diff --git a/proxmox-syslog-api/src/api_types.rs b/proxmox-syslog-api/src/api_types.rs
index 1a5702d6..01341241 100644
--- a/proxmox-syslog-api/src/api_types.rs
+++ b/proxmox-syslog-api/src/api_types.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use proxmox_schema::api_types::SYSTEMD_DATETIME_FORMAT;
     },
 )]
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-/// Syslog filtering options.
+/// Syslog API filtering options.
 pub struct SyslogFilter {
     pub start: Option<u64>,
     pub limit: Option<u64>,
@@ -56,3 +56,45 @@ pub struct SyslogLine {
     /// Line text.
     pub t: String,
 }
+
+#[api(
+    properties: {
+        since: {
+            type: Integer,
+            optional: true,
+            description: "Display all log since this UNIX epoch. Conflicts with 'startcursor'.",
+            minimum: 0,
+        },
+        until: {
+            type: Integer,
+            optional: true,
+            description: "Display all log until this UNIX epoch. Conflicts with 'endcursor'.",
+            minimum: 0,
+        },
+        lastentries: {
+            type: Integer,
+            optional: true,
+            description: "Limit to the last X lines. Conflicts with a range.",
+            minimum: 0,
+        },
+        startcursor: {
+            type: String,
+            description: "Start after the given Cursor. Conflicts with 'since'.",
+            optional: true,
+        },
+        endcursor: {
+            type: String,
+            description: "End before the given Cursor. Conflicts with 'until'",
+            optional: true,
+        },
+    }
+)]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+/// Journal API filtering options.
+pub struct JournalFilter {
+    pub since: Option<u64>,
+    pub until: Option<u64>,
+    pub lastentries: Option<u64>,
+    pub startcursor: Option<String>,
+    pub endcursor: Option<String>,
+}
diff --git a/proxmox-syslog-api/src/journal.rs b/proxmox-syslog-api/src/journal.rs
index 73b5c96d..d7c6ef9c 100644
--- a/proxmox-syslog-api/src/journal.rs
+++ b/proxmox-syslog-api/src/journal.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
 use anyhow::Error;
 
-use super::{SyslogFilter, SyslogLine};
+use super::{JournalFilter, SyslogFilter, SyslogLine};
 
-pub fn dump_journal(filter: SyslogFilter) -> Result<(u64, Vec<SyslogLine>), Error> {
+/// Syslog API implementation
+///
+/// The syslog api uses `journalctl' to get the log entries, and
+/// uses paging to limit the amount of data returned (start, limit).
+///
+/// Note: Please use [dump_journal] for live view, because that is more performant
+/// for that case.
+pub fn dump_syslog(filter: SyslogFilter) -> Result<(u64, Vec<SyslogLine>), Error> {
     let mut args = vec!["-o", "short", "--no-pager"];
 
     if let Some(service) = &filter.service {
@@ -71,3 +79,65 @@ pub fn dump_journal(filter: SyslogFilter) -> Result<(u64, Vec<SyslogLine>), Erro
 
     Ok((count, lines))
 }
+
+/// Journal API implementation
+///
+/// The journal api uses `mini-journalreader' binary to get the log entries.
+/// The cursor based api allows to implement live view efficiently.
+pub fn dump_journal(filter: JournalFilter) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
+    let mut args = vec![];
+
+    if let Some(lastentries) = filter.lastentries {
+        args.push(String::from("-n"));
+        args.push(format!("{}", lastentries));
+    }
+
+    if let Some(since) = filter.since {
+        args.push(String::from("-b"));
+        args.push(since.to_string());
+    }
+
+    if let Some(until) = filter.until {
+        args.push(String::from("-e"));
+        args.push(until.to_string());
+    }
+
+    if let Some(startcursor) = &filter.startcursor {
+        args.push(String::from("-f"));
+        args.push(startcursor.to_string());
+    }
+
+    if let Some(endcursor) = &filter.endcursor {
+        args.push(String::from("-t"));
+        args.push(endcursor.to_string());
+    }
+
+    let mut lines: Vec<String> = vec![];
+
+    let mut child = Command::new("mini-journalreader")
+        .args(&args)
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()?;
+
+    if let Some(ref mut stdout) = child.stdout {
+        for line in BufReader::new(stdout).lines() {
+            match line {
+                Ok(line) => {
+                    lines.push(line);
+                }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    log::error!("reading journal failed: {}", err);
+                    let _ = child.kill();
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let status = child.wait().unwrap();
+    if !status.success() {
+        log::error!("journalctl failed with {}", status);
+    }
+
+    Ok(lines)
+}
diff --git a/proxmox-syslog-api/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-syslog-api/src/lib.rs
index 4dd5565a..cf40489b 100644
--- a/proxmox-syslog-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-syslog-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ pub use api_types::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "impl")]
 mod journal;
 #[cfg(feature = "impl")]
-pub use journal::dump_journal;
+pub use journal::{dump_journal, dump_syslog};