diff --git a/server/api/etcd_api_test.go b/server/api/etcd_api_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..593ea904e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/api/etcd_api_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Copyright 2019 PingCAP, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	. "github.com/pingcap/check"
+)
+
+var _ = Suite(&testEtcdAPISuite{})
+
+type testEtcdAPISuite struct {
+	hc *http.Client
+}
+
+func (s *testEtcdAPISuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
+	s.hc = newHTTPClient()
+}
+
+func (s *testEtcdAPISuite) TestGRPCGateway(c *C) {
+	svr, clean := mustNewServer(c)
+	defer clean()
+
+	addr := svr.GetConfig().ClientUrls + "/v3/kv/put"
+	putKey := map[string]string{"key": "Zm9v", "value": "YmFy"}
+	v, _ := json.Marshal(putKey)
+	err := postJSON(addr, v)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	addr = svr.GetConfig().ClientUrls + "/v3/kv/range"
+	getKey := map[string]string{"key": "Zm9v"}
+	v, _ = json.Marshal(getKey)
+	err = postJSON(addr, v, func(res []byte) bool {
+		c.Assert(strings.Contains(string(res), "Zm9v"), IsTrue)
+		return true
+	})
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+}
diff --git a/server/api/util.go b/server/api/util.go
index bed7abf8ad1..4dcae2ab382 100644
--- a/server/api/util.go
+++ b/server/api/util.go
@@ -86,19 +86,26 @@ func readJSON(r io.ReadCloser, data interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func postJSON(url string, data []byte) error {
+func postJSON(url string, data []byte, checkOpts ...func(res []byte) bool) error {
 	resp, err := dialClient.Post(url, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(data))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 	res, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	resp.Body.Close()
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return errors.New(string(res))
 	}
+	for _, opt := range checkOpts {
+		if !opt(res) {
+			return errors.New("check failed")
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/server/config.go b/server/config.go
index e69c69ce452..4853f6fa9a6 100644
--- a/server/config.go
+++ b/server/config.go
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	AdvertiseClientUrls string `toml:"advertise-client-urls" json:"advertise-client-urls"`
 	AdvertisePeerUrls   string `toml:"advertise-peer-urls" json:"advertise-peer-urls"`
 
-	Name            string `toml:"name" json:"name"`
-	DataDir         string `toml:"data-dir" json:"data-dir"`
-	ForceNewCluster bool   `json:"force-new-cluster"`
+	Name              string `toml:"name" json:"name"`
+	DataDir           string `toml:"data-dir" json:"data-dir"`
+	ForceNewCluster   bool   `json:"force-new-cluster"`
+	EnableGRPCGateway bool   `json:"enable-grpc-gateway"`
 
 	InitialCluster      string `toml:"initial-cluster" json:"initial-cluster"`
 	InitialClusterState string `toml:"initial-cluster-state" json:"initial-cluster-state"`
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ const (
 
 	defaultUseRegionStorage   = true
 	defaultStrictlyMatchLabel = false
+	defaultEnableGRPCGateway  = true
 )
 
 func adjustString(v *string, defValue string) {
@@ -427,6 +429,9 @@ func (c *Config) Adjust(meta *toml.MetaData) error {
 	if !configMetaData.IsDefined("enable-prevote") {
 		c.PreVote = true
 	}
+	if !configMetaData.IsDefined("enable-grpc-gateway") {
+		c.EnableGRPCGateway = defaultEnableGRPCGateway
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -876,6 +881,7 @@ func (c *Config) genEmbedEtcdConfig() (*embed.Config, error) {
 	cfg.PeerTLSInfo.KeyFile = c.Security.KeyPath
 	cfg.ForceNewCluster = c.ForceNewCluster
 	cfg.ZapLoggerBuilder = embed.NewZapCoreLoggerBuilder(c.logger, c.logger.Core(), c.logProps.Syncer)
+	cfg.EnableGRPCGateway = c.EnableGRPCGateway
 	cfg.Logger = "zap"
 	var err error