diff --git a/pkg/auth/filter.go b/pkg/auth/filter.go
index 5ee30ec..67da214 100644
--- a/pkg/auth/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/auth/filter.go
@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ func ToMiddleware(auth Authenticator) Middleware {
 	}
 }
 
+func AlwaysAdmin(req *http.Request) (user.Info, bool, error) {
+	return &user.DefaultInfo{
+		Name: "admin",
+		UID:  "admin",
+		Groups: []string{
+			"system:masters",
+			"system:authenticated",
+		},
+	}, true, nil
+}
+
 func Impersonation(req *http.Request) (user.Info, bool, error) {
 	userName := req.Header.Get(transport.ImpersonateUserHeader)
 	if userName == "" {
diff --git a/pkg/dashboard/ui.go b/pkg/dashboard/ui.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..807b97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/dashboard/ui.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package dashboard
+
+import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/responsewriter"
+	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/schemaserver/parse"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+var (
+	insecureClient = &http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+				InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func content(uiSetting func() string) http.Handler {
+	return http.FileServer(http.Dir(uiSetting()))
+}
+
+func Route(next http.Handler, uiSetting func() string) http.Handler {
+	uiContent := responsewriter.NewMiddlewareChain(responsewriter.Gzip,
+		responsewriter.DenyFrameOptions,
+		responsewriter.CacheMiddleware("json", "js", "css")).Handler(content(uiSetting))
+
+	root := mux.NewRouter()
+	root.Path("/dashboard").HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		rw.Header().Add("Location", "/dashboard/")
+		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusFound)
+	})
+	root.PathPrefix("/dashboard/assets").Handler(uiContent)
+	root.PathPrefix("/dashboard/translations").Handler(uiContent)
+	root.PathPrefix("/dashboard/engines-dist").Handler(uiContent)
+	root.Handle("/dashboard/asset-manifest.json", uiContent)
+	root.Handle("/dashboard/index.html", uiContent)
+	root.PathPrefix("/dashboard/").Handler(wrapUI(next, uiSetting))
+	root.NotFoundHandler = next
+
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(req.URL.Path, "/k8s/clusters/local") {
+			req.URL.Path = strings.TrimPrefix(req.URL.Path, "/k8s/clusters/local")
+			if req.URL.Path == "" {
+				req.URL.Path = "/"
+			}
+		}
+		root.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	})
+}
+
+func wrapUI(next http.Handler, uiGetter func() string) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		if parse.IsBrowser(req, true) {
+			path := uiGetter()
+			if strings.HasPrefix(path, "http") {
+				ui(resp, req, path)
+			} else {
+				http.ServeFile(resp, req, path)
+			}
+		} else {
+			next.ServeHTTP(resp, req)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func ui(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, url string) {
+	if err := serveIndex(resp, req, url); err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("failed to serve UI: %v", err)
+		resp.WriteHeader(500)
+	}
+}
+
+func serveIndex(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, url string) error {
+	r, err := insecureClient.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(resp, r.Body)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/responsewriter/cache.go b/pkg/responsewriter/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5ece3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/responsewriter/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package responsewriter
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+)
+
+func CacheMiddleware(suffixes ...string) mux.MiddlewareFunc {
+	return mux.MiddlewareFunc(func(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return Cache(handler, suffixes...)
+	})
+}
+
+func Cache(handler http.Handler, suffixes ...string) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		i := strings.LastIndex(r.URL.Path, ".")
+		if i >= 0 {
+			for _, suffix := range suffixes {
+				if suffix == r.URL.Path[i+1:] {
+					w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "max-age=31536000, public")
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+}
+
+func NoCache(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate")
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+}
+
+func DenyFrameOptions(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("X-Frame-Options", "deny")
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+}
+
+func ContentTypeOptions(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/responsewriter/content.go b/pkg/responsewriter/content.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..101d4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/responsewriter/content.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package responsewriter
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type ContentTypeWriter struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+}
+
+func (c ContentTypeWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	found := false
+	for k := range c.Header() {
+		if strings.EqualFold(k, "Content-Type") {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		c.Header().Set("Content-Type", http.DetectContentType(b))
+	}
+	return c.ResponseWriter.Write(b)
+}
+
+func ContentType(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		writer := ContentTypeWriter{ResponseWriter: w}
+		handler.ServeHTTP(writer, r)
+	})
+}
+
+func (c ContentTypeWriter) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	if hijacker, ok := c.ResponseWriter.(http.Hijacker); ok {
+		return hijacker.Hijack()
+	}
+	return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Upstream ResponseWriter of type %v does not implement http.Hijacker", reflect.TypeOf(c.ResponseWriter))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/responsewriter/gzip.go b/pkg/responsewriter/gzip.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31ca8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/responsewriter/gzip.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package responsewriter
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type wrapWriter struct {
+	gzipResponseWriter
+
+	code int
+}
+
+type gzipResponseWriter struct {
+	io.Writer
+	http.ResponseWriter
+}
+
+func (g gzipResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	// Header logic is kept here in case the user does not use WriteHeader
+	g.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
+	g.Header().Del("Content-Length")
+
+	return g.Writer.Write(b)
+}
+
+// Close uses gzip to write gzip footer if message is gzip encoded
+func (g gzipResponseWriter) Close(writer *gzip.Writer) {
+	if g.Header().Get("Content-Encoding") == "gzip" {
+		writer.Close()
+	}
+}
+
+// WriteHeader sets gzip encoding and removes length. Should always be used when using gzip writer.
+func (g gzipResponseWriter) WriteHeader(statusCode int) {
+	g.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
+	g.Header().Del("Content-Length")
+	g.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+}
+
+// Gzip creates a gzip writer if gzip encoding is accepted.
+func Gzip(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if !strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip") {
+			handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		gz := gzip.NewWriter(w)
+
+		gzw := &wrapWriter{gzipResponseWriter{Writer: gz, ResponseWriter: w}, http.StatusOK}
+		defer gzw.Close(gz)
+
+		// Content encoding will be set once Write or WriteHeader is called, to avoid gzipping empty messages
+		handler.ServeHTTP(gzw, r)
+	})
+}
+
+// Hijack must be implemented to properly chain with handlers expecting a hijacker handler to be passed
+func (g *gzipResponseWriter) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	if hijacker, ok := g.ResponseWriter.(http.Hijacker); ok {
+		return hijacker.Hijack()
+	}
+	return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Upstream ResponseWriter of type %v does not implement http.Hijacker", reflect.TypeOf(g.ResponseWriter))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/responsewriter/gzip_test.go b/pkg/responsewriter/gzip_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e13f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/responsewriter/gzip_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+package responsewriter
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// All other writers will attempt additional unnecessary logic
+// Implements http.responseWriter and io.Writer
+type DummyWriter struct {
+	header map[string][]string
+	buffer []byte
+}
+
+type DummyHandler struct {
+}
+
+type DummyHandlerWithWrite struct {
+	DummyHandler
+	next http.Handler
+}
+
+func NewDummyWriter() *DummyWriter {
+	return &DummyWriter{map[string][]string{}, []byte{}}
+}
+
+func NewRequest(accept string) *http.Request {
+	return &http.Request{
+		Header: map[string][]string{"Accept-Encoding": {accept}},
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *DummyWriter) Header() http.Header {
+	return d.header
+}
+
+func (d *DummyWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	d.buffer = append(d.buffer, p...)
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
+func (d *DummyWriter) WriteHeader(int) {
+}
+
+func (d *DummyHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+}
+
+func (d *DummyHandlerWithWrite) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Write([]byte{0, 0})
+	if d.next != nil {
+		d.next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestWriteHeader asserts content-length header is deleted and content-encoding header is set to gzip
+func TestWriteHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	w := NewDummyWriter()
+	gz := &gzipResponseWriter{gzip.NewWriter(w), w}
+
+	gz.Header().Set("Content-Length", "80")
+	gz.WriteHeader(400)
+	// Content-Length should have been deleted in WriterHeader, resulting in empty string
+	assert.Equal("", gz.Header().Get("Content-Length"))
+	assert.Equal(1, len(w.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("gzip", gz.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+}
+
+// TestSetContentWithoutWrite asserts content-encoding is NOT "gzip" if accept-encoding header does not contain gzip
+func TestSetContentWithoutWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	// Test content encoding header when write is not used
+	handlerFunc := Gzip(&DummyHandler{})
+
+	// Test when accept-encoding only contains gzip
+	rw := NewDummyWriter()
+	req := NewRequest("gzip")
+	handlerFunc.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	// Content encoding should be empty since write has not been used
+	assert.Equal(0, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+
+	// Test when accept-encoding contains multiple options, including gzip
+	rw = NewDummyWriter()
+	req = NewRequest("json, xml, gzip")
+	handlerFunc.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	assert.Equal(0, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+
+	// Test when accept-encoding is empty
+	req = NewRequest("")
+	rw = NewDummyWriter()
+	handlerFunc.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	assert.Equal(0, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+
+	// Test when accept-encoding is is not empty but does not include gzip
+	req = NewRequest("json, xml")
+	rw = NewDummyWriter()
+	handlerFunc.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	assert.Equal(0, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+}
+
+// TestSetContentWithWrite asserts content-encoding is "gzip" if accept-encoding header contains gzip
+func TestSetContentWithWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	// Test content encoding header when write is used
+	handlerFunc := Gzip(&DummyHandlerWithWrite{})
+
+	// Test when accept-encoding only contains gzip
+	req := NewRequest("gzip")
+	rw := NewDummyWriter()
+	handlerFunc.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	// Content encoding should be gzip since write has been used
+	assert.Equal(1, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("gzip", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+
+	// Test when accept-encoding contains multiple options, including gzip
+	req = NewRequest("json, xml, gzip")
+	rw = NewDummyWriter()
+	handlerFunc.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	// Content encoding should be gzip since write has been used
+	assert.Equal(1, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("gzip", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+
+	// Test when accept-encoding is empty
+	req = NewRequest("")
+	rw = NewDummyWriter()
+	handlerFunc.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	// Content encoding should be empty since gzip is not an accepted encoding
+	assert.Equal(0, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+
+	// Test when accept-encoding is is not empty but does not include gzip
+	req = NewRequest("json, xml")
+	rw = NewDummyWriter()
+	handlerFunc.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	// Content encoding should be empty since gzip is not an accepted encoding
+	assert.Equal(0, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+}
+
+// TestMultipleWrites ensures that Write can be used multiple times
+func TestMultipleWrites(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	// Handler function that contains one writing handler
+	handlerFuncOneWrite := Gzip(&DummyHandlerWithWrite{})
+
+	// Handler function that contains a chain of two writing handlers
+	handlerFuncTwoWrites := Gzip(&DummyHandlerWithWrite{next: &DummyHandlerWithWrite{}})
+
+	req := NewRequest("gzip")
+	rw := NewDummyWriter()
+	handlerFuncOneWrite.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	oneWriteResult := rw.buffer
+
+	req = NewRequest("gzip")
+	rw = NewDummyWriter()
+	handlerFuncTwoWrites.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
+	multiWriteResult := rw.buffer
+
+	// Content encoding should be gzip since write has been used (twice)
+	assert.Equal(1, len(rw.header["Content-Encoding"]))
+	assert.Equal("gzip", rw.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+	assert.NotEqual(multiWriteResult, oneWriteResult)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/responsewriter/middleware.go b/pkg/responsewriter/middleware.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f2b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/responsewriter/middleware.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package responsewriter
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+)
+
+type MiddlewareChain struct {
+	middleWares []mux.MiddlewareFunc
+}
+
+func NewMiddlewareChain(middleWares ...mux.MiddlewareFunc) *MiddlewareChain {
+	return &MiddlewareChain{middleWares: middleWares}
+}
+
+func (m *MiddlewareChain) Handler(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	rtn := handler
+	for i := len(m.middleWares) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		w := m.middleWares[i]
+		rtn = w.Middleware(rtn)
+	}
+	return rtn
+}
diff --git a/pkg/server/cli/clicontext.go b/pkg/server/cli/clicontext.go
index ac0f31b..67dbbba 100644
--- a/pkg/server/cli/clicontext.go
+++ b/pkg/server/cli/clicontext.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	authcli "github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/auth/cli"
 	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/server"
 	"github.com/rancher/wrangler/pkg/kubeconfig"
+	"github.com/rancher/wrangler/pkg/ratelimit"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	KubeConfig      string
 	HTTPSListenPort int
 	HTTPListenPort  int
+	DashboardURL    string
 
 	WebhookConfig authcli.WebhookConfig
 }
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ func (c *Config) ToServer() (*server.Server, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	restConfig.RateLimiter = ratelimit.None
 
 	auth, err := c.WebhookConfig.WebhookMiddleware()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@ func (c *Config) ToServer() (*server.Server, error) {
 	return &server.Server{
 		RestConfig:     restConfig,
 		AuthMiddleware: auth,
+		DashboardURL: func() string {
+			return c.DashboardURL
+		},
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -57,6 +63,11 @@ func Flags(config *Config) []cli.Flag {
 			Value:       8080,
 			Destination: &config.HTTPListenPort,
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "dashboard-url",
+			Value:       "https://releases.rancher.com/dashboard/latest/index.html",
+			Destination: &config.DashboardURL,
+		},
 	}
 
 	return append(flags, authcli.Flags(&config.WebhookConfig)...)
diff --git a/pkg/server/config.go b/pkg/server/config.go
index 601e08a..498cafd 100644
--- a/pkg/server/config.go
+++ b/pkg/server/config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	Router          router.RouterFunc
 	PostStartHooks  []func() error
 	StartHooks      []StartHook
+	DashboardURL    func() string
 }
 
 type Controllers struct {
diff --git a/pkg/server/handler/apiserver.go b/pkg/server/handler/apiserver.go
index a6258b8..5bb5f1c 100644
--- a/pkg/server/handler/apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/server/handler/apiserver.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func New(cfg *rest.Config, sf schema.Factory, authMiddleware auth.Middleware, ne
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		authMiddleware = auth.ToMiddleware(auth.AuthenticatorFunc(auth.AlwaysAdmin))
 	} else {
 		proxy = k8sproxy.ImpersonatingHandler("/", cfg)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 071b59d..e179938 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/clustercache"
 	schemacontroller "github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/controllers/schema"
+	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/dashboard"
 	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/schema"
 	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/schemaserver/types"
 	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/server/handler"
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ func setup(ctx context.Context, server *Server) (http.Handler, *schema.Collectio
 		return sync()
 	})
 
+	if server.DashboardURL != nil && server.DashboardURL() != "" {
+		handler = dashboard.Route(handler, server.DashboardURL)
+	}
+
 	return handler, sf, nil
 }