diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/api/ChecksImpl.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/api/ChecksImpl.java
index 361efe0..c75a4d7 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/api/ChecksImpl.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/api/ChecksImpl.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.checks.Check;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.checks.CheckKey;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.checks.CheckerUuid;
+import com.google.gerrit.plugins.checks.Checkers;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.checks.Checks;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.checks.PostCheck;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.change.RevisionResource;
@@ -60,8 +61,21 @@
 
   @Override
   public CheckApi id(CheckerUuid checkerUuid) throws RestApiException {
-    // Ensure that the checker exists and throw a RestApiException if not.
-    checkers.id(checkerUuid).get();
+    // Ensure that the checker exists.
+    // TODO(gerrit-team): We are not asking for any permission for resolving the checker. This means
+    // users can probe which checkers exist. That's okay for now. The only permission that we have
+    // and that we could check is the 'Administrate Checkers' permission, but this permission should
+    // not be required for viewing checks on a change that is visible to the user.
+    try {
+      checkers
+          .getChecker(checkerUuid)
+          .orElseThrow(
+              () ->
+                  new ResourceNotFoundException(
+                      String.format("Checker %s not found", checkerUuid)));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw asRestApiException("Cannot retrieve checker", e);
+    }
 
     try {
       CheckKey checkKey =
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/acceptance/api/GetCheckIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/acceptance/api/GetCheckIT.java
index d16e850..c3f8edd 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/acceptance/api/GetCheckIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/acceptance/api/GetCheckIT.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.request.RequestScopeOperations;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.BadRequestException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException;
@@ -26,10 +27,13 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.checks.api.CheckState;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class GetCheckIT extends AbstractCheckersTest {
+  @Inject private RequestScopeOperations requestScopeOperations;
+
   private PatchSet.Id patchSetId;
 
   @Before
@@ -92,14 +96,14 @@
     checkerOperations.checker(checkerUuid).forUpdate().forceInvalidConfig().update();
 
     exception.expect(RestApiException.class);
-    exception.expectMessage("Cannot retrieve checker " + checkerUuid);
+    exception.expectMessage("Cannot retrieve checker");
     checksApiFactory.revision(patchSetId).id(checkerUuid.toString());
   }
 
   @Test
   public void getCheckForNonExistingChecker() throws Exception {
     exception.expect(ResourceNotFoundException.class);
-    exception.expectMessage("Not found: test:non-existing");
+    exception.expectMessage("Checker test:non-existing not found");
     checksApiFactory.revision(patchSetId).id("test:non-existing");
   }
 
@@ -109,4 +113,17 @@
     exception.expectMessage("invalid checker UUID: malformed::checker*UUID");
     checksApiFactory.revision(patchSetId).id("malformed::checker*UUID");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCheckWithoutAdministrateCheckers() throws Exception {
+    requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(user.getId());
+
+    CheckerUuid checkerUuid = checkerOperations.newChecker().repository(project).create();
+
+    CheckKey checkKey = CheckKey.create(project, patchSetId, checkerUuid);
+    checkOperations.newCheck(checkKey).setState(CheckState.RUNNING).upsert();
+
+    CheckInfo checkInfo = checksApiFactory.revision(patchSetId).id(checkerUuid).get();
+    assertThat(checkInfo).isEqualTo(checkOperations.check(checkKey).asInfo());
+  }
 }