diff --git a/app/models/media_asset.rb b/app/models/media_asset.rb
index 0ce712053..fb093632a 100644
--- a/app/models/media_asset.rb
+++ b/app/models/media_asset.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ class MediaAsset < ApplicationRecord
 
   class Variant
     extend Memoist
+    include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
+    include ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml
 
     attr_reader :media_asset, :variant
     delegate :md5, :storage_service, :backup_storage_service, to: :media_asset
@@ -164,6 +166,10 @@ class MediaAsset < ApplicationRecord
       dimensions[1]
     end
 
+    def serializable_hash(*options)
+      { variant: variant, url: file_url, width: width, height: height, file_ext: file_ext }
+    end
+
     memoize :file_name, :file_ext, :max_dimensions, :dimensions
   end
 
diff --git a/app/policies/media_asset_policy.rb b/app/policies/media_asset_policy.rb
index 9d6f45887..05e57eefd 100644
--- a/app/policies/media_asset_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/media_asset_policy.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ class MediaAssetPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
   end
 
   def api_attributes
-    if can_see_image?
-      super
-    else
-      super.excluding(:md5, :file_key)
-    end
+    attributes = super + [:variants]
+    attributes -= [:md5, :file_key, :variants] if !can_see_image?
+    attributes
   end
 end