diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee55f73dda29dd14784411ccdea452bfe8592475..3d501f6e8cb71a96d94ada55e96023a615022528 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ Please view this file on the master branch, on stable branches it's out of date.
   - API: all unknown routing will be handled with 404 Not Found
   - Add docs for request profiling
   - Make guests unable to view MRs on private projects
+  - Add `/groups/owned` API endpoint (Borja Aparicio)
 
 ## 8.12.7
 
diff --git a/doc/api/groups.md b/doc/api/groups.md
index 95a9c5e69ddd5a1bdf55465f8f3571842bb0b807..dd3ded89140500008abea87895d508d7a6e5fe70 100644
--- a/doc/api/groups.md
+++ b/doc/api/groups.md
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ GET /groups
 
 You can search for groups by name or path, see below.
 
+## List owned groups
+
+Get a list of groups which are owned by the authenticated user.
+
+```
+GET /groups/owned
+```
+
 ## List a group's projects
 
 Get a list of projects in this group.
diff --git a/lib/api/groups.rb b/lib/api/groups.rb
index 85129d5b701f8fed0e3f63ef015a769a55f293c4..482ee3d3452df9dc89ce4ea968fa7c5454526c3f 100644
--- a/lib/api/groups.rb
+++ b/lib/api/groups.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ class Groups < Grape::API
         present @groups, with: Entities::Group
       end
 
+      # Get list of owned groups for authenticated user
+      #
+      # Example Request:
+      #   GET /groups/owned
+      get '/owned' do
+        @groups = current_user.owned_groups
+        @groups = paginate @groups
+        present @groups, with: Entities::Group, user: current_user
+      end
+
       # Create group. Available only for users who can create groups.
       #
       # Parameters:
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb
index 850f0d24257ef47307ef24e301e8292717868b11..a77813f9790685e690bb8fd7919248ca1e807618 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/groups_spec.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,25 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'GET /groups/owned' do
+
+    context 'when unauthenticated' do
+      it 'returns authentication error' do
+        get api('/groups/owned')
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(401)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when authenticated as group owner' do
+      it 'returns an array of groups the user owns' do
+        get api('/groups/owned', user2)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+        expect(json_response.first['name']).to eq(group2.name)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "GET /groups/:id" do
     context "when authenticated as user" do
       it "returns one of user1's groups" do
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
index 54ba32f6bc457dedb8eebdcb7f4caf94c66d9122..84dbea5ca5b15669cca9fb26b0141df28a71ec53 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
@@ -175,6 +175,29 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'GET /projects/owned' do
+    before do
+      project4
+    end
+
+    context 'when unauthenticated' do
+      it 'returns authentication error' do
+        get api('/projects/owned')
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(401)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when authenticated as project owner' do
+      it 'returns an array of projects the user owns' do
+        get api('/projects/owned', user4)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+        expect(json_response.first['name']).to eq(project4.name)
+        expect(json_response.first['owner']['username']).to eq(user4.username)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'GET /projects/visible' do
     let(:public_project) { create(:project, :public) }