diff --git a/x/stake/client/rest/query.go b/x/stake/client/rest/query.go
index 609390293..4a4b83901 100644
--- a/x/stake/client/rest/query.go
+++ b/x/stake/client/rest/query.go
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/stake"
 )
 
-// RegisterRoutes - Central function to define routes that get registered by the main application
-func RegisterRoutes(ctx context.CoreContext, r *mux.Router, cdc *wire.Codec, kb keys.Keybase) {
-	r.HandleFunc("/stake/{delegator}/bonding_status/{validator}", BondingStatusHandlerFn("stake", cdc, kb, ctx)).Methods("GET")
+func registerQueryRoutes(ctx context.CoreContext, r *mux.Router, cdc *wire.Codec, kb keys.Keybase) {
+	r.HandleFunc("/stake/{delegator}/bonding_status/{candidate}", bondingStatusHandlerFn("stake", cdc, kb, ctx)).Methods("GET")
 }
 
 // BondingStatusHandlerFn - http request handler to query delegator bonding status
-func BondingStatusHandlerFn(storeName string, cdc *wire.Codec, kb keys.Keybase, ctx context.CoreContext) http.HandlerFunc {
+func bondingStatusHandlerFn(storeName string, cdc *wire.Codec, kb keys.Keybase, ctx context.CoreContext) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		// read parameters
 		vars := mux.Vars(r)
diff --git a/x/stake/client/rest/rest.go b/x/stake/client/rest/rest.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32d56f42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/stake/client/rest/rest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package rest
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-crypto/keys"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/context"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/wire"
+)
+
+func RegisterRoutes(ctx context.CoreContext, r *mux.Router, cdc *wire.Codec, kb keys.Keybase) {
+	registerQueryRoutes(ctx, r, cdc, kb)
+	registerTxRoutes(ctx, r, cdc, kb)
+}
diff --git a/x/stake/client/rest/tx.go b/x/stake/client/rest/tx.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75e0f8d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/stake/client/rest/tx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package rest
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-crypto/keys"
+	ctypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/context"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/wire"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/stake"
+)
+
+func registerTxRoutes(ctx context.CoreContext, r *mux.Router, cdc *wire.Codec, kb keys.Keybase) {
+	r.HandleFunc("/stake/bondunbond", bondUnbondRequestHandlerFn(cdc, kb, ctx)).Methods("POST")
+}
+
+type bond struct {
+	Amount    sdk.Coin    `json:"amount"`
+	Candidate sdk.Address `json:"candidate"`
+}
+
+type unbond struct {
+	Shares    string      `json:"shares"`
+	Candidate sdk.Address `json:"candidate"`
+}
+
+type bondUnbondBody struct {
+	// fees is not used currently
+	// Fees             sdk.Coin  `json="fees"`
+	LocalAccountName string   `json:"name"`
+	Password         string   `json:"password"`
+	ChainID          string   `json:"chain_id"`
+	Sequence         int64    `json:"sequence"`
+	Bond             []bond   `json:"bond"`
+	Unbond           []unbond `json:"unbond"`
+}
+
+func bondUnbondRequestHandlerFn(cdc *wire.Codec, kb keys.Keybase, ctx context.CoreContext) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		var m bondUnbondBody
+		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
+		}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(body, &m)
+		if err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
+		}
+
+		info, err := kb.Get(m.LocalAccountName)
+		if err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
+		}
+
+		// build messages
+		messages := make([]sdk.Msg, 0, len(m.Bond)+len(m.Unbond))
+		for _, bond := range m.Bond {
+			msg := stake.NewMsgDelegate(info.Address(), bond.Candidate, bond.Amount)
+			messages = append(messages, msg)
+		}
+		for _, unbond := range m.Unbond {
+			msg := stake.NewMsgUnbond(info.Address(), unbond.Candidate, unbond.Shares)
+			messages = append(messages, msg)
+		}
+
+		// sign messages
+		signedTxs := make([][]byte, 0, len(messages))
+		for _, msg := range messages {
+			// increment sequence for each message
+			ctx = ctx.WithSequence(m.Sequence)
+			m.Sequence++
+
+			txBytes, err := ctx.SignAndBuild(m.LocalAccountName, m.Password, msg, cdc)
+			if err != nil {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
+			}
+
+			signedTxs = append(signedTxs, txBytes)
+		}
+
+		// send
+		// XXX the operation might not be atomic if a tx fails
+		//     should we have a sdk.MultiMsg type to make sending atomic?
+		results := make([]*ctypes.ResultBroadcastTxCommit, 0, len(signedTxs))
+		for _, txBytes := range signedTxs {
+			res, err := ctx.BroadcastTx(txBytes)
+			if err != nil {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
+			}
+			results = append(results, res)
+		}
+
+		output, err := json.MarshalIndent(results, "", "  ")
+		if err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
+		}
+
+		w.Write(output)
+	}
+}