diff --git a/python/ray/experimental/state.py b/python/ray/experimental/state.py
index 78317acff..482b26a1e 100644
--- a/python/ray/experimental/state.py
+++ b/python/ray/experimental/state.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import json
 import pickle
 import redis
 
@@ -332,3 +333,31 @@ class GlobalState(object):
       ip_filename_file[ip_addr][filename] = file_str
 
     return ip_filename_file
+
+  def task_profiles(self):
+    """Fetch and return a list of task profiles.
+
+    Returns:
+      A tuple of two elements. The first element is a dictionary mapping the
+        task ID of a task to a list of the profiling information for all of the
+        executions of that task. The second element is a list of profiling
+        information for tasks where the events have no task ID.
+    """
+    event_names = self.redis_client.keys("event_log*")
+    results = dict()
+    events = []
+    for i in range(len(event_names)):
+      event_list = self.redis_client.lrange(event_names[i], 0, -1)
+      for event in event_list:
+        event_dict = json.loads(event.decode("ascii"))
+        task_id = ""
+        for element in event_dict:
+          if "task_id" in element[3]:
+            task_id = element[3]["task_id"]
+        if task_id != "":
+          if task_id not in results:
+            results[task_id] = []
+          results[task_id].append(event_dict)
+        else:
+          events.append(event_dict)
+    return results, events
diff --git a/test/runtest.py b/test/runtest.py
index e3de3b7fe..bf4223c0a 100644
--- a/test/runtest.py
+++ b/test/runtest.py
@@ -1565,6 +1565,50 @@ class GlobalStateAPI(unittest.TestCase):
       time.sleep(0.1)
 
     self.assertEqual(found_message, True)
+
+    ray.worker.cleanup()
+
+  def testTaskProfileAPI(self):
+    ray.init(redirect_output=True)
+
+    @ray.remote
+    def f():
+      return 1
+
+    num_calls = 5
+    [f.remote() for _ in range(num_calls)]
+
+    # Make sure the event log has the correct number of events.
+    start_time = time.time()
+    while time.time() - start_time < 10:
+      profiles, events = ray.global_state.task_profiles()
+      if len(profiles) == num_calls:
+        break
+      time.sleep(0.1)
+    self.assertEqual(len(profiles), num_calls)
+    self.assertEqual(len(events), 0)
+
+    # Make sure that each entry is properly formatted.
+    for task_id in profiles:
+      events_list = profiles[task_id]
+      # Make sure that the task was not executed more than once.
+      self.assertEqual(len(events_list), 1)
+      events = events_list[0]
+      for event in events:
+        found_exec = False
+        found_store = False
+        found_get = False
+        for event in events:
+          if event[1] == "ray:task:execute":
+            found_exec = True
+          if event[1] == "ray:task:get_arguments":
+            found_get = True
+          if event[1] == "ray:task:store_outputs":
+            found_store = True
+        self.assertTrue(found_exec)
+        self.assertTrue(found_store)
+        self.assertTrue(found_get)
+
     ray.worker.cleanup()