diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3a9d7da..dc639c6 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 tests = ["mypy (>=0.800)", "pytest", "pytest-asyncio"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colorama"
+version = "0.4.6"
+description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=2.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "colorama-0.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4f1d9991f5acc0ca119f9d443620b77f9d6b33703e51011c16baf57afb285fc6"},
+    {file = "colorama-0.4.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:08695f5cb7ed6e0531a20572697297273c47b8cae5a63ffc6d6ed5c201be6e44"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
 version = "4.2.3"
@@ -49,6 +60,17 @@ files = [
 django = ">=3.0"
 pytz = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iniconfig"
+version = "2.0.0"
+description = "brain-dead simple config-ini parsing"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "iniconfig-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b6a85871a79d2e3b22d2d1b94ac2824226a63c6b741c88f7ae975f18b6778374"},
+    {file = "iniconfig-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2d91e135bf72d31a410b17c16da610a82cb55f6b0477d1a902134b24a455b8b3"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "markdown"
 version = "3.4.3"
@@ -63,6 +85,70 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 testing = ["coverage", "pyyaml"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "packaging"
+version = "23.1"
+description = "Core utilities for Python packages"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "packaging-23.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:994793af429502c4ea2ebf6bf664629d07c1a9fe974af92966e4b8d2df7edc61"},
+    {file = "packaging-23.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a392980d2b6cffa644431898be54b0045151319d1e7ec34f0cfed48767dd334f"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pluggy"
+version = "1.2.0"
+description = "plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pluggy-1.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c2fd55a7d7a3863cba1a013e4e2414658b1d07b6bc57b3919e0c63c9abb99849"},
+    {file = "pluggy-1.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d12f0c4b579b15f5e054301bb226ee85eeeba08ffec228092f8defbaa3a4c4b3"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["pre-commit", "tox"]
+testing = ["pytest", "pytest-benchmark"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest"
+version = "7.4.0"
+description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-7.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:78bf16451a2eb8c7a2ea98e32dc119fd2aa758f1d5d66dbf0a59d69a3969df32"},
+    {file = "pytest-7.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b4bf8c45bd59934ed84001ad51e11b4ee40d40a1229d2c79f9c592b0a3f6bd8a"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
+iniconfig = "*"
+packaging = "*"
+pluggy = ">=0.12,<2.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+testing = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2.0)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "nose", "pygments (>=2.7.2)", "requests", "setuptools", "xmlschema"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-django"
+version = "4.5.2"
+description = "A Django plugin for pytest."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-django-4.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d9076f759bb7c36939dbdd5ae6633c18edfc2902d1a69fdbefd2426b970ce6c2"},
+    {file = "pytest_django-4.5.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c60834861933773109334fe5a53e83d1ef4828f2203a1d6a0fa9972f4f75ab3e"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pytest = ">=5.4.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme"]
+testing = ["Django", "django-configurations (>=2.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pytz"
 version = "2023.3"
@@ -104,4 +190,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "f61b53fbb29d79eabae5ac069b8a112d3a5f10e46092341f9c81c5ba506e4a57"
+content-hash = "01c39e695348ecc6d61f10f3811b382ecd6f0d3acfa65f3c3e374c62bd1937f4"
diff --git a/printpub/settings.py b/printpub/settings.py
index a9cf527..9cf881c 100644
--- a/printpub/settings.py
+++ b/printpub/settings.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ DEBUG = True
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 
+# TODO: This is a bit of a hack for development, this id may change as the project progresses
+SITE_ID = 1
+
 
 # Application definition
 
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "django.contrib.sites",
     "rest_framework",
     "printpub.user.apps.UserConfig",
 ]
diff --git a/printpub/urls.py b/printpub/urls.py
index 16a74d2..12cd421 100644
--- a/printpub/urls.py
+++ b/printpub/urls.py
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ Including another URLconf
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, include
+import printpub.user.urls
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path("", include("printpub.user.urls")),
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
 ]
diff --git a/printpub/user/models/local_user.py b/printpub/user/models/local_user.py
index c98ca51..401c2b2 100644
--- a/printpub/user/models/local_user.py
+++ b/printpub/user/models/local_user.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ class LocalUser(auth_models.AbstractUser):
     first_name = None
     last_name = None
     display_name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
-    poster = models.OneToOneField(poster.Poster, on_delete=models.RESTRICT)
+    poster = models.OneToOneField(
+        poster.Poster, on_delete=models.RESTRICT, related_name="local_user"
+    )
 
     def get_full_name(self) -> str:
         """
diff --git a/printpub/user/serializers/__init__.py b/printpub/user/serializers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d81f20c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/printpub/user/serializers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from printpub.user.serializers.webfinger_user import WebfingerUserSerializer
diff --git a/printpub/user/serializers/webfinger_user.py b/printpub/user/serializers/webfinger_user.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba58c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/printpub/user/serializers/webfinger_user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from printpub.user import models
+
+DOMAIN_REQUIRED_MESSAGE = (
+    "The domain is required as part of the context of this serializer"
+)
+
+
+class _SubjectField(serializers.Field):
+    def to_representation(self, username: str):
+        domain = self.context.get("domain")
+        if domain is None:
+            raise ValueError(DOMAIN_REQUIRED_MESSAGE)
+
+        return f"acct:{username}@{domain}"
+
+
+class WebfingerUserSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    """
+    WebfingerUserSerializer will generate a JSON LD representation of a user for the Webfinger protocol.
+
+    It is required that a 'domain' property be passed to the context of this seiralizer, so that proper
+    resources can be generated.
+    """
+
+    subject = _SubjectField(source="username", read_only=True)
+    links = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_links(self, _):
+        # TODO: we hardcode this to an empty array because we have no way to "get a user" right now.
+        # This is valid per the webfinger rfc
+        return []
diff --git a/printpub/user/urls.py b/printpub/user/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49093eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/printpub/user/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from django.urls import path
+from printpub.user import views
+
+urlpatterns = [path(".well-known/webfinger", views.WebFinger.as_view())]
diff --git a/printpub/user/views.py b/printpub/user/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 91ea44a..0000000
--- a/printpub/user/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
-
-# Create your views here.
diff --git a/printpub/user/views/__init__.py b/printpub/user/views/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33feb68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/printpub/user/views/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from printpub.user.views.webfinger import WebFinger
diff --git a/printpub/user/views/webfinger.py b/printpub/user/views/webfinger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce8e89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/printpub/user/views/webfinger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import re
+
+import django.contrib.sites.shortcuts as django_sites
+import rest_framework.views
+import rest_framework.request
+import rest_framework.response
+import rest_framework.status
+
+from printpub.user import models
+from printpub.user import serializers
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+class WebFinger(rest_framework.views.APIView):
+    def get(self, request: rest_framework.request.Request):
+        resource_param = request.query_params.get("resource")
+        if not resource_param:
+            return rest_framework.response.Response(
+                status=rest_framework.status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+            )
+
+        parsed_resource = self._parse_acct_string(resource_param)
+        if not parsed_resource:
+            return rest_framework.response.Response(
+                status=rest_framework.status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+            )
+
+        (local_part, domain_part) = parsed_resource
+        try:
+            user = models.LocalUser.objects.get(username=local_part)
+        except models.LocalUser.DoesNotExist:
+            return rest_framework.response.Response(
+                status=rest_framework.status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND
+            )
+
+        site = django_sites.get_current_site(request)
+        if domain_part != site.domain:
+            return rest_framework.response.Response(
+                status=rest_framework.status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND
+            )
+
+        user_serializer = serializers.WebfingerUserSerializer(
+            user, context={"domain": domain_part}
+        )
+
+        return rest_framework.response.Response(user_serializer.data)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_acct_string(acct: str) -> Optional[tuple[str, str]]:
+        matches = re.match("^acct:(?P<local>[^@]+)@(?P<domain>.+)$", acct)
+        if not matches:
+            return None
+
+        return (matches.group("local"), matches.group("domain"))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8e0b778..85f0a77 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ djangorestframework = "^3.14.0"
 markdown = "^3.4.3"
 
 
+[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
+pytest-django = "^4.5.2"
+pytest = "^7.4.0"
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "printpub.settings"
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e0e72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def enable_db_access_for_all_tests(db):
+    pass
diff --git a/tests/user/serializers/webfinger_user_test.py b/tests/user/serializers/webfinger_user_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29e8f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/user/serializers/webfinger_user_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import unittest.mock
+
+from printpub.user import models
+from printpub.user import serializers
+
+
+def test_serializes_user_with_no_links():
+    poster = models.Poster()
+    poster.save()
+    user = models.LocalUser.objects.create_user(
+        username="wint", password="hunter2", display_name="dril", poster=poster
+    )
+
+    serializer = serializers.WebfingerUserSerializer(
+        user, context={"domain": "example.com"}
+    )
+    assert serializer.data == {"subject": "acct:wint@example.com", "links": []}
diff --git a/tests/user/views/webfinger_test.py b/tests/user/views/webfinger_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6069735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/user/views/webfinger_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import unittest.mock
+
+import django.contrib.sites.models
+import rest_framework.test
+import rest_framework.response
+
+from printpub.user import models
+
+
+class TestWebfingerGet:
+    def test_request_with_no_resource_gives_400(self):
+        client = rest_framework.test.APIClient()
+        res = client.get("/.well-known/webfinger")
+        assert res.status_code == 400  # type: ignore
+
+    def test_request_with_unknown_user_returns_404(self):
+        client = rest_framework.test.APIClient()
+        res = client.get("/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:wint@my.website")
+        assert res.status_code == 404  # type: ignore
+
+    def test_known_user_returns_serializer_data(self):
+        client = rest_framework.test.APIClient()
+        poster = models.Poster()
+        poster.save()
+        user = models.LocalUser(
+            display_name="dril", username="wint", password="hunter2", poster=poster
+        )
+        user.save()
+
+        fake_site = django.contrib.sites.models.Site(
+            domain="my.website", name="My Website"
+        )
+        with unittest.mock.patch(
+            "django.contrib.sites.models.SiteManager.get_current",
+            return_value=fake_site,
+        ):
+            res = client.get("/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:wint@my.website")
+            assert res.status_code == 200  # type: ignore
+            # We could test more properties of this, but we will leave that to the serializer test
+            assert res.data["subject"] == "acct:wint@my.website"  # type: ignore
+
+    def test_wrong_domain_in_request_returns_404(self):
+        client = rest_framework.test.APIClient()
+        poster = models.Poster()
+        poster.save()
+        user = models.LocalUser(
+            display_name="dril", username="wint", password="hunter2", poster=poster
+        )
+        user.save()
+
+        fake_site = django.contrib.sites.models.Site(
+            domain="my.website", name="My Website"
+        )
+        with unittest.mock.patch(
+            "django.contrib.sites.models.SiteManager.get_current",
+            return_value=fake_site,
+        ):
+            res = client.get("/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:wint@example.com")
+            assert res.status_code == 404  # type: ignore