diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
index 4a300b21..e1bfc815 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ import sys
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import ahriman.application.handlers as handlers
-import ahriman.version as version
-
+from ahriman import version
+from ahriman.application import handlers
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatusEnum
 from ahriman.models.sign_settings import SignSettings
 
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/lock.py b/src/ahriman/application/lock.py
index 1cede7f4..b3e321a5 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/lock.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/lock.py
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
+import logging
 import os
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Literal, Optional, Type
 
+from ahriman import version
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.exceptions import DuplicateRun, UnsafeRun
 from ahriman.core.status.client import Client
@@ -61,12 +63,13 @@ class Lock:
         default workflow is the following:
 
             check user UID
-            remove lock file if force flag is set
             check if there is lock file
+            check web status watcher status
             create lock file
             report to web if enabled
         """
         self.check_user()
+        self.check_version()
         self.create()
         self.reporter.update_self(BuildStatusEnum.Building)
         return self
@@ -85,6 +88,15 @@ class Lock:
         self.reporter.update_self(status)
         return False
 
+    def check_version(self) -> None:
+        """
+        check web server version
+        """
+        status = self.reporter.get_internal()
+        if status.version is not None and status.version != version.__version__:
+            logging.getLogger("root").warning(f"status watcher version mismatch, "
+                                              f"our {version.__version__}, their {status.version}")
+
     def check_user(self) -> None:
         """
         check if current user is actually owner of ahriman root
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/status/client.py b/src/ahriman/core/status/client.py
index d7bbfb79..ad1432f7 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/status/client.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/status/client.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Type
 
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus, BuildStatusEnum
+from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
 
 
@@ -62,6 +63,14 @@ class Client:
         del base
         return []
 
+    # pylint: disable=no-self-use
+    def get_internal(self) -> InternalStatus:
+        """
+        get internal service status
+        :return: current internal (web) service status
+        """
+        return InternalStatus()
+
     # pylint: disable=no-self-use
     def get_self(self) -> BuildStatus:
         """
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
index 531b0890..fbe0e365 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from ahriman.core.status.client import Client
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatusEnum, BuildStatus
+from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
 
 
@@ -70,6 +71,13 @@ class WebClient(Client):
         """
         return f"http://{self.host}:{self.port}/api/v1/packages/{base}"
 
+    def _status_url(self) -> str:
+        """
+        url generator
+        :return: full url for web service for status
+        """
+        return f"http://{self.host}:{self.port}/api/v1/status"
+
     def add(self, package: Package, status: BuildStatusEnum) -> None:
         """
         add new package with status
@@ -110,6 +118,23 @@ class WebClient(Client):
             self.logger.exception(f"could not get {base}")
         return []
 
+    def get_internal(self) -> InternalStatus:
+        """
+        get internal service status
+        :return: current internal (web) service status
+        """
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(self._status_url())
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
+            status_json = response.json()
+            return InternalStatus.from_json(status_json)
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+            self.logger.exception(f"could not get web service status: {WebClient._exception_response_text(e)}")
+        except Exception:
+            self.logger.exception("could not get web service status")
+        return InternalStatus()
+
     def get_self(self) -> BuildStatus:
         """
         get ahriman status itself
diff --git a/src/ahriman/models/counters.py b/src/ahriman/models/counters.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1ffafbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ahriman/models/counters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Type
+
+from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus
+from ahriman.models.package import Package
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Counters:
+    """
+    package counters
+    :ivar total: total packages count
+    :ivar unknown: packages in unknown status count
+    :ivar pending: packages in pending status count
+    :ivar building: packages in building status count
+    :ivar failed: packages in failed status count
+    :ivar success: packages in success status count
+    """
+    total: int
+    unknown: int = 0
+    pending: int = 0
+    building: int = 0
+    failed: int = 0
+    success: int = 0
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json(cls: Type[Counters], dump: Dict[str, Any]) -> Counters:
+        """
+        construct counters from json dump
+        :param dump: json dump body
+        :return: status counters
+        """
+        # filter to only known fields
+        known_fields = [pair.name for pair in fields(cls)]
+        dump = {key: value for key, value in dump.items() if key in known_fields}
+        return cls(**dump)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_packages(cls: Type[Counters], packages: List[Tuple[Package, BuildStatus]]) -> Counters:
+        """
+        construct counters from packages statuses
+        :param packages: list of package and their status as per watcher property
+        :return: status counters
+        """
+        per_status = {"total": len(packages)}
+        for _, status in packages:
+            key = status.status.name.lower()
+            per_status.setdefault(key, 0)
+            per_status[key] += 1
+        return cls(**per_status)
diff --git a/src/ahriman/models/internal_status.py b/src/ahriman/models/internal_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8956e37c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ahriman/models/internal_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Type
+
+from ahriman.models.counters import Counters
+
+
+@dataclass
+class InternalStatus:
+    """
+    internal server status
+    :ivar architecture: repository architecture
+    :ivar packages: packages statuses counter object
+    :ivar repository: repository name
+    :ivar version: service version
+    """
+    architecture: Optional[str] = None
+    packages: Counters = field(default=Counters(total=0))
+    repository: Optional[str] = None
+    version: Optional[str] = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json(cls: Type[InternalStatus], dump: Dict[str, Any]) -> InternalStatus:
+        """
+        construct internal status from json dump
+        :param dump: json dump body
+        :return: internal status
+        """
+        counters = Counters.from_json(dump["packages"]) if "packages" in dump else Counters(total=0)
+        return cls(architecture=dump.get("architecture"),
+                   packages=counters,
+                   repository=dump.get("repository"),
+                   version=dump.get("version"))
+
+    def view(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        generate json status view
+        :return: json-friendly dictionary
+        """
+        return asdict(self)
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/routes.py b/src/ahriman/web/routes.py
index 48ef29a9..9f50a8fa 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/routes.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/routes.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from ahriman.web.views.ahriman import AhrimanView
 from ahriman.web.views.index import IndexView
 from ahriman.web.views.package import PackageView
 from ahriman.web.views.packages import PackagesView
+from ahriman.web.views.status import StatusView
 
 
 def setup_routes(application: Application) -> None:
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ def setup_routes(application: Application) -> None:
         GET /api/v1/package/:base       get package base status
         POST /api/v1/package/:base      update package base status
 
+        GET /api/v1/status              get web service status itself
+
     :param application: web application instance
     """
     application.router.add_get("/", IndexView)
@@ -58,3 +61,5 @@ def setup_routes(application: Application) -> None:
     application.router.add_delete("/api/v1/packages/{package}", PackageView)
     application.router.add_get("/api/v1/packages/{package}", PackageView)
     application.router.add_post("/api/v1/packages/{package}", PackageView)
+
+    application.router.add_get("/api/v1/status", StatusView)
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/views/index.py b/src/ahriman/web/views/index.py
index 2a1c07ab..57b96811 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/views/index.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/views/index.py
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ import aiohttp_jinja2
 
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
-import ahriman.version as version
-
+from ahriman import version
 from ahriman.core.util import pretty_datetime
 from ahriman.web.views.base import BaseView
 
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/views/status.py b/src/ahriman/web/views/status.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84aaf937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/views/status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from aiohttp.web import Response, json_response
+
+from ahriman import version
+from ahriman.models.counters import Counters
+from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
+from ahriman.web.views.base import BaseView
+
+
+class StatusView(BaseView):
+    """
+    web service status web view
+    """
+
+    async def get(self) -> Response:
+        """
+        get current service status
+        :return: 200 with service status object
+        """
+        counters = Counters.from_packages(self.service.packages)
+        status = InternalStatus(
+            architecture=self.service.architecture,
+            packages=counters,
+            repository=self.service.repository.name,
+            version=version.__version__)
+
+        return json_response(status.view())
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/test_lock.py b/tests/ahriman/application/test_lock.py
index 58cf1956..43dcf8f6 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/test_lock.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/test_lock.py
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 from unittest import mock
 
+from ahriman import version
 from ahriman.application.lock import Lock
 from ahriman.core.exceptions import DuplicateRun, UnsafeRun
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatusEnum
+from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
 
 
 def test_enter(lock: Lock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ def test_enter(lock: Lock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     must process with context manager
     """
     check_user_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.application.lock.Lock.check_user")
+    check_version_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.application.lock.Lock.check_version")
     clear_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.application.lock.Lock.clear")
     create_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.application.lock.Lock.create")
     update_status_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.status.client.Client.update_self")
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ def test_enter(lock: Lock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     check_user_mock.assert_called_once()
     clear_mock.assert_called_once()
     create_mock.assert_called_once()
+    check_version_mock.assert_called_once()
     update_status_mock.assert_has_calls([
         mock.call(BuildStatusEnum.Building),
         mock.call(BuildStatusEnum.Success)
@@ -48,6 +52,30 @@ def test_exit_with_exception(lock: Lock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     ])
 
 
+def test_check_version(lock: Lock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must check version correctly
+    """
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.core.status.client.Client.get_internal",
+                 return_value=InternalStatus(version=version.__version__))
+    logging_mock = mocker.patch("logging.Logger.warning")
+
+    lock.check_version()
+    logging_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_check_version_mismatch(lock: Lock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must check version correctly
+    """
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.core.status.client.Client.get_internal",
+                 return_value=InternalStatus(version="version"))
+    logging_mock = mocker.patch("logging.Logger.warning")
+
+    lock.check_version()
+    logging_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+
 def test_check_user(lock: Lock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must check user correctly
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_client.py b/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_client.py
index 8b1c4e0a..ba677d3b 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_client.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.status.client import Client
 from ahriman.core.status.web_client import WebClient
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatusEnum
+from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
 
 
@@ -38,6 +39,13 @@ def test_get(client: Client, package_ahriman: Package) -> None:
     assert client.get(None) == []
 
 
+def test_get_internal(client: Client) -> None:
+    """
+    must return dummy status for web service
+    """
+    assert client.get_internal() == InternalStatus()
+
+
 def test_get_self(client: Client) -> None:
     """
     must return unknown status for service
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py b/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
index c42f410a..fd8fb2cb 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/status/test_web_client.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from requests import Response
 
 from ahriman.core.status.web_client import WebClient
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus, BuildStatusEnum
+from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
 
 
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ def test_package_url(web_client: WebClient, package_ahriman: Package) -> None:
     assert web_client._package_url(package_ahriman.base).endswith(f"/api/v1/packages/{package_ahriman.base}")
 
 
+def test_status_url(web_client: WebClient) -> None:
+    """
+    must generate service status url correctly
+    """
+    assert web_client._status_url().startswith(f"http://{web_client.host}:{web_client.port}")
+    assert web_client._status_url().endswith("/api/v1/status")
+
+
 def test_add(web_client: WebClient, package_ahriman: Package, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must process package addition
@@ -103,6 +112,37 @@ def test_get_single(web_client: WebClient, package_ahriman: Package, mocker: Moc
     assert (package_ahriman, BuildStatusEnum.Unknown) in [(package, status.status) for package, status in result]
 
 
+def test_get_internal(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must return web service status
+    """
+    response_obj = Response()
+    response_obj._content = json.dumps(InternalStatus(architecture="x86_64").view()).encode("utf8")
+    response_obj.status_code = 200
+
+    requests_mock = mocker.patch("requests.get", return_value=response_obj)
+
+    result = web_client.get_internal()
+    requests_mock.assert_called_once()
+    assert result.architecture == "x86_64"
+
+
+def test_get_internal_failed(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must suppress any exception happened during web service status getting
+    """
+    mocker.patch("requests.get", side_effect=Exception())
+    assert web_client.get_internal() == InternalStatus()
+
+
+def test_get_internal_failed_http_error(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must suppress any exception happened during web service status getting
+    """
+    mocker.patch("requests.get", side_effect=requests.exceptions.HTTPError())
+    assert web_client.get_internal() == InternalStatus()
+
+
 def test_get_self(web_client: WebClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must return service status
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/models/conftest.py b/tests/ahriman/models/conftest.py
index 191e2505..80a7b8d8 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/models/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/models/conftest.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import pytest
 
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock
 
+from ahriman import version
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus, BuildStatusEnum
+from ahriman.models.counters import Counters
+from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
 from ahriman.models.package_description import PackageDescription
 
@@ -12,6 +15,24 @@ def build_status_failed() -> BuildStatus:
     return BuildStatus(BuildStatusEnum.Failed, 42)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def counters() -> Counters:
+    return Counters(total=10,
+                    unknown=1,
+                    pending=2,
+                    building=3,
+                    failed=4,
+                    success=0)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def internal_status(counters: Counters) -> InternalStatus:
+    return InternalStatus(architecture="x86_64",
+                          packages=counters,
+                          version=version.__version__,
+                          repository="aur-clone")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def package_tpacpi_bat_git() -> Package:
     return Package(
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/models/test_counters.py b/tests/ahriman/models/test_counters.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1722f3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ahriman/models/test_counters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from dataclasses import asdict
+
+from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus, BuildStatusEnum
+from ahriman.models.counters import Counters
+from ahriman.models.package import Package
+
+
+def test_counters_from_json_view(counters: Counters) -> None:
+    """
+    must construct same object from json
+    """
+    assert Counters.from_json(asdict(counters)) == counters
+
+
+def test_counters_from_packages(package_ahriman: Package, package_python_schedule: Package) -> None:
+    """
+    must construct object from list of packages with their statuses
+    """
+    payload = [
+        (package_ahriman, BuildStatus(status=BuildStatusEnum.Success)),
+        (package_python_schedule, BuildStatus(status=BuildStatusEnum.Failed)),
+    ]
+
+    counters = Counters.from_packages(payload)
+    assert counters.total == 2
+    assert counters.success == 1
+    assert counters.failed == 1
+
+    json = asdict(counters)
+    total = json.pop("total")
+    assert total == sum(i for i in json.values())
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/models/test_internal_status.py b/tests/ahriman/models/test_internal_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3bf2440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ahriman/models/test_internal_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
+
+
+def test_internal_status_from_json_view(internal_status: InternalStatus) -> None:
+    """
+    must construct same object from json
+    """
+    assert InternalStatus.from_json(internal_status.view()) == internal_status
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/web/views/test_view_status.py b/tests/ahriman/web/views/test_view_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5078870b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ahriman/web/views/test_view_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from pytest_aiohttp import TestClient
+
+import ahriman.version as version
+
+from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatusEnum
+from ahriman.models.package import Package
+
+
+async def test_get(client: TestClient, package_ahriman: Package) -> None:
+    """
+    must generate web service status correctly)
+    """
+    await client.post(f"/api/v1/packages/{package_ahriman.base}",
+                      json={"status": BuildStatusEnum.Success.value, "package": package_ahriman.view()})
+
+    response = await client.get("/api/v1/status")
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+    json = await response.json()
+    assert json["version"] == version.__version__
+    assert json["packages"]
+    assert json["packages"]["total"] == 1