diff --git a/utils/rest/src/main/java/org/onlab/rest/BaseResource.java b/utils/rest/src/main/java/org/onlab/rest/BaseResource.java
index 5886afe..50b4d0f 100644
--- a/utils/rest/src/main/java/org/onlab/rest/BaseResource.java
+++ b/utils/rest/src/main/java/org/onlab/rest/BaseResource.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import org.onlab.osgi.DefaultServiceDirectory;
 import org.onlab.osgi.ServiceDirectory;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
 /**
  * Base abstraction of a JAX-RS resource.
  */
@@ -44,8 +46,12 @@
      * @param <T>     type of service
      * @return service implementation
      */
-    protected static <T> T get(Class<T> service) {
+    public <T> T get(Class<T> service) {
         return services.get(service);
     }
 
+    protected static Response.ResponseBuilder ok(Object obj) {
+        return Response.ok(obj);
+    }
+
 }