diff --git a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
index 0959a29c7..6c5bcfd71 100644
--- a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
+++ b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
@@ -313,6 +313,13 @@ func TestTxs(t *testing.T) {
 	// assert.NotEqual(t, "[]", body)
 }
 
+func TestValidatorsQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	validators := getValidators(t)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(validators), 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, hex.EncodeToString(validators[0].Owner), validatorAddr1)
+	assert.Equal(t, hex.EncodeToString(validators[1].Owner), validatorAddr2)
+}
+
 func TestBond(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// create bond TX
@@ -631,42 +638,12 @@ func doUnbond(t *testing.T, port, seed string) (resultTx ctypes.ResultBroadcastT
 	return results[0]
 }
 
-func doMultiBond(t *testing.T, port, seed string) (resultTx ctypes.ResultBroadcastTxCommit) {
+func getValidators(t *testing.T) []stake.Validator {
 	// get the account to get the sequence
-	acc := getAccount(t, sendAddr)
-	sequence := acc.GetSequence()
-
-	// send
-	jsonStr := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
-		"name": "%s",
-		"password": "%s",
-		"sequence": %d,
-		"bond": [
-			{
-				"delegator_addr": "%x",
-				"validator_addr": "%s",
-				"bond": { "denom": "%s", "amount": 1 }
-			},
-			{
-				"delegator_addr": "%x",
-				"validator_addr": "%s",
-				"bond": { "denom": "%s", "amount": 1 }
-			},
-		],
-		"unbond": [
-			{
-				"delegator_addr": "%x",
-				"validator_addr": "%s",
-				"shares": "1"
-			}
-		]
-	}`, name, password, sequence, acc.GetAddress(), validatorAddr1, coinDenom, acc.GetAddress(), validatorAddr2, coinDenom, acc.GetAddress(), validatorAddr1))
-	res, body := request(t, port, "POST", "/stake/delegations", jsonStr)
+	res, body := request(t, port, "GET", "/stake/validators", nil)
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, body)
-
-	var results []ctypes.ResultBroadcastTxCommit
-	err := cdc.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(body), &results)
+	var validators stake.Validators
+	err := cdc.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(body), &validators)
 	require.Nil(t, err)
-
-	return results[0]
+	return validators
 }
diff --git a/x/stake/client/rest/query.go b/x/stake/client/rest/query.go
index cbcf5f5e8..0388467c4 100644
--- a/x/stake/client/rest/query.go
+++ b/x/stake/client/rest/query.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ func registerQueryRoutes(ctx context.CoreContext, r *mux.Router, cdc *wire.Codec
 		"/stake/{delegator}/bonding_status/{validator}",
 		bondingStatusHandlerFn("stake", cdc, ctx),
 	).Methods("GET")
+	r.HandleFunc(
+		"/stake/validators",
+		validatorsHandlerFn("stake", cdc, ctx),
+	).Methods("GET")
 }
 
 // http request handler to query delegator bonding status
@@ -77,3 +81,42 @@ func bondingStatusHandlerFn(storeName string, cdc *wire.Codec, ctx context.CoreC
 		w.Write(output)
 	}
 }
+
+// http request handler to query list of validators
+func validatorsHandlerFn(storeName string, cdc *wire.Codec, ctx context.CoreContext) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		res, err := ctx.QuerySubspace(cdc, stake.ValidatorsKey, storeName)
+		if err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Couldn't query validators. Error: %s", err.Error())))
+			return
+		}
+
+		// the query will return empty if there are no validators
+		if len(res) == 0 {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+			return
+		}
+
+		validators := make(stake.Validators, 0, len(res))
+		for _, kv := range res {
+			var validator stake.Validator
+			err = cdc.UnmarshalBinary(kv.Value, &validator)
+			if err != nil {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Couldn't decode validator. Error: %s", err.Error())))
+				return
+			}
+			validators = append(validators, validator)
+		}
+
+		output, err := cdc.MarshalJSON(validators)
+		if err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
+		}
+
+		w.Write(output)
+	}
+}