diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/ws/resources/api/ResourceListDTO.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/ws/resources/api/ResourceListDTO.java
index 9033a7b83..e0435c5d6 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/ws/resources/api/ResourceListDTO.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/ws/resources/api/ResourceListDTO.java
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElements;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
 
 /**
  * DTO for a list of <code>Resource</code> entities.
  *
  * @author Fernando Bellas Permuy <fbellas@udc.es>
  */
+@XmlRootElement(name="resource-list")
 public class ResourceListDTO {
 
     @XmlElements({
diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/ws/resources/impl/ResourceServiceREST.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/ws/resources/impl/ResourceServiceREST.java
index 5feb4fd80..b2e7c4fb6 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/ws/resources/impl/ResourceServiceREST.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/ws/resources/impl/ResourceServiceREST.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ package org.navalplanner.ws.resources.impl;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import org.navalplanner.ws.resources.api.ResourceDTO;
 import org.navalplanner.ws.resources.api.ResourceListDTO;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 /**
  * REST-based implementation of <code>IResourceService</code>.
@@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ public class ResourceServiceREST implements IResourceService {
     private IResourceDAO resourceDAO;
 
     @Override
+    @POST
+    @Consumes("application/xml")
+    @Transactional
     public InstanceConstraintViolationsListDTO addResources(
         ResourceListDTO resources) {
 
diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/resources/navalplanner-webapp-spring-config.xml b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/resources/navalplanner-webapp-spring-config.xml
index b8b87c566..7d2d5dce1 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/resources/navalplanner-webapp-spring-config.xml
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/resources/navalplanner-webapp-spring-config.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         <jaxrs:serviceBeans>
             <ref bean="criterionServiceREST"/>
             <ref bean="orderElementServiceREST"/>
+            <ref bean="resourceServiceREST"/>
         </jaxrs:serviceBeans>
         <jaxrs:providers>
             <ref bean="runtimeExceptionMapper" />
diff --git a/scripts/rest-clients/README b/scripts/rest-clients/README
index 5a6fe6a48..44b19c3da 100644
--- a/scripts/rest-clients/README
+++ b/scripts/rest-clients/README
@@ -20,9 +20,20 @@
 
     - export-criterion-types.sh (authenticate with wsreader/wsreader)
 
+  * Import resources:
+
+    - import-resources.sh resources-sample.xml
+      (authenticate with wswriter/wswriter)
+
+    - Check the returned errors are consistent with the comments in
+      resources-sample.xml.
+
 + When working with the online demo:
 
   * import-criterions-types.sh --prod criterion-types-sample.xml
     (authenticate with wswriter/wswriter)
 
   * export-criterion-types.sh --prod (authenticate with wsreader/wsreader)
+
+  * import-resources.sh --prod resources-sample.xml
+    (authenticate with wswriter/wswriter)
diff --git a/scripts/rest-clients/import-resources.sh b/scripts/rest-clients/import-resources.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..18ea8298c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rest-clients/import-resources.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. ./rest-common-env.sh
+
+printf "Login name: "
+read loginName
+printf "Password: "
+read password
+
+baseServiceURL=$DEVELOPMENT_BASE_SERVICE_URL
+certificate=$DEVELOPMENT_CERTIFICATE
+
+for i in "$@"
+do
+    if [ "$i" = "--prod" ]; then
+        baseServiceURL=$PRODUCTION_BASE_SERVICE_URL
+        certificate=$PRODUCTION_CERTIFICATE
+    else
+       file=$i
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$file" = "" ]; then
+    printf "Missing file\n" 1>&2
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+authorization=`./base64.sh $loginName:$password`
+
+curl -sv -X POST $certificate -d @$file \
+    --header "Content-type: application/xml" \
+    --header "Authorization: Basic $authorization" \
+    $baseServiceURL/resources | tidy -xml -i -q -utf8
diff --git a/scripts/rest-clients/resources-sample.xml b/scripts/rest-clients/resources-sample.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58627359a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rest-clients/resources-sample.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+
+<resource-list xmlns="http://rest.ws.navalplanner.org">
+
+    <!--  *** Machines *** -->
+    <!-- OK -->
+    <machine code="m1" name="m1-name" description="m1-desc"/>
+    <!--  Missing code and name (description is optional). -->
+    <machine code="" description=""/>
+
+    <!--  *** Workers *** -->
+    <!-- OK -->
+    <worker first-name="w1-firstName" surname="w1-surname" nif="w1-nif"/>
+    <!--  Missing first name, surname, and nif. -->
+    <worker first-name="" surname="" nif=""/>
+
+</resource-list>