diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/__init__.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/__init__.py
index f3e98ec216..197c54ff36 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/__init__.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/__init__.py
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ from .public import *
 from .user import *
 from .tabs import *
 from .requests import *
+try:
+    from .dev import *
+except ImportError:
+    pass
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/dev.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/dev.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fcc355c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/dev.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+Views that are only activated when the project is running in development mode.
+These views will NOT be shown on production: trying to access them will result
+in a 404 error.
+"""
+# pylint: disable=W0613
+from mitxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response
+
+
+def dev_mode(request):
+    "Sample static view"
+    return render_to_response("dev/dev_mode.html")
diff --git a/cms/templates/dev/dev_mode.html b/cms/templates/dev/dev_mode.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ee409d5de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/templates/dev/dev_mode.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<%inherit file="../base.html" />
+<%block name="content">
+You're in dev mode!
+</%block>
diff --git a/cms/urls.py b/cms/urls.py
index def1ad1bf8..5945394f55 100644
--- a/cms/urls.py
+++ b/cms/urls.py
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ urlpatterns += (
 
 
 if settings.ENABLE_JASMINE:
-    # # Jasmine
-    urlpatterns = urlpatterns + (url(r'^_jasmine/', include('django_jasmine.urls')),)
-
+    urlpatterns += (url(r'^_jasmine/', include('django_jasmine.urls')),)
 
 if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('ENABLE_SERVICE_STATUS'):
     urlpatterns += (
@@ -154,6 +152,13 @@ if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('AUTOMATIC_AUTH_FOR_LOAD_TESTING'):
         url(r'^auto_auth$', 'student.views.auto_auth'),
     )
 
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    try:
+        from .urls_dev import urlpatterns as dev_urlpatterns
+        urlpatterns += dev_urlpatterns
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
 urlpatterns = patterns(*urlpatterns)
 
 # Custom error pages
diff --git a/cms/urls_dev.py b/cms/urls_dev.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb31fc8b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/urls_dev.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""
+URLconf for development-only views.
+This gets imported by urls.py and added to its URLconf if we are running in
+development mode; otherwise, it is ignored.
+"""
+from django.conf.urls import url
+
+urlpatterns = (
+    url(r'^dev_mode$', 'contentstore.views.dev.dev_mode', name='dev_mode'),
+)