diff --git a/app/controllers/ajax/report_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ajax/report_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee03a461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/ajax/report_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+class Ajax::ReportController < ApplicationController
+  def create
+    params.require :id
+    params.require :type
+
+    @status = :err
+    @success = false
+
+    if current_user.nil?
+      @message = "login required"
+      return
+    end
+
+    unless %w(answer comment question user).include? params[:type]
+      @message = "unknown type"
+      return
+    end
+
+    object = params[:type].strip.capitalize.constantize.find params[:id]
+
+    if object.nil?
+      @message = "Could not find #{params[:type]}"
+      return
+    end
+
+    current_user.report object
+
+    @status = :okay
+    @message = "#{params[:type].capitalize} reported.  A moderator will decide what happens with the #{params[:type]}."
+    @success = true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/ajax/report/create.json.jbuilder b/app/views/ajax/report/create.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2c8c8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/ajax/report/create.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+json.partial! 'ajax/shared/status'
+json.render @render
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index cf93af44..c1481105 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     match '/create_smile', to: 'smile#create', via: :post, as: :create_smile
     match '/destroy_smile', to: 'smile#destroy', via: :post, as: :destroy_smile
     match '/create_comment', to: 'comment#create', via: :post, as: :create_comment
+    match '/report', to: 'report#create', via: :post, as: :report
   end
 
   match '/public', to: 'public#index', via: :get, as: :public_timeline