diff --git a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/DevConfig.groovy b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/DevConfig.groovy
index 8db64fd67..2ed81b941 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/DevConfig.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/DevConfig.groovy
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.Role
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.User
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.repository.RoleRepository
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.repository.UserRepository
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.EntityDescriptorService
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.EntityDescriptorVersionService
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.util.ModelRepresentationConversions
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile
@@ -156,4 +158,10 @@ class DevConfig {
             it
         })
     }
+
+    @Profile('dev-ed-versioning')
+    @Bean
+    EntityDescriptorVersionService stubEntityDescriptorVersionService(EntityDescriptorService entityDescriptorService) {
+        return EntityDescriptorVersionService.stubImpl(entityDescriptorService)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/EntitiesVersioningConfiguration.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/EntitiesVersioningConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f1b64b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/EntitiesVersioningConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.EntityDescriptorService;
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.EntityDescriptorVersionService;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class EntitiesVersioningConfiguration {
+
+    //@Bean
+    EntityDescriptorVersionService entityDescriptorVersionService(EntityDescriptorService entityDescriptorService) {
+        //TODO create real impl when available
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/EntityDescriptorVersionService.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/EntityDescriptorVersionService.java
index 5e1542ea2..da2910834 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/EntityDescriptorVersionService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/EntityDescriptorVersionService.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.frontend.EntityDescriptorRepresentation;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.versioning.Version;
 
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -14,4 +16,27 @@ public interface EntityDescriptorVersionService {
     List<Version> findVersionsForEntityDescriptor(String resourceId);
 
     EntityDescriptorRepresentation findSpecificVersionOfEntityDescriptor(String resourceId, String versionId);
+
+    /* Factory method to return stub impl for dev and testing purposes */
+    static EntityDescriptorVersionService stubImpl(final EntityDescriptorService entityDescriptorService) {
+        return new EntityDescriptorVersionService() {
+            @Override
+            public List<Version> findVersionsForEntityDescriptor(String resourceId) {
+                return Arrays.asList(
+                        new Version("1", "kramer", LocalDateTime.now().minusDays(10)),
+                        new Version("2", "newman", LocalDateTime.now().minusDays(5))
+                );
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public EntityDescriptorRepresentation findSpecificVersionOfEntityDescriptor(String resourceId, String versionId) {
+                EntityDescriptor ed = new EntityDescriptor();
+                ed.setID("1");
+                ed.setEntityID("http://versioning/stub");
+                ed.setCreatedBy("kramer");
+                ed.setCreatedDate(LocalDateTime.now().minusDays(10));
+                return entityDescriptorService.createRepresentationFromDescriptor(ed);
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/TestEntityDescriptorVersioningConfiguration.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/TestEntityDescriptorVersioningConfiguration.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3d1346e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/TestEntityDescriptorVersioningConfiguration.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.frontend.EntityDescriptorRepresentation
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.versioning.Version
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.EntityDescriptorService
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.EntityDescriptorVersionService
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.util.TestObjectGenerator
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime
+
+@Configuration
+class TestEntityDescriptorVersioningConfiguration {
+
+    @Autowired
+    EntityDescriptorService entityDescriptorService
+
+    @Bean
+    EntityDescriptorVersionService stubEntityDescriptorVersionService() {
+        return new EntityDescriptorVersionService() {
+            @Override
+            List<Version> findVersionsForEntityDescriptor(String resourceId) {
+                return [new Version(id: '1', creator: 'kramer', date: LocalDateTime.now().minusDays(3)),
+                        new Version(id: '2', creator: 'newman', date: LocalDateTime.now())]
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            EntityDescriptorRepresentation findSpecificVersionOfEntityDescriptor(String resourceId, String versionId) {
+                return entityDescriptorService.createRepresentationFromDescriptor(new TestObjectGenerator().buildEntityDescriptor())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAEntityDescriptorServiceImplTests.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAEntityDescriptorServiceImplTests.groovy
index b0626d431..eeb22048e 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAEntityDescriptorServiceImplTests.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAEntityDescriptorServiceImplTests.groovy
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.ShibbolethUiApplication
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.CoreShibUiConfiguration
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.CustomPropertiesConfiguration
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.TestEntityDescriptorVersioningConfiguration
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.EntityDescriptor
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.SPSSODescriptor
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.XSAny
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ import org.xmlunit.diff.ElementSelectors
 import spock.lang.Ignore
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
-@ContextConfiguration(classes=[CoreShibUiConfiguration, CustomPropertiesConfiguration])
+@ContextConfiguration(classes=[CoreShibUiConfiguration, CustomPropertiesConfiguration, TestEntityDescriptorVersioningConfiguration])
 @SpringBootTest(classes = ShibbolethUiApplication.class, webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.NONE)
 @PropertySource("classpath:application.yml")
 class JPAEntityDescriptorServiceImplTests extends Specification {