diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/Group.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/Group.java
index 8bffc22260..e581de99af 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/Group.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/Group.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
 @XmlRootElement(name = "groups")
 @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
 public class Group extends BasicPropertiesAware
-  implements ModelObject, Iterable<String>, PermissionObject
+  implements ModelObject, PermissionObject
 {
 
   /** Field description */
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ public class Group extends BasicPropertiesAware
    *
    * @return a {@link java.util.Iterator} for the members of this {@link Group}
    */
-  @Override
   public Iterator<String> iterator()
   {
     return getMembers().iterator();
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/VndMediaType.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/VndMediaType.java
index d81986cd6e..ebed9f02f6 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/VndMediaType.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/VndMediaType.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class VndMediaType {
   private static final String SUFFIX = "+json;v=" + VERSION;
 
   public static final String USER = PREFIX + "user" + SUFFIX;
+  public static final String GROUP = PREFIX + "group" + SUFFIX;
   public static final String USER_COLLECTION = PREFIX + "userCollection" + SUFFIX;
 
   private VndMediaType() {
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/Group2GroupDtoMapper.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/Group2GroupDtoMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42f061448c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/Group2GroupDtoMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
+
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import de.otto.edison.hal.Link;
+import de.otto.edison.hal.Links;
+import org.mapstruct.AfterMapping;
+import org.mapstruct.Context;
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+import org.mapstruct.Mapping;
+import org.mapstruct.MappingTarget;
+import org.mapstruct.Qualifier;
+import sonia.scm.PageResult;
+import sonia.scm.group.Group;
+import sonia.scm.group.GroupPermissions;
+import sonia.scm.user.User;
+import sonia.scm.util.AssertUtil;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static de.otto.edison.hal.Link.link;
+import static de.otto.edison.hal.Links.linkingTo;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+
+@Mapper
+public abstract class Group2GroupDtoMapper {
+
+  public abstract GroupDto groupToGroupDto(Group group, @Context UriInfo uriInfo);
+
+  @Inject
+  private User2UserDtoMapper user2UserDtoMapper;
+
+  @AfterMapping
+  void appendLinks(Group group, @MappingTarget GroupDto target, @Context UriInfo uriInfo) {
+    LinkBuilder groupLinkBuilder = new LinkBuilder(uriInfo, GroupV2Resource.class, GroupSubResource.class);
+
+    Links.Builder linksBuilder = linkingTo()
+      .self(groupLinkBuilder.method("getGroupSubResource").parameters(target.getName()).method("get").parameters().href());
+    if (GroupPermissions.delete(group).isPermitted()) {
+      linksBuilder
+        .single(link("delete", groupLinkBuilder.method("getGroupSubResource").parameters(target.getName()).method("delete").parameters().href()));
+    }
+    if (GroupPermissions.modify(group).isPermitted()) {
+      linksBuilder
+        .single(link("update", groupLinkBuilder.method("getGroupSubResource").parameters(target.getName()).method("update").parameters().href()));
+    }
+    target.add(linksBuilder.build());
+  }
+
+  @AfterMapping
+  void appendUserLinks(Group group, @MappingTarget GroupDto target, @Context UriInfo uriInfo) {
+    Links.Builder linksBuilder = linkingTo();
+    LinkBuilder userLinkBuilder = new LinkBuilder(uriInfo, UserV2Resource.class, UserSubResource.class);
+    group.getMembers().forEach(name -> linksBuilder.array(Link.link("users", userLinkBuilder.method("getUserSubResource").parameters(name).method("get").parameters().href())));
+
+    target.add(linksBuilder.build());
+  }
+
+  @AfterMapping
+  void embedUsers(Group group, @MappingTarget GroupDto target, @Context UriInfo uriInfo) {
+    List<UserDto> users = group.getMembers().stream().map(this::createUser).map(u -> user2UserDtoMapper.userToUserDto(u, uriInfo)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    target.withEmbedded("users", users);
+  }
+
+  private User createUser(String ich) {
+    User user = new User(ich);
+    user.setCreationDate(0L);
+    return user;
+  }
+
+  @Mapping(target = "creationDate")
+  Instant mapTime(Long epochMilli) {
+    AssertUtil.assertIsNotNull(epochMilli);
+    return Instant.ofEpochMilli(epochMilli);
+  }
+
+  @Mapping(target = "lastModified")
+  Optional<Instant> mapOptionalTime(Long epochMilli) {
+    return Optional
+      .ofNullable(epochMilli)
+      .map(Instant::ofEpochMilli);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupCollectionResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupCollectionResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99245e1d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupCollectionResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
+
+public class GroupCollectionResource {
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupDto.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e412a9f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
+
+import de.otto.edison.hal.HalRepresentation;
+import de.otto.edison.hal.Links;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.experimental.Accessors;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+@Data @Accessors @NoArgsConstructor
+public class GroupDto extends HalRepresentation {
+
+  private Instant creationDate;
+  private String description;
+  private Optional<Instant> lastModified;
+  private String name;
+  private String type;
+
+  @Override
+  protected HalRepresentation add(Links links) {
+    return super.add(links);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected HalRepresentation withEmbedded(String rel, List<? extends HalRepresentation> embeddedItems) {
+    return super.withEmbedded(rel, embeddedItems);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupSubResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupSubResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6de603ffd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupSubResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
+
+import sonia.scm.group.Group;
+import sonia.scm.web.VndMediaType;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
+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.Context;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Request;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+
+@Produces(VndMediaType.GROUP)
+public class GroupSubResource {
+
+  private final Group2GroupDtoMapper groupToGroupDtoMapper;
+
+  @Inject
+  public GroupSubResource(Group2GroupDtoMapper groupToGroupDtoMapper) {
+    this.groupToGroupDtoMapper = groupToGroupDtoMapper;
+  }
+
+  @Path("")
+  @GET
+  public Response get(@Context Request request, @Context UriInfo uriInfo, @PathParam("id") String id) {
+    Group group = new Group("admin", "admin");
+    group.setCreationDate(System.currentTimeMillis());
+    group.setMembers(IntStream.range(1, 10).mapToObj(n -> "user" + n).collect(toList()));
+    return Response.ok(groupToGroupDtoMapper.groupToGroupDto(group, uriInfo)).build();
+  }
+
+  @Path("")
+  @DELETE
+  public Response delete(@PathParam("id") String id) {
+    throw new RuntimeException();
+  }
+
+  @Path("")
+  @PUT
+  public Response update(@PathParam("id") String id) {
+    throw new RuntimeException();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupV2Resource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupV2Resource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a56fca3ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/GroupV2Resource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
+
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+
+@Path(GroupV2Resource.GROUPS_PATH_V2)
+public class GroupV2Resource {
+
+  public static final String GROUPS_PATH_V2 = "v2/groups/";
+
+  private final GroupCollectionResource groupCollectionResource;
+  private final GroupSubResource groupSubResource;
+
+  @Inject
+  public GroupV2Resource(GroupCollectionResource groupCollectionResource, GroupSubResource groupSubResource) {
+    this.groupCollectionResource = groupCollectionResource;
+    this.groupSubResource = groupSubResource;
+  }
+
+  @Path("")
+  public GroupCollectionResource getGroupCollectionResource() {
+    return groupCollectionResource;
+  }
+
+  @Path("{id}")
+  public GroupSubResource getGroupSubResource() {
+    return groupSubResource;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/MapperModule.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/MapperModule.java
index 7eddc7be8a..8d0f3e086e 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/MapperModule.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/MapperModule.java
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
 
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.mapstruct.factory.Mappers;
+import sonia.scm.group.Group;
 
 public class MapperModule extends AbstractModule {
   @Override
   protected void configure() {
     bind(UserDto2UserMapper.class).to(Mappers.getMapper(UserDto2UserMapper.class).getClass());
     bind(User2UserDtoMapper.class).to(Mappers.getMapper(User2UserDtoMapper.class).getClass());
+
+    bind(Group2GroupDtoMapper.class).to(Mappers.getMapper(Group2GroupDtoMapper.class).getClass());
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/Group2GroupDtoMapperTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/Group2GroupDtoMapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..448db3f82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/Group2GroupDtoMapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package sonia.scm.api.v2.resources;
+
+import org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject;
+import org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectThreadState;
+import org.apache.shiro.util.ThreadContext;
+import org.apache.shiro.util.ThreadState;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mapstruct.factory.Mappers;
+import sonia.scm.group.Group;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class Group2GroupDtoMapperTest {
+
+  private final Group2GroupDtoMapper mapper = Mappers.getMapper(Group2GroupDtoMapper.class);
+  private final UriInfo uriInfo = mock(UriInfo.class);
+  private final Subject subject = mock(Subject.class);
+  private final ThreadState subjectThreadState = new SubjectThreadState(subject);
+
+  private URI expectedBaseUri;
+
+  @Before
+  public void init() throws URISyntaxException {
+    URI baseUri = new URI("http://example.com/base/");
+    expectedBaseUri = baseUri.resolve(GroupV2Resource.GROUPS_PATH_V2 + "/");
+    when(uriInfo.getBaseUri()).thenReturn(baseUri);
+    subjectThreadState.bind();
+    ThreadContext.bind(subject);
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void unbindSubject() {
+    ThreadContext.unbindSubject();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldMapLinks_forUpdate() {
+    Group group = createDefaultGroup();
+    when(subject.isPermitted("user:modify:abc")).thenReturn(true);
+
+    GroupDto groupDto = mapper.groupToGroupDto(group, uriInfo);
+
+    assertEquals("expected self link",   expectedBaseUri.resolve("abc").toString(), groupDto.getLinks().getLinkBy("self").get().getHref());
+    assertEquals("expected update link", expectedBaseUri.resolve("abc").toString(), groupDto.getLinks().getLinkBy("update").get().getHref());
+  }
+
+  private Group createDefaultGroup() {
+    Group group = new Group();
+    group.setName("abc");
+    group.setCreationDate(1L);
+    return group;
+  }
+}