diff --git a/api/admin/service.go b/api/admin/service.go
index c947d90e7d1..f2b813a6b85 100644
--- a/api/admin/service.go
+++ b/api/admin/service.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/gecko/api"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/gecko/chains"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/gecko/ids"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/gecko/snow/engine/common"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/gecko/utils/logging"
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 // Admin is the API service for node admin management
 type Admin struct {
+	nodeID       ids.ShortID
 	networkID    uint32
 	log          logging.Logger
 	networking   Networking
@@ -27,12 +29,13 @@ type Admin struct {
 }
 
 // NewService returns a new admin API service
-func NewService(networkID uint32, log logging.Logger, chainManager chains.Manager, peers Peerable, httpServer *api.Server) *common.HTTPHandler {
+func NewService(nodeID ids.ShortID, networkID uint32, log logging.Logger, chainManager chains.Manager, peers Peerable, httpServer *api.Server) *common.HTTPHandler {
 	newServer := rpc.NewServer()
 	codec := cjson.NewCodec()
 	newServer.RegisterCodec(codec, "application/json")
 	newServer.RegisterCodec(codec, "application/json;charset=UTF-8")
 	newServer.RegisterService(&Admin{
+		nodeID:       nodeID,
 		networkID:    networkID,
 		log:          log,
 		chainManager: chainManager,
@@ -44,6 +47,22 @@ func NewService(networkID uint32, log logging.Logger, chainManager chains.Manage
 	return &common.HTTPHandler{Handler: newServer}
 }
 
+// GetNodeIDArgs are the arguments for calling GetNodeID
+type GetNodeIDArgs struct{}
+
+// GetNodeIDReply are the results from calling GetNodeID
+type GetNodeIDReply struct {
+	NodeID ids.ShortID `json:"nodeID"`
+}
+
+// GetNodeID returns the node ID of this node
+func (service *Admin) GetNodeID(r *http.Request, args *GetNodeIDArgs, reply *GetNodeIDReply) error {
+	service.log.Debug("Admin: GetNodeID called")
+
+	reply.NodeID = service.nodeID
+	return nil
+}
+
 // GetNetworkIDArgs are the arguments for calling GetNetworkID
 type GetNetworkIDArgs struct{}
 
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 7a37690f53a..a6ce35d0be9 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ func (n *Node) initMetricsAPI() {
 func (n *Node) initAdminAPI() {
 	if n.Config.AdminAPIEnabled {
 		n.Log.Info("initializing Admin API")
-		service := admin.NewService(n.Config.NetworkID, n.Log, n.chainManager, n.ValidatorAPI.Connections(), &n.APIServer)
+		service := admin.NewService(n.ID, n.Config.NetworkID, n.Log, n.chainManager, n.ValidatorAPI.Connections(), &n.APIServer)
 		n.APIServer.AddRoute(service, &sync.RWMutex{}, "admin", "", n.HTTPLog)
 	}
 }