diff --git a/proto/anki/scheduler.proto b/proto/anki/scheduler.proto
index 4a9dbc012..536118c69 100644
--- a/proto/anki/scheduler.proto
+++ b/proto/anki/scheduler.proto
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ service SchedulerService {
   rpc ComputeOptimalRetention(ComputeOptimalRetentionRequest)
       returns (ComputeOptimalRetentionResponse);
   rpc EvaluateWeights(EvaluateWeightsRequest) returns (EvaluateWeightsResponse);
+  rpc ComputeMemoryState(cards.CardId) returns (ComputeMemoryStateResponse);
 }
 
 // Implicitly includes any of the above methods that are not listed in the
@@ -383,3 +384,8 @@ message EvaluateWeightsResponse {
   float log_loss = 1;
   float rmse_bins = 2;
 }
+
+message ComputeMemoryStateResponse {
+  optional cards.FsrsMemoryState state = 1;
+  float desired_retention = 2;
+}
diff --git a/pylib/anki/collection.py b/pylib/anki/collection.py
index 25b69fb16..ee5c0492b 100644
--- a/pylib/anki/collection.py
+++ b/pylib/anki/collection.py
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ class CardIdsLimit:
 ExportLimit = Union[DeckIdLimit, NoteIdsLimit, CardIdsLimit, None]
 
 
+@dataclass
+class ComputedMemoryState:
+    desired_retention: float
+    stability: float | None = None
+    difficulty: float | None = None
+
+
 @dataclass
 class AddNoteRequest:
     note: Note
@@ -1320,6 +1327,17 @@ class Collection(DeprecatedNamesMixin):
     def extract_cloze_for_typing(self, text: str, ordinal: int) -> str:
         return self._backend.extract_cloze_for_typing(text=text, ordinal=ordinal)
 
+    def compute_memory_state(self, card_id: CardId) -> ComputedMemoryState:
+        resp = self._backend.compute_memory_state(card_id)
+        if resp.HasField("state"):
+            return ComputedMemoryState(
+                desired_retention=resp.desired_retention,
+                stability=resp.state.stability,
+                difficulty=resp.state.difficulty,
+            )
+        else:
+            return ComputedMemoryState(desired_retention=resp.desired_retention)
+
     # Timeboxing
     ##########################################################################
     # fixme: there doesn't seem to be a good reason why this code is in main.py
diff --git a/rslib/src/scheduler/fsrs/memory_state.rs b/rslib/src/scheduler/fsrs/memory_state.rs
index 3e9134d9f..dd4a1ffc8 100644
--- a/rslib/src/scheduler/fsrs/memory_state.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/scheduler/fsrs/memory_state.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright: Ankitects Pty Ltd and contributors
 // License: GNU AGPL, version 3 or later; http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
 
+use anki_proto::scheduler::ComputeMemoryStateResponse;
 use fsrs::FSRS;
 
+use crate::card::FsrsMemoryState;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::scheduler::fsrs::weights::fsrs_items_for_memory_state;
+use crate::scheduler::fsrs::weights::single_card_revlog_to_items;
 use crate::scheduler::fsrs::weights::Weights;
 use crate::search::JoinSearches;
 use crate::search::Negated;
@@ -57,4 +60,33 @@ impl Collection {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn compute_memory_state(&mut self, card_id: CardId) -> Result<ComputeMemoryStateResponse> {
+        let card = self.storage.get_card(card_id)?.or_not_found(card_id)?;
+        let deck_id = card.original_deck_id.or(card.deck_id);
+        let deck = self.get_deck(deck_id)?.or_not_found(card.deck_id)?;
+        let conf_id = DeckConfigId(deck.normal()?.config_id);
+        let config = self
+            .storage
+            .get_deck_config(conf_id)?
+            .or_not_found(conf_id)?;
+        let desired_retention = config.inner.desired_retention;
+        let fsrs = FSRS::new(Some(&config.inner.fsrs_weights))?;
+        let revlog = self.revlog_for_srs(SearchNode::CardIds(card.id.to_string()))?;
+        let items = single_card_revlog_to_items(revlog, self.timing_today()?.next_day_at, false);
+        if let Some(mut items) = items {
+            if let Some(last) = items.pop() {
+                let state = fsrs.memory_state(last);
+                let state = FsrsMemoryState::from(state);
+                return Ok(ComputeMemoryStateResponse {
+                    state: Some(state.into()),
+                    desired_retention,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(ComputeMemoryStateResponse {
+            state: None,
+            desired_retention,
+        })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rslib/src/scheduler/fsrs/weights.rs b/rslib/src/scheduler/fsrs/weights.rs
index 47a4e410f..843813582 100644
--- a/rslib/src/scheduler/fsrs/weights.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/scheduler/fsrs/weights.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub(crate) fn fsrs_items_for_memory_state(
 /// `[1,2,3]`, we create FSRSItems corresponding to `[1,2]` and `[1,2,3]`
 /// in training, and `[1]`, [1,2]` and `[1,2,3]` when calculating memory
 /// state.
-fn single_card_revlog_to_items(
+pub(crate) fn single_card_revlog_to_items(
     mut entries: Vec<RevlogEntry>,
     next_day_at: TimestampSecs,
     training: bool,
diff --git a/rslib/src/scheduler/service/mod.rs b/rslib/src/scheduler/service/mod.rs
index 8e535633d..23c7155f8 100644
--- a/rslib/src/scheduler/service/mod.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/scheduler/service/mod.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 mod answering;
 mod states;
 
+use anki_proto::cards;
 use anki_proto::generic;
 use anki_proto::scheduler;
+use anki_proto::scheduler::ComputeMemoryStateResponse;
 use anki_proto::scheduler::ComputeOptimalRetentionRequest;
 use anki_proto::scheduler::ComputeOptimalRetentionResponse;
 use anki_proto::scheduler::GetOptimalRetentionParametersResponse;
@@ -277,4 +279,8 @@ impl crate::services::SchedulerService for Collection {
                 params: Some(params),
             })
     }
+
+    fn compute_memory_state(&mut self, input: cards::CardId) -> Result<ComputeMemoryStateResponse> {
+        self.compute_memory_state(input.into())
+    }
 }