diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
index 67d53c920..1e2c49dc8 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
             return filteredResults;
         }
 
-        public bool CanHandleQuery(TorznabQuery query)
+        public virtual bool CanHandleQuery(TorznabQuery query)
         {
             if (query == null)
                 return false;
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Meta/BaseMetaIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Meta/BaseMetaIndexer.cs
index 544fc0835..fd3c7ebe3 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Meta/BaseMetaIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Meta/BaseMetaIndexer.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers.Meta
             this.resultFilterProvider = resultFilterProvider;
         }
 
+        public override bool CanHandleQuery(TorznabQuery query)
+        {
+            if (query == null)
+                return false;
+            if (query.QueryType == "indexers")
+                return true;
+            return base.CanHandleQuery(query);
+        }
+
         public override Task<IndexerConfigurationStatus> ApplyConfiguration(JToken configJson)
         {
             return Task.FromResult(IndexerConfigurationStatus.Completed);
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabCapabilities.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabCapabilities.cs
index 49e12d1e8..7970422d9 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabCapabilities.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Models/TorznabCapabilities.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Models
             return supportsCategory;
         }
 
-        public string ToXml()
+        public XDocument GetXDocument()
         {
             var xdoc = new XDocument(
                 new XDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null),
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Models
                     )
                 )
             );
+            return xdoc;
+        }
+
+        public string ToXml()
+        {
+            var xdoc = GetXDocument();
 
             return xdoc.Declaration.ToString() + Environment.NewLine + xdoc.ToString();
         }
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Controllers/ResultsController.cs b/src/Jackett/Controllers/ResultsController.cs
index a73efa054..3bcadb49a 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Controllers/ResultsController.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Controllers/ResultsController.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using System.Web.Http.Filters;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Jackett.Common;
 using Jackett.Common.Indexers;
+using Jackett.Common.Indexers.Meta;
 using Jackett.Common.Models;
 using Jackett.Common.Models.DTO;
 using Jackett.Common.Services.Interfaces;
@@ -248,6 +249,39 @@ namespace Jackett.Controllers
                 });
             }
 
+            // indexers - returns a list of all included indexers (meta indexers only)
+            if (string.Equals(CurrentQuery.QueryType, "indexers", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                if (!(CurrentIndexer is BaseMetaIndexer)) // shouldn't be needed because CanHandleQuery should return false
+                {
+                    logger.Warn($"A search request with t=indexers from {Request.GetOwinContext().Request.RemoteIpAddress} was made but the indexer {CurrentIndexer.DisplayName} isn't a meta indexer.");
+                    return GetErrorXML(203, "Function Not Available: this isn't a meta indexer");
+                }
+                var CurrentBaseMetaIndexer = (BaseMetaIndexer)CurrentIndexer;
+
+                var xdoc = new XDocument(
+                    new XDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null),
+                    new XElement("indexers",
+                        from i in CurrentBaseMetaIndexer.Indexers
+                        select new XElement("indexer",
+                            new XAttribute("id", i.ID),
+                            new XAttribute("configured", i.IsConfigured),
+                            new XElement("title", i.DisplayName),
+                            new XElement("description", i.DisplayDescription),
+                            new XElement("link", i.SiteLink),
+                            new XElement("language", i.Language),
+                            new XElement("type", i.Type),
+                            i.TorznabCaps.GetXDocument().FirstNode
+                        )
+                    )
+                );
+
+                return ResponseMessage(new HttpResponseMessage()
+                {
+                    Content = new StringContent(xdoc.Declaration.ToString() + Environment.NewLine + xdoc.ToString(), Encoding.UTF8, "application/xml")
+                });
+            }
+
             if (CurrentQuery.ImdbID != null)
             {
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(CurrentQuery.SearchTerm))