diff --git a/src/experiments/data/resolvers.js b/src/experiments/data/resolvers.js
index 754e32b64bf..1b062ddbf7c 100644
--- a/src/experiments/data/resolvers.js
+++ b/src/experiments/data/resolvers.js
@@ -1,24 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import { apiFetch } from '@wordpress/data-controls';
+
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { setExperiments } from './actions';
-import { EXPERIMENT_NAME_PREFIX } from './constants';
+import {
+	EXPERIMENT_NAME_PREFIX,
+	TRANSIENT_NAME_PREFIX,
+	API_NAMESPACE,
+} from './constants';
 
-export function* getExperiments() {
+function getExperimentsFromFrontend() {
 	const storageItems = Object.entries( { ...window.localStorage } ).filter(
 		( item ) => {
 			return item[ 0 ].indexOf( EXPERIMENT_NAME_PREFIX ) === 0;
 		}
 	);
 
-	const experiments = storageItems.map( ( storageItem ) => {
+	return storageItems.map( ( storageItem ) => {
 		const [ key, value ] = storageItem;
 		const objectValue = JSON.parse( value );
 		return {
 			name: key.replace( EXPERIMENT_NAME_PREFIX, '' ),
 			variation: objectValue.variationName || 'control',
+			source: 'frontend',
 		};
 	} );
-
-	yield setExperiments( experiments );
+}
+
+export function* getExperiments() {
+	try {
+		const response = yield apiFetch( {
+			path: `${ API_NAMESPACE }/options?search=_transient_abtest_variation_`,
+		} );
+
+		const experimentsFromBackend = response.map( ( experiment ) => {
+			return {
+				name: experiment.option_name.replace(
+					TRANSIENT_NAME_PREFIX,
+					''
+				),
+				variation:
+					experiment.option_value === 'control'
+						? 'control'
+						: 'treatment',
+				source: 'backend',
+			};
+		} );
+		yield setExperiments(
+			getExperimentsFromFrontend().concat( experimentsFromBackend )
+		);
+	} catch ( error ) {
+		throw new Error();
+	}
 }