diff --git a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/acceptance/routing/routing.acceptance.ts b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/acceptance/routing/routing.acceptance.ts
index 407bad662f12..871eae9e80a3 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/acceptance/routing/routing.acceptance.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/acceptance/routing/routing.acceptance.ts
@@ -735,6 +735,53 @@ describe('Routing', () => {
         .get('/greet/world')
         .expect(200, 'HELLO WORLD');
     });
+
+    it('gives precedence to redirect routes over controller methods', async () => {
+      class MyController {
+        @get('/hello', {
+          responses: {},
+        })
+        hello(): string {
+          return 'hello';
+        }
+        @get('/hello/world')
+        helloWorld() {
+          return `hello world`;
+        }
+      }
+      const app = givenAnApplication();
+      const server = await givenAServer(app);
+      server.basePath('/api');
+      server.redirect('/test/hello', '/hello/world');
+      givenControllerInApp(app, MyController);
+      const response = await whenIMakeRequestTo(server)
+        .get('/api/test/hello')
+        .expect(303);
+      // new request to verify the redirect target
+      await whenIMakeRequestTo(server)
+        .get(response.header.location)
+        .expect(200, 'hello world');
+    });
+
+    it('gives precedence to redirect routes over route methods', async () => {
+      const app = new RestApplication();
+      app.route(
+        'get',
+        '/greet/{name}',
+        anOperationSpec()
+          .withParameter({name: 'name', in: 'path', type: 'string'})
+          .build(),
+        (name: string) => `hello ${name}`,
+      );
+      app.redirect('/hello/john', '/greet/john');
+      const response = await whenIMakeRequestTo(app)
+        .get('/hello/john')
+        .expect(303);
+      // new request to verify the redirect target
+      await whenIMakeRequestTo(app)
+        .get(response.header.location)
+        .expect(200, 'hello john');
+    });
   });
 
   /* ===== HELPERS ===== */
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/integration/rest.application.integration.ts b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/integration/rest.application.integration.ts
index 1521dae2ba5a..1679248693e7 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/integration/rest.application.integration.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/integration/rest.application.integration.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {anOperationSpec} from '@loopback/openapi-spec-builder';
 import {Client, createRestAppClient, expect} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import {RestApplication, RestServer, RestServerConfig} from '../..';
+import {RestApplication, RestServer, RestServerConfig, get} from '../..';
 
 const ASSETS = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../fixtures/assets');
 
@@ -145,8 +145,28 @@ describe('RestApplication (integration)', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('can app redirect routes with custom status', async () => {
+    givenApplication();
+    restApp.controller(DummyController);
+    restApp.redirect('/fake/html', '/html', 304);
+    await restApp.start();
+    client = createRestAppClient(restApp);
+    const response = await client.get('/fake/html').expect(304);
+    await client.get(response.header.location).expect(200, 'Hi');
+  });
+
   function givenApplication(options?: {rest: RestServerConfig}) {
     options = options || {rest: {port: 0, host: '127.0.0.1'}};
     restApp = new RestApplication(options);
   }
 });
+
+class DummyController {
+  constructor() {}
+  @get('/html', {
+    responses: {},
+  })
+  ping(): string {
+    return 'Hi';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/integration/rest.server.integration.ts b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/integration/rest.server.integration.ts
index ab1e96002276..46f43e562600 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/integration/rest.server.integration.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/integration/rest.server.integration.ts
@@ -735,6 +735,39 @@ paths:
       );
       expect(response.body.servers).to.containEql({url: '/api'});
     });
+
+    it('can redirect routes when it does not exist', async () => {
+      server.controller(DummyController);
+      server.redirect('/page/html', '/html');
+      const response = await createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler)
+        .get('/api/page/html')
+        .expect(303);
+      await createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler)
+        .get(response.header.location)
+        .expect(200, 'Hi');
+    });
+
+    it('can redirect routes', async () => {
+      server.controller(DummyController);
+      server.redirect('/hello', '/endpoint');
+      const response = await createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler)
+        .get('/api/hello')
+        .expect(303);
+      await createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler)
+        .get(response.header.location)
+        .expect(200, 'hello');
+    });
+
+    it('can server redirect routes with custom status', async () => {
+      server.controller(DummyController);
+      server.redirect('/hello', '/endpoint', 304);
+      const response = await createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler)
+        .get('/api/hello')
+        .expect(304);
+      await createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler)
+        .get(response.header.location)
+        .expect(200, 'hello');
+    });
   });
 
   async function givenAServer(
@@ -763,6 +796,12 @@ paths:
     ping(): string {
       return 'Hi';
     }
+    @get('/endpoint', {
+      responses: {},
+    })
+    hello(): string {
+      return 'hello';
+    }
   }
 
   class DummyXmlController {
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.server/rest.server.redirect.unit.ts b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.server/rest.server.redirect.unit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d4b826c3076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.server/rest.server.redirect.unit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright IBM Corp. 2017,2018. All Rights Reserved.
+// Node module: @loopback/rest
+// This file is licensed under the MIT License.
+// License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+import {expect} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {Application} from '@loopback/core';
+import {RestServer, RestComponent} from '../../..';
+
+describe('RestServer.redirect()', () => {
+  it('binds the redirect route', async () => {
+    const app = new Application();
+    app.component(RestComponent);
+    const server = await app.getServer(RestServer);
+    server.redirect('/test', '/test/');
+    let boundRoutes = server.find('routes.*').map(b => b.key);
+    expect(boundRoutes).to.containEql('routes.get %2Ftest');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/rest.application.ts b/packages/rest/src/rest.application.ts
index d256158c3550..555866e342bf 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/rest.application.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/rest.application.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,20 @@ export class RestApplication extends Application implements HttpServerLike {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Redirect route by invoking a handler function.
+   *
+   * ```ts
+   * app.redirect('/explorer', '/explorer/');
+   * ```
+   *
+   * @param source URL path of the redirect endpoint
+   * @param target URL path of the endpoint
+   */
+  redirect(source: string, target: string, statusCode?: number): Binding {
+    return this.restServer.redirect(source, target, statusCode);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set the OpenAPI specification that defines the REST API schema for this
    * application. All routes, parameter definitions and return types will be
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts b/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
index 564cdf9d6ce4..9fde8f34eced 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
   RouteEntry,
   RoutingTable,
   StaticAssetsRoute,
+  RedirectRoute,
 } from './router';
 import {DefaultSequence, SequenceFunction, SequenceHandler} from './sequence';
 import {
@@ -629,6 +630,22 @@ export class RestServer extends Context implements Server, HttpServerLike {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Redirect route by invoking a handler function.
+   *
+   * ```ts
+   * server.redirect('/explorer', '/explorer/');
+   * ```
+   *
+   * @param source URL path of the redirect endpoint
+   * @param target URL path of the endpoint
+   */
+  redirect(source: string, target: string, statusCode?: number): Binding {
+    return this.route(
+      new RedirectRoute(source, this._basePath + target, statusCode),
+    );
+  }
+
   // The route for static assets
   private _staticAssetRoute = new StaticAssetsRoute();
 
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/router/index.ts b/packages/rest/src/router/index.ts
index 86ded6b6eb6e..559c8969b59f 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/router/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export * from './base-route';
 export * from './controller-route';
 export * from './handler-route';
 export * from './static-assets-route';
+export * from './redirect-route';
 
 // routers
 export * from './rest-router';
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/router/redirect-route.ts b/packages/rest/src/router/redirect-route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..333e9746c267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rest/src/router/redirect-route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import {RouteEntry, ResolvedRoute} from '.';
+import {RequestContext} from '../request-context';
+import {OperationObject, SchemasObject} from '@loopback/openapi-v3-types';
+import {OperationArgs, OperationRetval, PathParameterValues} from '../types';
+
+export class RedirectRoute implements RouteEntry, ResolvedRoute {
+  // ResolvedRoute API
+  readonly pathParams: PathParameterValues = [];
+  readonly schemas: SchemasObject = {};
+
+  // RouteEntry implementation
+  readonly verb: string = 'get';
+  readonly path: string = this.sourcePath;
+  readonly spec: OperationObject = {
+    description: 'LoopBack Redirect route',
+    'x-visibility': 'undocumented',
+    responses: {},
+  };
+
+  constructor(
+    public readonly sourcePath: string,
+    public targetPath: string,
+    public statusCode: number = 303,
+  ) {
+    this.sourcePath = sourcePath;
+  }
+
+  async invokeHandler(
+    {response}: RequestContext,
+    args: OperationArgs,
+  ): Promise<OperationRetval> {
+    response.redirect(this.statusCode, this.targetPath);
+  }
+
+  updateBindings(requestContext: RequestContext) {
+    // no-op
+  }
+
+  describe(): string {
+    return `RedirectRoute from "${this.sourcePath}" to "${this.targetPath}"`;
+  }
+}