diff --git a/packages/openapi-v2/src/controller-spec.ts b/packages/openapi-v2/src/controller-spec.ts
index 608b3e95b848..647574701105 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-v2/src/controller-spec.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-v2/src/controller-spec.ts
@@ -247,6 +247,18 @@ export function del(path: string, spec?: OperationObject) {
   return operation('delete', path, spec);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Expose a Controller method as a REST API operation
+ * mapped to `HEAD` request method.
+ *
+ * @param path The URL path of this operation, e.g. `/product/{id}`
+ * @param spec The OpenAPI specification describing parameters and responses
+ *   of this operation.
+ */
+export function head(path: string, spec?: OperationObject) {
+  return operation('head', path, spec);
+}
+
 /**
  * Expose a Controller method as a REST API operation.
  *
diff --git a/packages/openapi-v2/test/unit/controller-spec/controller-decorators.test.ts b/packages/openapi-v2/test/unit/controller-spec/controller-decorators.test.ts
index c7ac4dc164fc..738813132432 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-v2/test/unit/controller-spec/controller-decorators.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-v2/test/unit/controller-spec/controller-decorators.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   put,
   patch,
   del,
+  head,
   param,
 } from '../../..';
 import {expect} from '@loopback/testlab';
@@ -52,9 +53,7 @@ describe('Routing metadata', () => {
   });
 
   it('returns spec defined via @get decorator', () => {
-    const operationSpec = anOperationSpec()
-      .withStringResponse()
-      .build();
+    const operationSpec = givenAnOperationSpec();
 
     class MyController {
       @get('/greet', operationSpec)
@@ -78,9 +77,7 @@ describe('Routing metadata', () => {
   });
 
   it('returns spec defined via @post decorator', () => {
-    const operationSpec = anOperationSpec()
-      .withStringResponse()
-      .build();
+    const operationSpec = givenAnOperationSpec();
 
     class MyController {
       @post('/greeting', operationSpec)
@@ -102,9 +99,7 @@ describe('Routing metadata', () => {
   });
 
   it('returns spec defined via @put decorator', () => {
-    const operationSpec = anOperationSpec()
-      .withStringResponse()
-      .build();
+    const operationSpec = givenAnOperationSpec();
 
     class MyController {
       @put('/greeting', operationSpec)
@@ -126,9 +121,7 @@ describe('Routing metadata', () => {
   });
 
   it('returns spec defined via @patch decorator', () => {
-    const operationSpec = anOperationSpec()
-      .withStringResponse()
-      .build();
+    const operationSpec = givenAnOperationSpec();
 
     class MyController {
       @patch('/greeting', operationSpec)
@@ -150,9 +143,7 @@ describe('Routing metadata', () => {
   });
 
   it('returns spec defined via @del decorator', () => {
-    const operationSpec = anOperationSpec()
-      .withStringResponse()
-      .build();
+    const operationSpec = givenAnOperationSpec();
 
     class MyController {
       @del('/greeting', operationSpec)
@@ -173,10 +164,32 @@ describe('Routing metadata', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('returns spec defined via @head decorator', () => {
+    const operationSpec = givenAnOperationSpec();
+
+    class MyController {
+      @head('/greeting', operationSpec)
+      greet() {
+        return 'Hello world!';
+      }
+    }
+
+    const actualSpec = getControllerSpec(MyController);
+
+    expect(actualSpec).to.eql({
+      paths: {
+        '/greeting': {
+          head: {
+            'x-operation-name': 'greet',
+            ...operationSpec,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   it('returns spec defined via @operation decorator', () => {
-    const operationSpec = anOperationSpec()
-      .withStringResponse()
-      .build();
+    const operationSpec = givenAnOperationSpec();
 
     class MyController {
       @operation('post', '/greeting', operationSpec)
@@ -265,9 +278,7 @@ describe('Routing metadata', () => {
   });
 
   it('allows children to override parent REST endpoints', () => {
-    const operationSpec = anOperationSpec()
-      .withStringResponse()
-      .build();
+    const operationSpec = givenAnOperationSpec();
 
     class Parent {
       @get('/name', operationSpec)
@@ -371,4 +382,10 @@ describe('Routing metadata', () => {
       in: 'query',
     });
   });
+
+  function givenAnOperationSpec() {
+    return anOperationSpec()
+      .withStringResponse()
+      .build();
+  }
 });