diff --git a/synapse/handlers/admin.py b/synapse/handlers/admin.py
index f2989cc4a214..5bf8e863875b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/admin.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/admin.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ async def get_user(self, user: UserID) -> Optional[JsonDict]:
         user_info_dict["avatar_url"] = profile.avatar_url
         user_info_dict["threepids"] = threepids
         user_info_dict["external_ids"] = external_ids
+        user_info_dict["erased"] = await self.store.is_user_erased(user.to_string())
 
         return user_info_dict
 
diff --git a/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py b/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
index 76e86a3c518e..7583b2e95668 100644
--- a/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
+++ b/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
@@ -1221,6 +1221,7 @@ def test_deactivate_user_erase_true(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual("foo@bar.com", channel.json_body["threepids"][0]["address"])
         self.assertEqual("mxc://servername/mediaid", channel.json_body["avatar_url"])
         self.assertEqual("User1", channel.json_body["displayname"])
+        self.assertFalse(channel.json_body["erased"])
 
         # Deactivate and erase user
         channel = self.make_request(
@@ -1245,6 +1246,7 @@ def test_deactivate_user_erase_true(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(0, len(channel.json_body["threepids"]))
         self.assertIsNone(channel.json_body["avatar_url"])
         self.assertIsNone(channel.json_body["displayname"])
+        self.assertTrue(channel.json_body["erased"])
 
         self._is_erased("@user:test", True)
 
@@ -2783,6 +2785,7 @@ def _check_fields(self, content: JsonDict) -> None:
         self.assertIn("avatar_url", content)
         self.assertIn("admin", content)
         self.assertIn("deactivated", content)
+        self.assertIn("erased", content)
         self.assertIn("shadow_banned", content)
         self.assertIn("creation_ts", content)
         self.assertIn("appservice_id", content)