diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_handlers.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_handlers.py
index 037ec75e00..fde2f0ed8d 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_handlers.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_handlers.py
@@ -383,6 +383,24 @@ class VideoStudentViewHandlers(object):
 
         return response
 
+    @XBlock.handler
+    def student_view_user_state(self, request, suffix=''):
+        """
+        Endpoint to get user-specific state, like current position and playback speed,
+        without rendering the full student_view HTML. This is similar to student_view_state,
+        but that one cannot contain user-specific info.
+        """
+        view_state = self.student_view_data()
+        view_state.update({
+            "saved_video_position": self.saved_video_position.total_seconds(),
+            "speed": self.speed,
+        })
+        return Response(
+            json.dumps(view_state),
+            content_type='application/json',
+            charset='UTF-8'
+        )
+
     @XBlock.handler
     def yt_video_metadata(self, request, suffix=''):
         """