diff --git a/api_test.go b/api_test.go
index 1c4653bac..2f42c959b 100644
--- a/api_test.go
+++ b/api_test.go
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateActive,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -178,16 +178,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:   "default",
-						State:  models.AlertStateSuppressed,
-						Source: "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-							"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d": models.Silence{
-								ID:        "168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d",
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced Host_Down alerts in the dev cluster",
-							},
-						},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateSuppressed,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d"},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -200,19 +194,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:   "default",
-						State:  models.AlertStateSuppressed,
-						Source: "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-							"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced Host_Down alerts in the dev cluster",
-							},
-							"378eaa69-097d-41c4-a8c2-fe6568c3abfc": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced server7",
-							},
-						},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateSuppressed,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d", "378eaa69-097d-41c4-a8c2-fe6568c3abfc"},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -225,15 +210,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:   "default",
-						State:  models.AlertStateSuppressed,
-						Source: "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-							"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced Host_Down alerts in the dev cluster",
-							},
-						},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateSuppressed,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d"},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -276,10 +256,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateActive,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -293,10 +273,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateActive,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -310,10 +290,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateActive,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -327,10 +307,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateActive,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -344,10 +324,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateActive,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -361,15 +341,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateSuppressed,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:   "default",
-						State:  models.AlertStateSuppressed,
-						Source: "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-							"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced Host_Down alerts in the dev cluster",
-							},
-						},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateSuppressed,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d"},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -383,19 +358,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateSuppressed,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:   "default",
-						State:  models.AlertStateSuppressed,
-						Source: "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-							"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced Host_Down alerts in the dev cluster",
-							},
-							"378eaa69-097d-41c4-a8c2-fe6568c3abfc": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced server7",
-							},
-						},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateSuppressed,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d", "378eaa69-097d-41c4-a8c2-fe6568c3abfc"},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -409,15 +375,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				State: models.AlertStateSuppressed,
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:   "default",
-						State:  models.AlertStateSuppressed,
-						Source: "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-							"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced Host_Down alerts in the dev cluster",
-							},
-						},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateSuppressed,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{"168f139d-77e4-41d6-afb5-8fe2cfd0cc9d"},
 					},
 				},
 				Receiver: "by-name",
@@ -453,10 +414,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -488,10 +449,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -504,10 +465,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -549,12 +510,6 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 						Name:   "default",
 						State:  models.AlertStateSuppressed,
 						Source: "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-							"0804764c-6163-4c64-b0a9-08feebe2db4b": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced instance",
-							},
-						},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -567,10 +522,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -610,10 +565,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -647,15 +602,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:   "default",
-						State:  models.AlertStateSuppressed,
-						Source: "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-							"0804764c-6163-4c64-b0a9-08feebe2db4b": models.Silence{
-								CreatedBy: "john@example.com",
-								Comment:   "Silenced instance",
-							},
-						},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateSuppressed,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{"0804764c-6163-4c64-b0a9-08feebe2db4b"},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -668,10 +618,10 @@ var groupTests = []groupTest{
 				Annotations: models.Annotations{},
 				Alertmanager: []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-						Name:     "default",
-						State:    models.AlertStateActive,
-						Source:   "localhost/prometheus",
-						Silences: map[string]models.Silence{},
+						Name:       "default",
+						State:      models.AlertStateActive,
+						Source:     "localhost/prometheus",
+						SilencedBy: []string{},
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -913,6 +863,14 @@ func TestVerifyAllGroups(t *testing.T) {
 					version, testCase.receiver, testCase.labels)
 			}
 		}
+
+		am, foundAM := ur.Silences["default"]
+		if !foundAM {
+			t.Errorf("[%s] Alertmanager 'default' missing from silences", version)
+		} else if len(am) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("[%s] Silences mismatch, expected >0 but got %d", version, len(am))
+		}
+
 		for key, expectedCounts := range countsMap {
 			gotCounts, foundCounts := ur.Counters[key]
 			if !foundCounts {
diff --git a/internal/alertmanager/models.go b/internal/alertmanager/models.go
index 9b1ae7d2f..ea0776c2f 100644
--- a/internal/alertmanager/models.go
+++ b/internal/alertmanager/models.go
@@ -235,22 +235,24 @@ func (am *Alertmanager) pullAlerts(version string) error {
 		alerts := models.AlertList{}
 		for _, alert := range uniqueAlerts[ag.ID] {
 
-			silences := map[string]models.Silence{}
+			silences := map[string]*models.Silence{}
 			for _, silenceID := range alert.SilencedBy {
 				silence, err := am.SilenceByID(silenceID)
 				if err == nil {
-					silences[silenceID] = silence
+					silences[silenceID] = &silence
 				}
 			}
+
 			alert.Alertmanager = []models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 				models.AlertmanagerInstance{
-					Name:     am.Name,
-					URI:      am.publicURI(),
-					State:    alert.State,
-					StartsAt: alert.StartsAt,
-					EndsAt:   alert.EndsAt,
-					Source:   alert.GeneratorURL,
-					Silences: silences,
+					Name:       am.Name,
+					URI:        am.publicURI(),
+					State:      alert.State,
+					StartsAt:   alert.StartsAt,
+					EndsAt:     alert.EndsAt,
+					Source:     alert.GeneratorURL,
+					Silences:   silences,
+					SilencedBy: alert.SilencedBy,
 				},
 			}
 
@@ -327,6 +329,18 @@ func (am *Alertmanager) Alerts() []models.AlertGroup {
 	return alerts
 }
 
+// Silences returns a copy of all silences
+func (am *Alertmanager) Silences() map[string]models.Silence {
+	am.lock.RLock()
+	defer am.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	silences := map[string]models.Silence{}
+	for id, silence := range am.silences {
+		silences[id] = silence
+	}
+	return silences
+}
+
 // SilenceByID allows to query for a silence by it's ID, returns error if not found
 func (am *Alertmanager) SilenceByID(id string) (models.Silence, error) {
 	am.lock.RLock()
diff --git a/internal/filters/filter_test.go b/internal/filters/filter_test.go
index 5f7543dec..83827ad2b 100644
--- a/internal/filters/filter_test.go
+++ b/internal/filters/filter_test.go
@@ -496,9 +496,10 @@ func TestFilters(t *testing.T) {
 				models.AlertmanagerInstance{
 					Name: am.Name,
 					URI:  am.URI,
-					Silences: map[string]models.Silence{
-						ft.Silence.ID: ft.Silence,
+					Silences: map[string]*models.Silence{
+						ft.Silence.ID: &ft.Silence,
 					},
+					SilencedBy: []string{ft.Silence.ID},
 				},
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/internal/models/alertmanager.go b/internal/models/alertmanager.go
index 392f39a78..f95c75244 100644
--- a/internal/models/alertmanager.go
+++ b/internal/models/alertmanager.go
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ type AlertmanagerInstance struct {
 	EndsAt   time.Time `json:"endsAt"`
 	// Source links to alert source for given alertmanager instance
 	Source string `json:"source"`
-	// all silences matching current alert in this upstream
-	Silences map[string]Silence `json:"silences"`
+	// all silences matching current alert in this upstream, we don't export this
+	// in api responses, this is used internally
+	Silences map[string]*Silence `json:"-"`
+	// export list of silenced IDs in api response
+	SilencedBy []string `json:"silencedBy"`
 	// TODO also export InhibitedBy here if it ever becomes needed
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/models/api.go b/internal/models/api.go
index 25b5f0af8..c7c2f88aa 100644
--- a/internal/models/api.go
+++ b/internal/models/api.go
@@ -160,16 +160,17 @@ func (ag *APIAlertGroup) DedupSharedMaps() {
 
 // AlertsResponse is the structure of JSON response UI will use to get alert data
 type AlertsResponse struct {
-	Status            string                   `json:"status"`
-	Timestamp         string                   `json:"timestamp"`
-	Version           string                   `json:"version"`
-	Upstreams         AlertmanagerAPISummary   `json:"upstreams"`
-	AlertGroups       map[string]APIAlertGroup `json:"groups"`
-	TotalAlerts       int                      `json:"totalAlerts"`
-	Colors            LabelsColorMap           `json:"colors"`
-	Filters           []Filter                 `json:"filters"`
-	Counters          LabelsCountMap           `json:"counters"`
-	StaticColorLabels []string                 `json:"staticColorLabels"`
+	Status            string                        `json:"status"`
+	Timestamp         string                        `json:"timestamp"`
+	Version           string                        `json:"version"`
+	Upstreams         AlertmanagerAPISummary        `json:"upstreams"`
+	Silences          map[string]map[string]Silence `json:"silences"`
+	AlertGroups       map[string]APIAlertGroup      `json:"groups"`
+	TotalAlerts       int                           `json:"totalAlerts"`
+	Colors            LabelsColorMap                `json:"colors"`
+	Filters           []Filter                      `json:"filters"`
+	Counters          LabelsCountMap                `json:"counters"`
+	StaticColorLabels []string                      `json:"staticColorLabels"`
 }
 
 // Autocomplete is the structure of autocomplete object for filter hints
diff --git a/views.go b/views.go
index 68482bbee..b65466222 100644
--- a/views.go
+++ b/views.go
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ func alerts(c *gin.Context) {
 	dedupedAlerts := alertmanager.DedupAlerts()
 	dedupedColors := alertmanager.DedupColors()
 
+	silences := map[string]map[string]models.Silence{}
+	for _, am := range alertmanager.GetAlertmanagers() {
+		silences[am.Name] = map[string]models.Silence{}
+	}
+
 	var matches int
 	for _, ag := range dedupedAlerts {
 		agCopy := models.AlertGroup{
@@ -137,6 +142,15 @@ func alerts(c *gin.Context) {
 		}
 
 		if len(agCopy.Alerts) > 0 {
+			for _, alert := range agCopy.Alerts {
+				if alert.IsSilenced() {
+					for _, am := range alert.Alertmanager {
+						for _, silence := range am.Silences {
+							silences[am.Name][silence.ID] = *silence
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
 			agCopy.Hash = agCopy.ContentFingerprint()
 			apiAG := models.APIAlertGroup{AlertGroup: agCopy}
 			apiAG.DedupSharedMaps()
@@ -147,6 +161,7 @@ func alerts(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	resp.AlertGroups = alerts
+	resp.Silences = silences
 	resp.Colors = colors
 	resp.Counters = counters