diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collection_items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collection_items_controller.rb
index 5c78de14e95..2c46cc4f9fc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collection_items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1_alpha/collection_items_controller.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Api::V1Alpha::CollectionItemsController < Api::BaseController
 
   before_action :set_collection
   before_action :set_account, only: [:create]
-  before_action :set_collection_item, only: [:destroy]
+  before_action :set_collection_item, only: [:destroy, :revoke]
 
   after_action :verify_authorized
 
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ class Api::V1Alpha::CollectionItemsController < Api::BaseController
     head 200
   end
 
+  def revoke
+    authorize @collection_item, :revoke?
+
+    RevokeCollectionItemService.new.call(@collection_item)
+
+    head 200
+  end
+
   private
 
   def set_collection
diff --git a/app/policies/collection_item_policy.rb b/app/policies/collection_item_policy.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73552a3b8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/policies/collection_item_policy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class CollectionItemPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
+  def revoke?
+    featured_account.present? && current_account == featured_account
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def featured_account
+    record.account
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes/api.rb b/config/routes/api.rb
index 5322f15c8f0..285b032d01f 100644
--- a/config/routes/api.rb
+++ b/config/routes/api.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ namespace :api, format: false do
     resources :async_refreshes, only: :show
 
     resources :collections, only: [:show, :create, :update, :destroy] do
-      resources :items, only: [:create, :destroy], controller: 'collection_items'
+      resources :items, only: [:create, :destroy], controller: 'collection_items' do
+        member do
+          post :revoke
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/policies/collection_item_policy_spec.rb b/spec/policies/collection_item_policy_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d12384209e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/policies/collection_item_policy_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe CollectionItemPolicy do
+  subject { described_class }
+
+  let(:account) { Fabricate(:account) }
+
+  permissions :revoke? do
+    context 'when collection item features the revoking account' do
+      let(:collection_item) { Fabricate.build(:collection_item, account:) }
+
+      it { is_expected.to permit(account, collection_item) }
+    end
+
+    context 'when collection item does not feature the revoking account' do
+      let(:collection_item) { Fabricate.build(:collection_item) }
+
+      it { is_expected.to_not permit(account, collection_item) }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collection_items_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collection_items_spec.rb
index 6d33e6a7113..e7ee854e67a 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collection_items_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1_alpha/collection_items_spec.rb
@@ -102,4 +102,35 @@ RSpec.describe 'Api::V1Alpha::CollectionItems', feature: :collections do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'POST /api/v1_alpha/collections/:collection_id/items/:id/revoke' do
+    subject do
+      post "/api/v1_alpha/collections/#{collection.id}/items/#{item.id}/revoke", headers: headers
+    end
+
+    let(:collection) { Fabricate(:collection) }
+    let(:item) { Fabricate(:collection_item, collection:, account: user.account) }
+
+    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'read'
+
+    context 'when user is in item' do
+      it 'revokes the collection item and returns http success' do
+        subject
+
+        expect(item.reload).to be_revoked
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when user is not in the item' do
+      let(:item) { Fabricate(:collection_item, collection:) }
+
+      it 'returns http forbidden' do
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(403)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end