diff --git a/api/sys_init.go b/api/sys_init.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7dbc5ddab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/sys_init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package api
+
+func (c *Sys) InitStatus() (bool, error) {
+	r := c.c.NewRequest("GET", "/sys/init")
+	resp, err := c.c.RawRequest(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	var result InitStatusResponse
+	err = resp.DecodeJSON(&result)
+	return result.Initialized, err
+}
+
+func (c *Sys) Init(opts *InitRequest) (*InitResponse, error) {
+	body := map[string]interface{}{
+		"secret_shares":    opts.SecretShares,
+		"secret_threshold": opts.SecretThreshold,
+	}
+
+	r := c.c.NewRequest("PUT", "/sys/init")
+	if err := r.SetJSONBody(body); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := c.c.RawRequest(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	var result InitResponse
+	err = resp.DecodeJSON(&result)
+	return &result, err
+}
+
+type InitRequest struct {
+	SecretShares    int
+	SecretThreshold int
+}
+
+type InitStatusResponse struct {
+	Initialized bool
+}
+
+type InitResponse struct {
+	Keys []string
+}