diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
index fa8982b19..01a97a42d 100644
--- a/docs/API.md
+++ b/docs/API.md
@@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ The board list endpoint supports setting an `If-Modified-Since` header to limit
 | title     | String  | The title of the new stack                           |
 | type      | String  | Type of the card (for later use) use 'plain' for now |
 | order     | Integer | Order for sorting the stacks                         |
+| description | String  | _(optional)_ The markdown description of the card  |
+| duedate   | timestamp | _(optional)_ The duedate of the card or null       |
 
 #### Response
 
diff --git a/lib/Controller/CardApiController.php b/lib/Controller/CardApiController.php
index 2c598189d..805bbe6e6 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/CardApiController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/CardApiController.php
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ class CardApiController extends ApiController {
 	 *
 	 * Get a specific card.
 	 */
-	public function create($title, $type = 'plain', $order = 999, $description = '') {
-		$card = $this->cardService->create($title, $this->request->getParam('stackId'), $type, $order, $this->userId, $description);
+	public function create($title, $type = 'plain', $order = 999, $description = '', $duedate = null) {
+		$card = $this->cardService->create($title, $this->request->getParam('stackId'), $type, $order, $this->userId, $description, $duedate);
 		return new DataResponse($card, HTTP::STATUS_OK);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Service/CardService.php b/lib/Service/CardService.php
index 447a19a43..9a85ac043 100644
--- a/lib/Service/CardService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/CardService.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class CardService {
 	 * @throws \OCP\AppFramework\Db\MultipleObjectsReturnedException
 	 * @throws BadrequestException
 	 */
-	public function create($title, $stackId, $type, $order, $owner, $description = '') {
+	public function create($title, $stackId, $type, $order, $owner, $description = '', $duedate = null) {
 		if ($title === 'false' || $title === null) {
 			throw new BadRequestException('title must be provided');
 		}
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class CardService {
 		$card->setOrder($order);
 		$card->setOwner($owner);
 		$card->setDescription($description);
+		$card->setDuedate($duedate);
 		$card = $this->cardMapper->insert($card);
 		$this->activityManager->triggerEvent(ActivityManager::DECK_OBJECT_CARD, $card, ActivityManager::SUBJECT_CARD_CREATE);
 		$this->changeHelper->cardChanged($card->getId(), false);