diff --git a/core/http/app_test.go b/core/http/app_test.go
index a837e20c01a..86fe7fdddbf 100644
--- a/core/http/app_test.go
+++ b/core/http/app_test.go
@@ -772,6 +772,17 @@ var _ = Describe("API test", func() {
 			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("error, status code: 500, message: could not load model - all backends returned error:"))
 		})
 
+		It("shows the external backend", func() {
+			// do an http request to the /system endpoint
+			resp, err := http.Get("http://127.0.0.1:9090/system")
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(Equal(200))
+			dat, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(string(dat)).To(ContainSubstring("huggingface"))
+			Expect(string(dat)).To(ContainSubstring("llama-cpp"))
+		})
+
 		It("transcribes audio", func() {
 			if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
 				Skip("test supported only on linux")
diff --git a/core/http/endpoints/localai/system.go b/core/http/endpoints/localai/system.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1170493316c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/http/endpoints/localai/system.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package localai
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/config"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/schema"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/model"
+)
+
+// SystemInformations returns the system informations
+// @Summary Show the LocalAI instance information
+// @Success 200 {object} schema.SystemInformationResponse "Response"
+// @Router /system [get]
+func SystemInformations(ml *model.ModelLoader, appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig) func(*fiber.Ctx) error {
+	return func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		availableBackends, err := ml.ListAvailableBackends(appConfig.AssetsDestination)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		for b := range appConfig.ExternalGRPCBackends {
+			availableBackends = append(availableBackends, b)
+		}
+		return c.JSON(
+			schema.SystemInformationResponse{
+				Backends: availableBackends,
+			},
+		)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/http/routes/localai.go b/core/http/routes/localai.go
index 105991e8590..f85fa8076ee 100644
--- a/core/http/routes/localai.go
+++ b/core/http/routes/localai.go
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@ func RegisterLocalAIRoutes(app *fiber.App,
 		}{Version: internal.PrintableVersion()})
 	})
 
+	app.Get("/system", auth, localai.SystemInformations(ml, appConfig))
+
 }
diff --git a/core/schema/localai.go b/core/schema/localai.go
index 1b75e384328..9070c2be756 100644
--- a/core/schema/localai.go
+++ b/core/schema/localai.go
@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ type P2PNodesResponse struct {
 	Nodes          []p2p.NodeData `json:"nodes" yaml:"nodes"`
 	FederatedNodes []p2p.NodeData `json:"federated_nodes" yaml:"federated_nodes"`
 }
+
+type SystemInformationResponse struct {
+	Backends []string `json:"backends"`
+}
diff --git a/pkg/model/initializers.go b/pkg/model/initializers.go
index de0662e62c1..3d2255cc1c0 100644
--- a/pkg/model/initializers.go
+++ b/pkg/model/initializers.go
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ func (ml *ModelLoader) grpcModel(backend string, o *Options) func(string, string
 	}
 }
 
+func (ml *ModelLoader) ListAvailableBackends(assetdir string) ([]string, error) {
+	return backendsInAssetDir(assetdir)
+}
+
 func (ml *ModelLoader) BackendLoader(opts ...Option) (client grpc.Backend, err error) {
 	o := NewOptions(opts...)