diff --git a/assets/js/src/forms/list.jsx b/assets/js/src/forms/list.jsx
index 7d2e54c761..9d88b18960 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/forms/list.jsx
+++ b/assets/js/src/forms/list.jsx
@@ -182,6 +182,30 @@ class FormList extends React.Component {
     }
   };
 
+  updateStatus = (e) => {
+    // make the event persist so that we can still override the selected value
+    // in the ajax callback
+    e.persist();
+
+    MailPoet.Ajax.post({
+      api_version: window.mailpoet_api_version,
+      endpoint: 'forms',
+      action: 'setStatus',
+      data: {
+        id: Number(e.target.getAttribute('data-id')),
+        status: e.target.value,
+      },
+    }).done((response) => {
+      if (response.data.status === 'enabled') {
+        MailPoet.Notice.success(MailPoet.I18n.t('formActivated'));
+      }
+    }).fail((response) => {
+      MailPoet.Notice.showApiErrorNotice(response);
+
+      // reset value to actual newsletter's status
+      e.target.value = response.status;
+    });
+  };
 
   renderStatus(form) {
     return (
diff --git a/lib/API/JSON/v1/Forms.php b/lib/API/JSON/v1/Forms.php
index 94b419539e..a3a987dae7 100644
--- a/lib/API/JSON/v1/Forms.php
+++ b/lib/API/JSON/v1/Forms.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use MailPoet\Config\AccessControl;
 use MailPoet\Entities\FormEntity;
 use MailPoet\Form\DisplayFormInWPContent;
 use MailPoet\Form\FormFactory;
+use MailPoet\Form\FormsRepository;
 use MailPoet\Form\PreviewPage;
 use MailPoet\Form\Util;
 use MailPoet\Listing;
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
 
 class Forms extends APIEndpoint {
 
+
+  public $permissions = [
+    'global' => AccessControl::PERMISSION_MANAGE_FORMS,
+  ];
+
   /** @var Listing\BulkActionController */
   private $bulkAction;
 
@@ -33,15 +39,15 @@ class Forms extends APIEndpoint {
   /** @var WPFunctions */
   private $wp;
 
-  public $permissions = [
-    'global' => AccessControl::PERMISSION_MANAGE_FORMS,
-  ];
+  /** @var FormsRepository */
+  private $formsRepository;
 
   public function __construct(
     Listing\BulkActionController $bulkAction,
     Listing\Handler $listingHandler,
     UserFlagsController $userFlags,
     FormFactory $formFactory,
+    FormsRepository $formsRepository,
     WPFunctions $wp
   ) {
     $this->bulkAction = $bulkAction;
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@ class Forms extends APIEndpoint {
     $this->userFlags = $userFlags;
     $this->formFactory = $formFactory;
     $this->wp = $wp;
+    $this->formsRepository = $formsRepository;
   }
 
   public function get($data = []) {
@@ -62,6 +69,45 @@ class Forms extends APIEndpoint {
     ]);
   }
 
+  public function setStatus($data = []) {
+    $status = (isset($data['status']) ? $data['status'] : null);
+
+    if (!$status) {
+      return $this->badRequest([
+        APIError::BAD_REQUEST  => __('You need to specify a status.', 'mailpoet'),
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    $id = (isset($data['id'])) ? (int)$data['id'] : false;
+    $form = $this->formsRepository->findOneById($id);
+
+    if (!$form instanceof FormEntity) {
+      return $this->errorResponse([
+        APIError::NOT_FOUND => __('This form does not exist.', 'mailpoet'),
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    if (!in_array($status, [FormEntity::STATUS_ENABLED, FormEntity::STATUS_DISABLED])) {
+      return $this->badRequest([
+        APIError::BAD_REQUEST  =>
+          sprintf(
+            __('Invalid status. Allowed values are (%1$s), you specified %2$s', 'mailpoet'),
+            join(', ', [FormEntity::STATUS_ENABLED, FormEntity::STATUS_DISABLED]),
+            $status
+          ),
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    $form->setStatus($status);
+    $this->formsRepository->flush();
+
+    $form = $this->formsRepository->findOneById($id);
+    if (!$form instanceof FormEntity) return $this->errorResponse();
+    return $this->successResponse(
+      $form->toArray()
+    );
+  }
+
   public function listing($data = []) {
     $data['sort_order'] = $data['sort_order'] ?? 'desc';
     $data['sort_by'] = $data['sort_by'] ?? 'updated_at';
diff --git a/lib/Entities/FormEntity.php b/lib/Entities/FormEntity.php
index bfbe017042..6ee1ed6f05 100644
--- a/lib/Entities/FormEntity.php
+++ b/lib/Entities/FormEntity.php
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ class FormEntity {
     $this->status = $status;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return string
+   */
+  public function getStatus(): string {
+    return $this->status;
+  }
+
   public function toArray(): array {
     return [
       'id' => $this->getId(),
@@ -132,6 +139,7 @@ class FormEntity {
       'body' => $this->getBody(),
       'settings' => $this->getSettings(),
       'styles' => $this->getStyles(),
+      'status' => $this->getStatus(),
       'created_at' => $this->getCreatedAt(),
       'updated_at' => $this->getUpdatedAt(),
       'deleted_at' => $this->getDeletedAt(),
diff --git a/lib/Models/Form.php b/lib/Models/Form.php
index f3235ec465..ddf6125dac 100644
--- a/lib/Models/Form.php
+++ b/lib/Models/Form.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
  * @property string|array $settings
  * @property string|array $body
  * @property string $name
+ * @property string $status
  */
 
 class Form extends Model {
diff --git a/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/FormsTest.php b/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/FormsTest.php
index f123e9df92..aa8c714a8f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/FormsTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/FormsTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace MailPoet\Test\API\JSON\v1;
 use MailPoet\API\JSON\Response as APIResponse;
 use MailPoet\API\JSON\v1\Forms;
 use MailPoet\DI\ContainerWrapper;
+use MailPoet\Entities\FormEntity;
 use MailPoet\Form\PreviewPage;
 use MailPoet\Models\Form;
 use MailPoet\Models\Segment;
@@ -177,6 +178,43 @@ class FormsTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     expect($response->meta['count'])->equals(0);
   }
 
+  public function testItCanUpdateFormStatus() {
+    $response = $this->endpoint->setStatus([
+      'status' => FormEntity::STATUS_ENABLED,
+      'id' => $this->form1->id,
+    ]);
+    expect($response->status)->equals(APIResponse::STATUS_OK);
+    $form = Form::findOne($this->form1->id);
+    assert($form instanceof Form);
+    expect($form->status)->equals(FormEntity::STATUS_ENABLED);
+
+    $response = $this->endpoint->setStatus([
+      'status' => FormEntity::STATUS_DISABLED,
+      'id' => $this->form1->id,
+    ]);
+    expect($response->status)->equals(APIResponse::STATUS_OK);
+    $form = Form::findOne($this->form1->id);
+    assert($form instanceof Form);
+    expect($form->status)->equals(FormEntity::STATUS_DISABLED);
+
+    $response = $this->endpoint->setStatus([
+      'status' => FormEntity::STATUS_DISABLED,
+      'id' => 'invalid id',
+    ]);
+    expect($response->status)->equals(APIResponse::STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
+
+    $response = $this->endpoint->setStatus([
+      'id' => $this->form1->id,
+    ]);
+    expect($response->status)->equals(APIResponse::STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
+
+    $response = $this->endpoint->setStatus([
+      'status' => 'invalid status',
+      'id' => $this->form1->id,
+    ]);
+    expect($response->status)->equals(APIResponse::STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
+  }
+
   public function _after() {
     Form::deleteMany();
     Segment::deleteMany();
diff --git a/views/forms.html b/views/forms.html
index ea7fdefdcf..de8ef8cc06 100644
--- a/views/forms.html
+++ b/views/forms.html
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
     'status': __('Status'),
     'active': __('Active'),
     'inactive': __('Not Active'),
+    'formActivated': __('Your Form is now activated!'),
+
     'previousPage': __('Previous page'),
     'firstPage': __('First page'),
     'nextPage': __('Next page'),