diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
index 237ffb1..2a03671 100644
--- a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
                 DeviceKeyWebResource.class,
                 RegionsWebResource.class,
                 TenantWebResource.class,
-                VirtualNetworkWebResource.class
+                VirtualNetworkWebResource.class,
+                MastershipWebResource.class
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipWebResource.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipWebResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dfc28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipWebResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.rest.resources;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.RoleInfo;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipAdminService;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipService;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole;
+import org.onosproject.rest.AbstractWebResource;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsNotFound;
+
+/**
+ * Manage the mastership of ONOS instances.
+ */
+@Path("mastership")
+public final class MastershipWebResource extends AbstractWebResource {
+
+    private static final String NODE = "node";
+    private static final String DEVICES = "devices";
+    private static final String DEVICE_ID = "deviceId";
+    private static final String NODE_ID = "nodeId";
+
+    private static final String DEVICE_ID_INVALID = "Invalid deviceId for setting role";
+    private static final String NODE_ID_INVALID = "Invalid nodeId for setting role";
+
+    private static final String NODE_ID_NOT_FOUND = "Node id is not found";
+    private static final String ROLE_INFO_NOT_FOUND = "Role info is not found";
+    private static final String MASTERSHIP_ROLE_NOT_FOUND = "Mastership role is not found";
+    private static final String RESULT_NOT_FOUND = "Result is not found";
+
+    private final MastershipService mastershipService = get(MastershipService.class);
+    private final MastershipAdminService mastershipAdminService =
+                                         get(MastershipAdminService.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the role of the local node for the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return role of the current node
+     * @onos.rsModel MastershipRole
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/local")
+    public Response getLocalRole(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+        MastershipRole role = mastershipService.getLocalRole(DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId));
+        ObjectNode root = codec(MastershipRole.class).encode(role, this);
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current master for a given device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return the identifier of the master controller for the device
+     * // TODO: add swagger doc
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/master")
+    public Response getMasterFor(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+        NodeId id = nullIsNotFound(mastershipService.getMasterFor(
+                    DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId)), NODE_ID_NOT_FOUND);
+
+        ObjectNode root = mapper().createObjectNode();
+        root.put(NODE, id.id());
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns controllers connected to a given device, in order of
+     * preference. The first entry in the list is the current master.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return a list of controller identifiers
+     * @onos.rsModel RoleInfo
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/role")
+    public Response getNodesFor(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+        RoleInfo info = nullIsNotFound(mastershipService.getNodesFor(
+                        DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId)), ROLE_INFO_NOT_FOUND);
+        ObjectNode root = codec(RoleInfo.class).encode(info, this);
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the devices for which a controller is master.
+     *
+     * @param nodeId controller identifier
+     * @return a set of device identifiers
+     * // TODO: add swagger doc
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{nodeId}/device")
+    public Response getDeviceOf(@PathParam("nodeId") String nodeId) {
+        ObjectNode root = mapper().createObjectNode();
+        ArrayNode devicesNode = root.putArray(DEVICES);
+
+        Set<DeviceId> devices = mastershipService.getDevicesOf(NodeId.nodeId(nodeId));
+        if (devices != null) {
+            devices.forEach(id -> devicesNode.add(id.toString()));
+        }
+
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the mastership status of the local controller for a given
+     * device forcing master selection if necessary.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return the role of this controller instance
+     * @onos.rsModel MastershipRole
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/request")
+    public Response requestRoleFor(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+
+        // TODO: will not use CompletableFuture when MastershipService
+        // provides a non CompletableFuture object as an output
+        CompletableFuture<MastershipRole> result =
+                nullIsNotFound(mastershipService.requestRoleFor(
+                        DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId)), MASTERSHIP_ROLE_NOT_FOUND);
+
+        try {
+            MastershipRole role = result.get();
+            ObjectNode root = codec(MastershipRole.class).encode(role, this);
+            return ok(root).build();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Abandons mastership of the specified device on the local node thus
+     * forcing selection of a new master. If the local node is not a master
+     * for this device, no master selection will occur.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return status of the request
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/relinquish")
+    public Response relinquishMastership(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+        DeviceId id = DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId);
+
+        // TODO: will not use CompletableFuture when MastershipService
+        // provides a non CompletableFuture object as an output
+        CompletableFuture<Void> result =
+                nullIsNotFound(mastershipService.relinquishMastership(id), RESULT_NOT_FOUND);
+
+        try {
+            result.get();
+            return Response.created(id.uri()).build();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies the current mastership role for the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param stream JSON representation of device, node, mastership info
+     * @return status of the request - CREATED if the JSON is correct,
+     * BAD_REQUEST if the JSON is invalid
+     * @onos.rsModel MastershipPut
+     */
+    @PUT
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response setRole(InputStream stream) {
+
+        try {
+            ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
+            JsonNode deviceIdJson = jsonTree.get(DEVICE_ID);
+            JsonNode nodeIdJson = jsonTree.get(NODE_ID);
+            MastershipRole role = codec(MastershipRole.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
+
+            if (deviceIdJson == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(DEVICE_ID_INVALID);
+            }
+
+            if (nodeIdJson == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(NODE_ID_INVALID);
+            }
+
+            // TODO: will not use CompletableFuture when MastershipAdminService
+            // provides a non CompletableFuture object as an output
+            CompletableFuture<Void> result =
+                    nullIsNotFound(mastershipAdminService.setRole(NodeId.nodeId(nodeIdJson.asText()),
+                    DeviceId.deviceId(deviceIdJson.asText()), role), RESULT_NOT_FOUND);
+            result.get();
+
+            return Response.ok().build();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException | IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Balances the mastership to be shared as evenly as possibly by all
+     * online instances.
+     *
+     * @return status of the request - OK if the request is successfully processed
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response balanceRoles() {
+        mastershipAdminService.balanceRoles();
+        return Response.ok().build();
+    }
+}