
index 64d636903d..d6d9092219 100644
--- a/cura/API/__init__.py
+++ b/cura/API/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from UM.PluginRegistry import PluginRegistry
 from cura.API.Backups import Backups
 from cura.API.Interface import Interface
+from cura.API.Account import Account
+
 
 ##  The official Cura API that plug-ins can use to interact with Cura.
 #
@@ -10,7 +12,6 @@ from cura.API.Interface import Interface
 #   this API provides a version-safe interface with proper deprecation warnings
 #   etc. Usage of any other methods than the ones provided in this API can cause
 #   plug-ins to be unstable.
-
 class CuraAPI:
 
     # For now we use the same API version to be consistent.
@@ -21,3 +22,5 @@ class CuraAPI:
 
     # Interface API
     interface = Interface()
+
+    account = Account()
diff --git a/cura/OAuth2/AuthorizationService.py b/cura/OAuth2/AuthorizationService.py
index 33ea419ff5..868dbe8034 100644
--- a/cura/OAuth2/AuthorizationService.py
+++ b/cura/OAuth2/AuthorizationService.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class AuthorizationService:
         if not self._user_profile:
             # If there is still no user profile from the JWT, we have to log in again.
             return None
+
         return self._user_profile
 
     def _parseJWT(self) -> Optional["UserProfile"]: