diff --git a/app/api/entities/minimal/minimal_unit_entity.rb b/app/api/entities/minimal/minimal_unit_entity.rb
index bbead2cd81..8218308cd7 100644
--- a/app/api/entities/minimal/minimal_unit_entity.rb
+++ b/app/api/entities/minimal/minimal_unit_entity.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MinimalUnitEntity < Grape::Entity
       end
 
       expose :active
+      expose :task_definitions, if: :include_task_definitions
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/api/entities/project_entity.rb b/app/api/entities/project_entity.rb
index 054e5bd1c5..e50dac74ea 100644
--- a/app/api/entities/project_entity.rb
+++ b/app/api/entities/project_entity.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ProjectEntity < Grape::Entity
 
     expose :task_stats, as: :stats, unless: :for_student
 
-    expose :tasks, using: TaskEntity, unless: :summary_only do |project, options|
+    expose :tasks, using: TaskEntity, if: ->(project, options) { !options[:summary_only] || options[:include_task_definitions] } do |project, options|
       project.task_details_for_shallow_serializer(options[:user])
     end
 
diff --git a/app/api/projects_api.rb b/app/api/projects_api.rb
index fd0d8b4868..2693619f17 100644
--- a/app/api/projects_api.rb
+++ b/app/api/projects_api.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ class ProjectsApi < Grape::API
   desc "Fetches all of the current user's projects"
   params do
     optional :include_inactive, type: Boolean, desc: 'Include projects for units that are no longer active?'
+    optional :include_task_definitions, type: Boolean, desc: 'Include all task definitions with tasks for each project?'
   end
   get '/projects' do
     include_inactive = params[:include_inactive] || false
+    include_task_definitions = params[:include_task_definitions] || false
 
     projects = Project.eager_load(:unit, :user).for_user current_user, include_inactive
-    present projects, with: Entities::ProjectEntity, for_student: true, summary_only: true, user: current_user
+
+    present projects, with: Entities::ProjectEntity, for_student: true, summary_only: true, include_task_definitions: include_task_definitions, user: current_user
   end
 
   desc 'Get project'