diff --git a/bigchaindb/web/routes.py b/bigchaindb/web/routes.py
index d2b5649a..cf60fe35 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/web/routes.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/web/routes.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def r(*args, **kwargs):
 
 
 ROUTES_API_V1 = [
+    r('/', info.ApiV1Index),
     r('transactions/<string:tx_id>', tx.TransactionApi),
     r('transactions/<string:tx_id>/status', tx.TransactionStatusApi),
     r('transactions', tx.TransactionListApi),
@@ -25,6 +26,6 @@ ROUTES_API_V1 = [
 
 
 API_SECTIONS = [
-    (None, [r('/', info.IndexApi)]),
+    (None, [r('/', info.RootIndex)]),
     ('/api/v1/', ROUTES_API_V1),
 ]
diff --git a/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py b/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
index 9282b5b9..f0e5dc69 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/web/views/base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-from flask import jsonify
+"""
+Common classes and methods for API handlers
+"""
+
+from flask import jsonify, request
 
 
 def make_error(status_code, message=None):
-
     if status_code == 404 and message is None:
         message = 'Not found'
 
@@ -12,3 +15,8 @@ def make_error(status_code, message=None):
     })
     response.status_code = status_code
     return response
+
+
+def base_url():
+    return '%s://%s/' % (request.environ['wsgi.url_scheme'],
+                         request.environ['HTTP_HOST'])
diff --git a/bigchaindb/web/views/info.py b/bigchaindb/web/views/info.py
index 1a8f1715..4b0b3f0b 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/web/views/info.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/web/views/info.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import flask
 from flask_restful import Resource
 
 import bigchaindb
+from bigchaindb.web.views.base import base_url
 from bigchaindb import version
 
 
-class IndexApi(Resource):
+class RootIndex(Resource):
     def get(self):
         return flask.jsonify({
             'software': 'BigchainDB',
@@ -15,3 +16,21 @@ class IndexApi(Resource):
             'public_key': bigchaindb.config['keypair']['public'],
             'keyring': bigchaindb.config['keyring']
         })
+
+
+class ApiV1Index(Resource):
+    def get(self):
+        api_root = base_url() + 'api/v1/'
+        docs_url = ['https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/',
+                    version.__short_version__,
+                    '/drivers-clients/http-client-server-api.html',
+                    ]
+
+        return {
+            "_links": {
+                "docs": {"href": ''.join(docs_url)},
+                "self": {"href": api_root},
+                "statuses": {"href": api_root + "statuses/"},
+                "transactions": {"href": api_root + "transactions/"},
+            },
+        }
diff --git a/tests/web/test_info.py b/tests/web/test_info.py
index 4956bd29..be753ed0 100644
--- a/tests/web/test_info.py
+++ b/tests/web/test_info.py
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
+from unittest import mock
+
+
 def test_api_root_url_shows_basic_info(client):
     from bigchaindb import version
     res = client.get('/')
     assert res.json['software'] == 'BigchainDB'
     assert res.json['version'] == version.__version__
+
+
+def test_api_v1_endpoint(client):
+    with mock.patch('bigchaindb.version.__short_version__', 'tst'):
+        res = client.get('/api/v1')
+    docs_url = ['https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/',
+                'tst',
+                '/drivers-clients/http-client-server-api.html',
+                ]
+    assert res.json == {
+        '_links': {
+            'docs': {'href': ''.join(docs_url)},
+            'self': {'href': 'http://localhost/api/v1/'},
+            'statuses': {'href': 'http://localhost/api/v1/statuses/'},
+            'transactions': {'href': 'http://localhost/api/v1/transactions/'}
+        }
+    }