diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/tests/test_views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/tests/test_views.py
index 8e57c1546ff0..8cb4b94fd227 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/tests/test_views.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 TAXONOMY_ORG_LIST_URL = "/api/content_tagging/v1/taxonomies/"
 TAXONOMY_ORG_DETAIL_URL = "/api/content_tagging/v1/taxonomies/{pk}/"
 OBJECT_TAG_UPDATE_URL = "/api/content_tagging/v1/object_tags/{object_id}/?taxonomy={taxonomy_id}"
+TAXONOMY_TEMPLATE_URL = "/api/content_tagging/v1/taxonomies/import/{filename}"
 
 
 def check_taxonomy(
@@ -844,3 +845,33 @@ def test_tag_unauthorized(self, objectid_attr):
         response = self.client.put(url, {"tags": ["Tag 1"]}, format="json")
 
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
+
+
+@skip_unless_cms
+@ddt.ddt
+class TestDownloadTemplateView(APITestCase):
+    """
+    Tests the taxonomy template downloads.
+    """
+    @ddt.data(
+        ("template.csv", "text/csv"),
+        ("template.json", "application/json"),
+    )
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_download(self, filename, content_type):
+        url = TAXONOMY_TEMPLATE_URL.format(filename=filename)
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+        assert response.headers['Content-Type'] == content_type
+        assert response.headers['Content-Disposition'] == f'attachment; filename="{filename}"'
+        assert int(response.headers['Content-Length']) > 0
+
+    def test_download_not_found(self):
+        url = TAXONOMY_TEMPLATE_URL.format(filename="template.txt")
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND
+
+    def test_download_method_not_allowed(self):
+        url = TAXONOMY_TEMPLATE_URL.format(filename="template.txt")
+        response = self.client.post(url)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_405_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/urls.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/urls.py
index 5c0bceb38ee4..d6fc047e5288 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/urls.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/urls.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 
 from django.urls.conf import path, include
 
-from openedx_tagging.core.tagging.rest_api.v1 import views as oel_tagging_views
+from openedx_tagging.core.tagging.rest_api.v1 import (
+    views as oel_tagging_views,
+    views_import as oel_tagging_views_import,
+)
 
 from . import views
 
@@ -15,5 +18,10 @@
 router.register("object_tags", oel_tagging_views.ObjectTagView, basename="object_tag")
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    path(
+        "taxonomies/import/template.<str:file_ext>",
+        oel_tagging_views_import.TemplateView.as_view(),
+        name="taxonomy-import-template",
+    ),
     path('', include(router.urls))
 ]