diff --git a/includes/api/class-wc-rest-product-categories-controller.php b/includes/api/class-wc-rest-product-categories-controller.php
index be91dc42e5f..cbf3ac9eb2c 100644
--- a/includes/api/class-wc-rest-product-categories-controller.php
+++ b/includes/api/class-wc-rest-product-categories-controller.php
@@ -28,4 +28,188 @@ class WC_REST_Product_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Product_Categories_V
 	 * @var string
 	 */
 	protected $namespace = 'wc/v2';
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare a single product category output for response.
+	 *
+	 * @param WP_Term $item Term object.
+	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request
+	 * @return WP_REST_Response $response
+	 */
+	public function prepare_item_for_response( $item, $request ) {
+		// Get category display type.
+		$display_type = get_woocommerce_term_meta( $item->term_id, 'display_type' );
+
+		// Get category order.
+		$menu_order = get_woocommerce_term_meta( $item->term_id, 'order' );
+
+		$data = array(
+			'id'          => (int) $item->term_id,
+			'name'        => $item->name,
+			'slug'        => $item->slug,
+			'parent'      => (int) $item->parent,
+			'description' => $item->description,
+			'display'     => $display_type ? $display_type : 'default',
+			'image'       => array(),
+			'menu_order'  => (int) $menu_order,
+			'count'       => (int) $item->count,
+		);
+
+		// Get category image.
+		if ( $image_id = get_woocommerce_term_meta( $item->term_id, 'thumbnail_id' ) ) {
+			$attachment = get_post( $image_id );
+
+			$data['image'] = array(
+				'id'                => (int) $image_id,
+				'date_created'      => wc_rest_prepare_date_response( $attachment->post_date ),
+				'date_created_gmt'  => wc_rest_prepare_date_response( $attachment->post_date_gmt ),
+				'date_modified'     => wc_rest_prepare_date_response( $attachment->post_modified ),
+				'date_modified_gmt' => wc_rest_prepare_date_response( $attachment->post_modified_gmt ),
+				'src'               => wp_get_attachment_url( $image_id ),
+				'title'             => get_the_title( $attachment ),
+				'alt'               => get_post_meta( $image_id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true ),
+			);
+		}
+
+		$context = ! empty( $request['context'] ) ? $request['context'] : 'view';
+		$data    = $this->add_additional_fields_to_object( $data, $request );
+		$data    = $this->filter_response_by_context( $data, $context );
+
+		$response = rest_ensure_response( $data );
+
+		$response->add_links( $this->prepare_links( $item, $request ) );
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a term item returned from the API.
+		 *
+		 * Allows modification of the term data right before it is returned.
+		 *
+		 * @param WP_REST_Response  $response  The response object.
+		 * @param object            $item      The original term object.
+		 * @param WP_REST_Request   $request   Request used to generate the response.
+		 */
+		return apply_filters( "woocommerce_rest_prepare_{$this->taxonomy}", $response, $item, $request );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the Category schema, conforming to JSON Schema.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function get_item_schema() {
+		$schema = array(
+			'$schema'              => 'http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#',
+			'title'                => $this->taxonomy,
+			'type'                 => 'object',
+			'properties'           => array(
+				'id' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'Unique identifier for the resource.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'integer',
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+					'readonly'    => true,
+				),
+				'name' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'Category name.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'string',
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+					'arg_options' => array(
+						'sanitize_callback' => 'sanitize_text_field',
+					),
+				),
+				'slug' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'An alphanumeric identifier for the resource unique to its type.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'string',
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+					'arg_options' => array(
+						'sanitize_callback' => 'sanitize_title',
+					),
+				),
+				'parent' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'The ID for the parent of the resource.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'integer',
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+				),
+				'description' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'HTML description of the resource.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'string',
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+					'arg_options' => array(
+						'sanitize_callback' => 'wp_filter_post_kses',
+					),
+				),
+				'display' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'Category archive display type.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'string',
+					'default'     => 'default',
+					'enum'        => array( 'default', 'products', 'subcategories', 'both' ),
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+				),
+				'image' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'Image data.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'object',
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+					'properties'  => array(
+						'id' => array(
+							'description' => __( 'Image ID.', 'woocommerce' ),
+							'type'        => 'integer',
+							'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+						),
+						'date_created' => array(
+							'description' => __( "The date the image was created, in the site's timezone.", 'woocommerce' ),
+							'type'        => 'date-time',
+							'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+							'readonly'    => true,
+						),
+						'date_created_gmt' => array(
+							'description' => __( 'The date the image was created, as GMT', 'woocommerce' ),
+							'type'        => 'date-time',
+							'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+							'readonly'    => true,
+						),
+						'date_modified' => array(
+							'description' => __( "The date the image was last modified, in the site's timezone.", 'woocommerce' ),
+							'type'        => 'date-time',
+							'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+							'readonly'    => true,
+						),
+						'date_modified_gmt' => array(
+							'description' => __( 'The date the image was last modified, as GMT.', 'woocommerce' ),
+							'type'        => 'date-time',
+							'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+							'readonly'    => true,
+						),
+						'src' => array(
+							'description' => __( 'Image URL.', 'woocommerce' ),
+							'type'        => 'string',
+							'format'      => 'uri',
+							'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+						),
+						'name' => array(
+							'description' => __( 'Image name.', 'woocommerce' ),
+							'type'        => 'string',
+							'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+						),
+						'alt' => array(
+							'description' => __( 'Image alternative text.', 'woocommerce' ),
+							'type'        => 'string',
+							'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+						),
+					),
+				),
+				'menu_order' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'Menu order, used to custom sort the resource.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'integer',
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+				),
+				'count' => array(
+					'description' => __( 'Number of published products for the resource.', 'woocommerce' ),
+					'type'        => 'integer',
+					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+					'readonly'    => true,
+				),
+			),
+		);
+
+		return $this->add_additional_fields_schema( $schema );
+	}
 }