diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index 6550435aa3..5ff9a0336e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import { UUIDService } from './shared/uuid.service';
 import { AuthenticatedGuard } from './auth/authenticated.guard';
 import { AuthRequestService } from './auth/auth-request.service';
 import { AuthResponseParsingService } from './auth/auth-response-parsing.service';
-import { HTTP_INTERCEPTORS } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { HTTP_INTERCEPTORS, HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { AuthInterceptor } from './auth/auth.interceptor';
 import { HALEndpointService } from './shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { FacetValueResponseParsingService } from './data/facet-value-response-parsing.service';
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ import { MyDSpaceResponseParsingService } from './data/mydspace-response-parsing
 import { ClaimedTaskDataService } from './tasks/claimed-task-data.service';
 import { PoolTaskDataService } from './tasks/pool-task-data.service';
 import { TaskResponseParsingService } from './tasks/task-response-parsing.service';
+import {
+  MOCK_RESPONSE_MAP,
+  MockResponseMap,
+  mockResponseMap
+} from './dspace-rest-v2/mocks/mock-response-map';
+import { EndpointMockingRestService } from './dspace-rest-v2/endpoint-mocking-rest.service';
+import { ENV_CONFIG, GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../config';
+
+export const restServiceFactory = (cfg: GlobalConfig, mocks: MockResponseMap, http: HttpClient) => {
+  if (ENV_CONFIG.production) {
+    return new DSpaceRESTv2Service(http);
+  } else {
+    return new EndpointMockingRestService(cfg, mocks, http);
+  }
+};
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -110,6 +125,8 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   CommunityDataService,
   CollectionDataService,
   DSOResponseParsingService,
+  { provide: MOCK_RESPONSE_MAP, useValue: mockResponseMap },
+  { provide: DSpaceRESTv2Service, useFactory: restServiceFactory, deps: [GLOBAL_CONFIG, MOCK_RESPONSE_MAP, HttpClient]},
   DSpaceRESTv2Service,
   DynamicFormLayoutService,
   DynamicFormService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
index 290f4be8a2..cf9b1067c1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface HttpOptions {
 @Injectable()
 export class DSpaceRESTv2Service {
 
-  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {
+  constructor(protected http: HttpClient) {
 
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/endpoint-mocking-rest.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/endpoint-mocking-rest.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a53762e8ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/endpoint-mocking-rest.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { HttpHeaders, HttpResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/rest-request-method';
+import { EndpointMockingRestService } from './endpoint-mocking-rest.service';
+import { MockResponseMap } from './mocks/mock-response-map';
+
+describe('EndpointMockingRestService', () => {
+  let service: EndpointMockingRestService;
+
+  const serverHttpResponse: HttpResponse<any> = {
+    body: { bar: false },
+    headers: new HttpHeaders(),
+    statusText: '200'
+  } as HttpResponse<any>;
+
+  const mockResponseMap: MockResponseMap = new Map([
+    [ '/foo', { bar: true } ]
+  ]);
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const EnvConfig = {
+      rest: {
+        nameSpace: '/api'
+      }
+    } as GlobalConfig;
+
+    const httpStub = jasmine.createSpyObj('http', {
+      get: observableOf(serverHttpResponse),
+      request: observableOf(serverHttpResponse)
+    });
+
+    service = new EndpointMockingRestService(EnvConfig, mockResponseMap, httpStub);
+  });
+
+  describe('get', () => {
+    describe('when the URL is mocked', () => {
+      it('should return the mock data', (done) => {
+        service.get('https://rest.com/api/foo').subscribe((response) => {
+          expect(response.payload).toEqual({ bar: true });
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the URL isn\'t mocked', () => {
+      it('should return the server data', (done) => {
+        service.get('https://rest.com/api').subscribe((response) => {
+          expect(response.payload).toEqual({ bar: false });
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('request', () => {
+    describe('when the URL is mocked', () => {
+      it('should return the mock data', (done) => {
+        service.request(RestRequestMethod.GET, 'https://rest.com/api/foo').subscribe((response) => {
+          expect(response.payload).toEqual({ bar: true });
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the URL isn\'t mocked', () => {
+      it('should return the server data', (done) => {
+        service.request(RestRequestMethod.GET, 'https://rest.com/api').subscribe((response) => {
+          expect(response.payload).toEqual({ bar: false });
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/endpoint-mocking-rest.service.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/endpoint-mocking-rest.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91ce479f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/endpoint-mocking-rest.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { HttpClient, HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http'
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
+import { isEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/rest-request-method';
+
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from './dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Service, HttpOptions } from './dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { MOCK_RESPONSE_MAP, MockResponseMap } from './mocks/mock-response-map';
+
+/**
+ * Service to access DSpace's REST API.
+ *
+ * If a URL is found in this.mockResponseMap, it returns the mock response instead
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class EndpointMockingRestService extends DSpaceRESTv2Service {
+
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
+    @Inject(MOCK_RESPONSE_MAP) protected mockResponseMap: MockResponseMap,
+    protected http: HttpClient
+  ) {
+    super(http);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Performs a request to the REST API with the `get` http method.
+   *
+   * If the URL is found in this.mockResponseMap,
+   * it returns the mock response instead
+   *
+   * @param absoluteURL
+   *      A URL
+   * @return Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response>
+   *      An Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> containing the response
+   */
+  get(absoluteURL: string): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
+    const mockData = this.getMockData(absoluteURL);
+    if (isEmpty(mockData)) {
+      return super.get(absoluteURL);
+    } else {
+      return this.toMockResponse$(mockData);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Performs a request to the REST API.
+   *
+   * If the URL is found in this.mockResponseMap,
+   * it returns the mock response instead
+   *
+   * @param method
+   *    the HTTP method for the request
+   * @param url
+   *    the URL for the request
+   * @param body
+   *    an optional body for the request
+   * @return Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response>
+   *      An Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> containing the response from the server
+   */
+  request(method: RestRequestMethod, url: string, body?: any, options?: HttpOptions): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
+    const mockData = this.getMockData(url);
+    if (isEmpty(mockData)) {
+      return super.request(method, url, body, options);
+    } else {
+      return this.toMockResponse$(mockData);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Turn the mock object in to an Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response>
+   *
+   * @param mockData
+   *    the mock response
+   * @return
+   *    an Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> containing the mock response
+   */
+  private toMockResponse$(mockData: any): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
+    return observableOf({
+      payload: mockData,
+      headers: new HttpHeaders(),
+      statusCode: 200,
+      statusText: 'OK'
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the mock response associated with this URL from this.mockResponseMap
+   *
+   * @param urlStr
+   *    the URL to fetch a mock reponse for
+   * @return any
+   *    the mock response if there is one, undefined otherwise
+   */
+  private getMockData(urlStr: string): any {
+    const url = new URL(urlStr);
+    const key = url.pathname.slice(this.EnvConfig.rest.nameSpace.length);
+    if (this.mockResponseMap.has(key)) {
+      // parse and stringify to clone the object to ensure that any changes made
+      // to it afterwards don't affect future calls
+      return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.mockResponseMap.get(key)));
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/mocks/mock-response-map.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/mocks/mock-response-map.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a1bf4239b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/mocks/mock-response-map.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { InjectionToken } from '@angular/core';
+import mockSuggestResponse from './mock-suggest-response.json';
+
+export class MockResponseMap extends Map<string, any> {};
+
+export const MOCK_RESPONSE_MAP: InjectionToken<MockResponseMap> = new InjectionToken<MockResponseMap>('mockResponseMap');
+
+export const mockResponseMap: MockResponseMap = new Map([
+  [ '/discover/suggestions', mockSuggestResponse ]
+]);
diff --git a/webpack/webpack.common.js b/webpack/webpack.common.js
index 7fb4656a15..723e883462 100644
--- a/webpack/webpack.common.js
+++ b/webpack/webpack.common.js
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ module.exports = {
             {
                 test: /\.html$/,
                 loader: 'raw-loader'
+            },
+            {
+                test: /\.json$/,
+                loader: 'json-loader'
             }
         ]
     },