diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/actor.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/actor.rs
index 6d0c1e8cd..d56c53fcd 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/actor.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/actor.rs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ impl<S: IndexStore + Sync + Send> IndexActor<S> {
             Ok(IndexStats {
                 size: index.size()?,
                 number_of_documents: index.number_of_documents(&rtxn)?,
-                is_indexing: false, // TODO check actual is_indexing
+                is_indexing: false, // We set this field in src/index_controller/mod.rs get_stats
                 fields_distribution: index.fields_distribution(&rtxn)?,
             })
         })
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
index e459af10c..967506a55 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,13 @@ impl IndexController {
     pub async fn get_stats(&self, uid: String) -> anyhow::Result<IndexStats> {
         let uuid = self.uuid_resolver.get(uid.clone()).await?;
 
-        Ok(self.index_handle.get_index_stats(uuid).await?)
+        let stats = self.index_handle.get_index_stats(uuid);
+        let is_indexing = self.update_handle.is_locked(uuid);
+
+        Ok(IndexStats {
+            is_indexing: is_indexing.await?,
+            ..stats.await?
+        })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
index d87b910d6..c99c0059f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ where
                 Some(Snapshot { uuid, path, ret }) => {
                     let _ = ret.send(self.handle_snapshot(uuid, path).await);
                 }
+                Some(IsLocked { uuid, ret }) => {
+                    let _ = ret.send(self.handle_is_locked(uuid).await);
+                }
                 None => break,
             }
         }
@@ -223,4 +226,14 @@ where
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    async fn handle_is_locked(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<bool> {
+        let store = self
+            .store
+            .get(uuid)
+            .await?
+            .ok_or(UpdateError::UnexistingIndex(uuid))?;
+
+        Ok(store.update_lock.is_locked())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/handle_impl.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/handle_impl.rs
index 59f67fbe0..621675955 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/handle_impl.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/handle_impl.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
+use crate::index_controller::IndexActorHandle;
+
 use super::{
     MapUpdateStoreStore, PayloadData, Result, UpdateActor, UpdateActorHandle, UpdateMeta,
     UpdateMsg, UpdateStatus,
 };
-use crate::index_controller::IndexActorHandle;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct UpdateActorHandleImpl<D> {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ where
         Ok(Self { sender })
     }
 }
+
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl<D> UpdateActorHandle for UpdateActorHandleImpl<D>
 where
@@ -43,29 +45,12 @@ where
 {
     type Data = D;
 
-    async fn update(
-        &self,
-        meta: UpdateMeta,
-        data: mpsc::Receiver<PayloadData<Self::Data>>,
-        uuid: Uuid,
-    ) -> Result<UpdateStatus> {
-        let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
-        let msg = UpdateMsg::Update {
-            uuid,
-            data,
-            meta,
-            ret,
-        };
-        let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
-        receiver.await.expect("update actor killed.")
-    }
     async fn get_all_updates_status(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<Vec<UpdateStatus>> {
         let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
         let msg = UpdateMsg::ListUpdates { uuid, ret };
         let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
         receiver.await.expect("update actor killed.")
     }
-
     async fn update_status(&self, uuid: Uuid, id: u64) -> Result<UpdateStatus> {
         let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
         let msg = UpdateMsg::GetUpdate { uuid, id, ret };
@@ -93,4 +78,28 @@ where
         let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
         receiver.await.expect("update actor killed.")
     }
+
+    async fn update(
+        &self,
+        meta: UpdateMeta,
+        data: mpsc::Receiver<PayloadData<Self::Data>>,
+        uuid: Uuid,
+    ) -> Result<UpdateStatus> {
+        let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
+        let msg = UpdateMsg::Update {
+            uuid,
+            data,
+            meta,
+            ret,
+        };
+        let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
+        receiver.await.expect("update actor killed.")
+    }
+
+    async fn is_locked(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<bool> {
+        let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
+        let msg = UpdateMsg::IsLocked { uuid, ret };
+        let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
+        receiver.await.expect("update actor killed.")
+    }
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/message.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/message.rs
index 8e6e3c212..409fbcebc 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/message.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/message.rs
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ pub enum UpdateMsg<D> {
         path: PathBuf,
         ret: oneshot::Sender<Result<()>>,
     },
+    IsLocked {
+        uuid: Uuid,
+        ret: oneshot::Sender<Result<bool>>,
+    },
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/mod.rs
index f3c3caf04..095e068e8 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/mod.rs
@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@ pub trait UpdateActorHandle {
         data: mpsc::Receiver<PayloadData<Self::Data>>,
         uuid: Uuid,
     ) -> Result<UpdateStatus>;
+    async fn is_locked(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<bool>;
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_handler.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_handler.rs
index 17f7107a2..1eb622cbf 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_handler.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_handler.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl UpdateHandler {
         })
     }
 
-    fn update_buidler(&self, update_id: u64) -> UpdateBuilder {
+    fn update_builder(&self, update_id: u64) -> UpdateBuilder {
         // We prepare the update by using the update builder.
         let mut update_builder = UpdateBuilder::new(update_id);
         if let Some(max_nb_chunks) = self.max_nb_chunks {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl UpdateHandler {
 
         let update_id = meta.id();
 
-        let update_builder = self.update_buidler(update_id);
+        let update_builder = self.update_builder(update_id);
 
         let result = match meta.meta() {
             DocumentsAddition {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/tests/index/stats.rs b/meilisearch-http/tests/index/stats.rs
index d32c06d2b..e1d8bd211 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/tests/index/stats.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/tests/index/stats.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ async fn stats() {
     assert_eq!(code, 202);
     assert_eq!(response["updateId"], 0);
 
+    let (response, code) = index.stats().await;
+
+    assert_eq!(code, 200);
+    assert_eq!(response["isIndexing"], true);
+
     index.wait_update_id(0).await;
 
     let (response, code) = index.stats().await;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/tests/stats/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/tests/stats/mod.rs
index e5027c71f..ee10f9708 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/tests/stats/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/tests/stats/mod.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ async fn stats() {
     assert_eq!(code, 202);
     assert_eq!(response["updateId"], 0);
 
+    let (response, code) = server.stats().await;
+
+    assert_eq!(code, 200);
+    assert_eq!(response["indexes"]["test"]["isIndexing"], true);
+
     index.wait_update_id(0).await;
 
     let (response, code) = server.stats().await;