diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockRestServiceServer.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockRestServiceServer.java
index 55cc0e7ae5..8d9e2b1493 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockRestServiceServer.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockRestServiceServer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class WireMockRestServiceServer {
 
 	/**
 	 * Flag to tell the MockRestServiceServer to ignore the order of calls when matching
-	 * requests. The default is true because there is an impleid ordering in the stubs
+	 * requests. The default is true because there is an implied ordering in the stubs
 	 * (by url path and with more specific request matchers first).
 	 * 
 	 * @param ignoreExpectOrder flag value (default true)
@@ -206,10 +207,29 @@ public class WireMockRestServiceServer {
 
 	private DefaultResponseCreator response(ResponseDefinition response) {
 		return withStatus(HttpStatus.valueOf(response.getStatus()))
-				.body(response.getBody()).contentType(contentType(response))
+				.body(body(response)).contentType(contentType(response))
 				.headers(responseHeaders(response));
 	}
 
+	private String body(ResponseDefinition response) {
+		if (response.getBody()!=null) {
+			return response.getBody();
+		}
+		String file = response.getBodyFileName();
+		if (file!=null) {
+			ClassPathResource files = new ClassPathResource("__files/");
+			if (files.exists()) {
+				try {
+					return StreamUtils.copyToString(files.createRelative(file).getInputStream(), Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
+				}
+				catch (IOException e) {
+					throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot locate body file: " + file, e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return "";
+	}
+
 	private void requestHeaders(ResponseActions expect, RequestPattern request) {
 		if (request.getHeaders() != null) {
 			for (final String header : request.getHeaders().keySet()) {
@@ -269,6 +289,17 @@ public class WireMockRestServiceServer {
 			int value = request(one.getRequest()).compareTo(request(two.getRequest()));
 			if (value == 0) {
 
+				if (one.getPriority()!=null) {
+					if (two.getPriority()!=null) {
+						return one.getPriority().compareTo(two.getPriority());
+					} else {
+						return -one.getPriority();
+					}
+				}
+				if (two.getPriority()!=null) {
+					return -two.getPriority();
+				}
+
 				// Every mapping has a url pattern, and zero or more header patterns
 				int twos = 0;
 				if (two.getRequest().getHeaders() != null) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WiremockMockServerApplicationTests.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WiremockMockServerApplicationTests.java
index 8d0be00b9d..21375ca214 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WiremockMockServerApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WiremockMockServerApplicationTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ public class WiremockMockServerApplicationTests {
 		server.verify();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void simpleGetWithBodyFile() throws Exception {
+		MockRestServiceServer server = WireMockRestServiceServer.with(this.restTemplate) //
+				.baseUrl("http://example.org") //
+				.stubs("classpath:/mappings/resource-with-body-file.json").build();
+		assertThat(this.restTemplate.getForObject("http://example.org/resource",
+				String.class)).isEqualTo("{\"message\":\"Hello World\"}");
+		server.verify();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void simpleGetWithEmptyPath() throws Exception {
 		MockRestServiceServer server = WireMockRestServiceServer.with(this.restTemplate) //
@@ -135,6 +145,16 @@ public class WiremockMockServerApplicationTests {
 		// The first one matches, not the most precise!
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void getWithPriortyOrder() throws Exception {
+		WireMockRestServiceServer.with(this.restTemplate) //
+				.baseUrl("http://example.org") //
+				.stubs("classpath:/mappings/resource-with-low-priority.json",
+						"classpath:/mappings/resource-with-high-priority.json").build();
+		assertThat(this.restTemplate.getForObject("http://example.org/resource",
+				String.class)).isEqualTo("Hello High");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void simpleGetWithAllStubs() throws Exception {
 		WireMockRestServiceServer.with(this.restTemplate) //
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/__files/hello.json b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/__files/hello.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33e91d47b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/__files/hello.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"message":"Hello World"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-body-file.json b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-body-file.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08076b1aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-body-file.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "priority": 100,
+  "request" : {
+    "urlPath" : "/resource",
+    "method" : "GET"
+  },
+  "response" : {
+    "status" : 200,
+    "bodyFileName" : "hello.json"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-high-priority.json b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-high-priority.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03ba732953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-high-priority.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "priority" : 500,
+  "request" : {
+    "urlPath" : "/resource",
+    "method" : "GET"
+  },
+  "response" : {
+    "status" : 200,
+    "body" : "Hello High"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-low-priority.json b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-low-priority.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f684d7d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource-with-low-priority.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "priority" : 1000,
+  "request" : {
+    "urlPath" : "/resource",
+    "method" : "GET"
+  },
+  "response" : {
+    "status" : 200,
+    "body" : "Hello Low"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource.json b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource.json
index 41a9d4e920..02e6285181 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource.json
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/resources/mappings/resource.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "priority": 1,
   "request" : {
     "urlPath" : "/resource",
     "method" : "GET"