diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
index 68e37b76c3..977a7b4f17 100644
--- a/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-webscript-context.xml
@@ -662,4 +662,11 @@
       parent="rmBaseWebscript">
       <property name="classificationService" ref="ClassificationService" />
    </bean>
+
+   <!-- REST impl for POST classify content -->
+   <bean id="webscript.org.alfresco.rma.classification.classifycontent.post"
+      class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.script.classification.ClassifyContentPost"
+      parent="rmBaseWebscript">
+      <property name="classificationService" ref="ClassificationService" />
+   </bean>
 </beans>
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diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/classifycontent.post.desc.xml b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/classifycontent.post.desc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24e1e2d8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/classifycontent.post.desc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<webscript>
+  <shortname>Classifies a content</shortname>
+  <description><![CDATA[
+  Classifies the specified content.<br/>
+  <br/>
+  The body of the post should be in the form, e.g.<br/>
+  {<br/>
+    "nodeRef": "workspace://SpacesStore/aNodeRefId",<br/>
+    "classificationLevelId": "aLevelId",<br/>
+    "classificationAuthority": "anAuthority",<br/>
+    "classificationReasons": [<br/>
+      {<br/>
+        "id": "reason1Id"<br/>
+      },<br/>
+      {<br/>
+        "id": "reason2Id"<br/>
+      }<br/>
+    ]<br/>
+  }<br/>
+  ]]>
+  </description>
+  <url>/api/node/{store_type}/{store_id}/{id}/classify</url>
+  <format default="json">argument</format>
+  <authentication>user</authentication>
+  <transaction>required</transaction>
+  <lifecycle>internal</lifecycle>
+</webscript>
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diff --git a/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/classifycontent.post.json.ftl b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/classifycontent.post.json.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beda2de343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-server/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/rma/classification/classifycontent.post.json.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<#escape x as jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(x)>
+{
+   "success": ${success?string}
+}
+</#escape>
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diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ClassifyContentPost.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ClassifyContentPost.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4666a405c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/script/classification/ClassifyContentPost.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.script.classification;
+
+import static org.alfresco.util.WebScriptUtils.getJSONArrayFromJSONObject;
+import static org.alfresco.util.WebScriptUtils.getJSONArrayValue;
+import static org.alfresco.util.WebScriptUtils.getRequestContentAsJsonObject;
+import static org.alfresco.util.WebScriptUtils.getStringValueFromJSONObject;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.classification.ClassificationService;
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.script.AbstractRmWebScript;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Cache;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Status;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation for Java backed webscript to classify a content.
+ *
+ * @author Tuna Aksoy
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class ClassifyContentPost extends AbstractRmWebScript
+{
+    /** Constants */
+    private static final String CLASSIFICATION_LEVEL_ID = "classificationLevelId";
+    private static final String CLASSIFICATION_AUTHORITY = "classificationAuthority";
+    private static final String CLASSIFICATION_REASONS = "classificationReasons";
+
+    /** Classification service */
+    private ClassificationService classificationService;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the classificationService
+     */
+    protected ClassificationService getClassificationService()
+    {
+        return this.classificationService;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param classificationService the classificationService to set
+     */
+    public void setClassificationService(ClassificationService classificationService)
+    {
+        this.classificationService = classificationService;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript#executeImpl(org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest,
+     *      org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Status,
+     *      org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Cache)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected Map<String, Object> executeImpl(WebScriptRequest req, Status status, Cache cache)
+    {
+        Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<String, Object>(1);
+
+        JSONObject jsonObject = getRequestContentAsJsonObject(req);
+        String classificationLevelId = getStringValueFromJSONObject(jsonObject, CLASSIFICATION_LEVEL_ID);
+        String classificationAuthority = getStringValueFromJSONObject(jsonObject, CLASSIFICATION_AUTHORITY);
+        Set<String> classificationReasonIds = getClassificationReasonIds(jsonObject);
+        NodeRef document = parseRequestForNodeRef(req);
+
+        getClassificationService().addClassificationToDocument(classificationLevelId, classificationAuthority, classificationReasonIds, document);
+        model.put(SUCCESS, true);
+
+        return model;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to get the classification reason ids
+     *
+     * @param jsonObject The json object representing the request body
+     * @return {@link Set}<{@link String}> classification ids
+     */
+    private Set<String> getClassificationReasonIds(JSONObject jsonObject)
+    {
+        Set<String> classificationReasonIds = new HashSet<>();
+
+        JSONArray classificationReasons = getJSONArrayFromJSONObject(jsonObject, CLASSIFICATION_REASONS);
+        for (int i = 0; i < classificationReasons.length(); i++)
+        {
+            JSONObject classificationReason = (JSONObject) getJSONArrayValue(classificationReasons, i);
+            classificationReasonIds.add(getStringValueFromJSONObject(classificationReason, ID));
+        }
+
+        return classificationReasonIds;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
index 11eda01d30..d0a3e732b7 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
@@ -317,4 +317,30 @@ public final class WebScriptUtils
 
         return jsonObject;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the {@link JSONArray} value of a given key from a json object
+     *
+     * @param jsonObject The json object
+     * @param key The key
+     * @return The {@link JSONArray} value of the given key from the json object
+     */
+    public static JSONArray getJSONArrayFromJSONObject(JSONObject jsonObject, String key)
+    {
+        JSONArray jsonArray;
+
+        mandatory("jsonObject", jsonObject);
+        mandatory("key", key);
+
+        try
+        {
+            jsonArray = jsonObject.getJSONArray(key);
+        }
+        catch (JSONException error)
+        {
+            throw new WebScriptException(Status.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST, "Could not get the json array for the key '" + key + "'.", error);
+        }
+
+        return jsonArray;
+    }
 }