diff --git a/docs-mintlify/reference/core-data-apis/rest-api/index.mdx b/docs-mintlify/reference/core-data-apis/rest-api/index.mdx
index 70557d0c97f3e..af121c1331a41 100644
--- a/docs-mintlify/reference/core-data-apis/rest-api/index.mdx
+++ b/docs-mintlify/reference/core-data-apis/rest-api/index.mdx
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ accessible for everyone.
 
 | API scope | REST (JSON) API endpoints | Accessible by default? |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `meta`    | [`/v1/meta`][ref-ref-meta], [Metadata API][ref-ref-metadata] | ✅ Yes |
+| `meta`    | [`/v1/meta`][ref-ref-meta], [Metadata API][ref-ref-metadata], `/v1/graphql-to-json` | ✅ Yes |
 | `data`    | [`/v1/load`][ref-ref-load], [`/v1/cubesql`][ref-ref-cubesql] | ✅ Yes |
 | `graphql` | `/graphql` | ✅ Yes |
 | `sql`     | [`/v1/sql`][ref-ref-sql] | ✅ Yes |
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/src/gateway.ts b/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/src/gateway.ts
index cdac72992b27c..7753373b5900e 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/src/gateway.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/src/gateway.ts
@@ -336,32 +336,6 @@ class ApiGateway {
      * graphql scope                                                 *
      *************************************************************** */
 
-    app.post(`${this.basePath}/v1/graphql-to-json`, userMiddlewares, async (req: any, res) => {
-      const { query, variables } = req.body;
-      const compilerApi = await this.getCompilerApi(req.context);
-
-      const metaConfig = await compilerApi.metaConfig(req.context, {
-        requestId: req.context.requestId,
-      });
-
-      let schema = compilerApi.getGraphQLSchema();
-      if (!schema) {
-        schema = makeSchema(metaConfig);
-        compilerApi.setGraphQLSchema(schema);
-      }
-
-      try {
-        const jsonQuery = getJsonQueryFromGraphQLQuery(query, metaConfig, variables);
-        res.json({ jsonQuery });
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        const stack = getEnv('devMode') ? e.stack : undefined;
-        this.logger('GraphQL to JSON error', {
-          error: (stack || e).toString(),
-        });
-        res.json({ jsonQuery: null });
-      }
-    });
-
     app.use(
       `${this.basePath}/graphql`,
       userMiddlewares,
@@ -541,6 +515,33 @@ class ApiGateway {
       })
     );
 
+    // Named for GraphQL but guarded by `meta`: it only reads the data model
+    // metadata to translate a query string, and executes nothing.
+    app.post(`${this.basePath}/v1/graphql-to-json`, jsonParser, userMiddlewares, userAsyncHandler(async (req: any, res) => {
+      await this.assertApiScope(
+        'meta',
+        req?.context?.securityContext
+      );
+
+      const { query, variables } = req.body;
+      const compilerApi = await this.getCompilerApi(req.context);
+
+      const metaConfig = await compilerApi.metaConfig(req.context, {
+        requestId: req.context.requestId,
+      });
+
+      try {
+        const jsonQuery = getJsonQueryFromGraphQLQuery(query, metaConfig, variables);
+        res.json({ jsonQuery });
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        const stack = getEnv('devMode') ? e.stack : undefined;
+        this.logger('GraphQL to JSON error', {
+          error: (stack || e).toString(),
+        });
+        res.json({ jsonQuery: null });
+      }
+    }));
+
     app.post(
       `${this.basePath}/v1/cubesql`,
       userMiddlewares,
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/test/permissions.test.ts b/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/test/permissions.test.ts
index b1a850f15437c..07e978068ce77 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/test/permissions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-api-gateway/test/permissions.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ describe('Gateway Api Scopes', () => {
     expect(res.body && res.body.error)
       .toStrictEqual('API scope is missing: graphql');
 
+    res = await request(app)
+      .post('/cubejs-api/v1/graphql-to-json')
+      .set('Content-type', 'application/json')
+      .set('Authorization', AUTH_TOKEN)
+      .send({ query: 'query { cube { Foo { bar } } }' })
+      .expect(403);
+    expect(res.body && res.body.error)
+      .toStrictEqual('API scope is missing: meta');
+
     res = await request(app)
       .get('/cubejs-api/v1/meta')
       .set('Authorization', AUTH_TOKEN)
@@ -114,6 +123,44 @@ describe('Gateway Api Scopes', () => {
     apiGateway.release();
   });
 
+  // `/v1/graphql-to-json` only reads the data model metadata, so it is guarded
+  // by the `meta` scope - not `graphql`, which gates the GraphQL API itself.
+  test('GraphQL to JSON declined without meta scope', async () => {
+    const { app, apiGateway } = createApiGateway({
+      contextToApiScopes: async () => ['graphql', 'data', 'jobs'],
+    });
+
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/cubejs-api/v1/graphql-to-json')
+      .set('Content-type', 'application/json')
+      .set('Authorization', AUTH_TOKEN)
+      .send({ query: 'query { cube { Foo { bar } } }' })
+      .expect(403);
+
+    expect(res.body && res.body.error)
+      .toStrictEqual('API scope is missing: meta');
+
+    apiGateway.release();
+  });
+
+  test('GraphQL to JSON allowed with meta scope but no graphql scope', async () => {
+    const { app, apiGateway } = createApiGateway({
+      contextToApiScopes: async () => ['meta', 'data', 'jobs'],
+    });
+
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/cubejs-api/v1/graphql-to-json')
+      .set('Content-type', 'application/json')
+      .set('Authorization', AUTH_TOKEN)
+      .send({ query: 'query { cube { Foo { bar } } }' })
+      .expect(200);
+
+    expect(res.body && res.body.jsonQuery)
+      .toStrictEqual({ measures: ['Foo.bar'] });
+
+    apiGateway.release();
+  });
+
   test('Meta declined', async () => {
     const { app, apiGateway } = createApiGateway({
       contextToApiScopes: async () => ['graphql', 'data', 'jobs'],
@@ -135,6 +182,16 @@ describe('Gateway Api Scopes', () => {
     expect(res2.body && res2.body.error)
       .toStrictEqual('API scope is missing: meta');
 
+    const res3 = await request(app)
+      .post('/cubejs-api/v1/graphql-to-json')
+      .set('Content-type', 'application/json')
+      .set('Authorization', AUTH_TOKEN)
+      .send({ query: 'query { cube { Foo { bar } } }' })
+      .expect(403);
+
+    expect(res3.body && res3.body.error)
+      .toStrictEqual('API scope is missing: meta');
+
     apiGateway.release();
   });