diff --git a/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs b/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
index d9d9c5ca..222e4d21 100644
--- a/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
+++ b/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
@@ -382,25 +382,8 @@ pub fn status(
     _info: &ApiMethod,
     _rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment,
 ) -> Result<StorageStatus, Error> {
-
     let datastore = DataStore::lookup_datastore(&store)?;
-
-    let base_path = datastore.base_path();
-
-    let mut stat: libc::statfs64 = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
-
-    use nix::NixPath;
-
-    let res = base_path.with_nix_path(|cstr| unsafe { libc::statfs64(cstr.as_ptr(), &mut stat) })?;
-    nix::errno::Errno::result(res)?;
-
-    let bsize = stat.f_bsize as u64;
-
-    Ok(StorageStatus {
-        total: stat.f_blocks*bsize,
-        used: (stat.f_blocks-stat.f_bfree)*bsize,
-        avail: stat.f_bavail*bsize,
-    })
+    crate::tools::disks::disk_usage(&datastore.base_path())
 }
 
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/src/api2/node/status.rs b/src/api2/node/status.rs
index 5af49708..0fe9ef4a 100644
--- a/src/api2/node/status.rs
+++ b/src/api2/node/status.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::process::Command;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::{Error, format_err, bail};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ fn get_usage(
 
     let meminfo: procfs::ProcFsMemInfo = procfs::read_meminfo()?;
     let kstat: procfs::ProcFsStat = procfs::read_proc_stat()?;
+    let disk_usage = crate::tools::disks::disk_usage(Path::new("/"))?;
 
     Ok(json!({
         "memory": {
@@ -68,6 +70,11 @@ fn get_usage(
             "free": meminfo.memfree,
         },
         "cpu": kstat.cpu,
+        "root": {
+            "total": disk_usage.total,
+            "used": disk_usage.used,
+            "free": disk_usage.avail,
+        }
     }))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
index b9f926ed..a6efe3cc 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
@@ -711,11 +711,11 @@ async fn generate_host_stats(save: bool) {
 fn gather_disk_stats(disk_manager: Arc<DiskManage>, path: &Path, rrd_prefix: &str, save: bool) {
 
     match proxmox_backup::tools::disks::disk_usage(path) {
-        Ok((total, used, _avail)) => {
+        Ok(status) => {
             let rrd_key = format!("{}/total", rrd_prefix);
-            rrd_update_gauge(&rrd_key, total as f64, save);
+            rrd_update_gauge(&rrd_key, status.total as f64, save);
             let rrd_key = format!("{}/used", rrd_prefix);
-            rrd_update_gauge(&rrd_key, used as f64, save);
+            rrd_update_gauge(&rrd_key, status.used as f64, save);
         }
         Err(err) => {
             eprintln!("read disk_usage on {:?} failed - {}", path, err);
diff --git a/src/tools/disks.rs b/src/tools/disks.rs
index 3045c14e..70dc05c4 100644
--- a/src/tools/disks.rs
+++ b/src/tools/disks.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use proxmox::sys::linux::procfs::{MountInfo, mountinfo::Device};
 use proxmox::{io_bail, io_format_err};
 use proxmox::api::api;
 
-use crate::api2::types::BLOCKDEVICE_NAME_REGEX;
+use crate::api2::types::{BLOCKDEVICE_NAME_REGEX, StorageStatus};
 
 mod zfs;
 pub use zfs::*;
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ impl Disk {
 }
 
 /// Returns disk usage information (total, used, avail)
-pub fn disk_usage(path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<(u64, u64, u64), Error> {
+pub fn disk_usage(path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<StorageStatus, Error> {
 
     let mut stat: libc::statfs64 = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
 
@@ -522,7 +522,11 @@ pub fn disk_usage(path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<(u64, u64, u64), Error> {
 
     let bsize = stat.f_bsize as u64;
 
-    Ok((stat.f_blocks*bsize, (stat.f_blocks-stat.f_bfree)*bsize, stat.f_bavail*bsize))
+    Ok(StorageStatus{
+        total: stat.f_blocks*bsize,
+        used: (stat.f_blocks-stat.f_bfree)*bsize,
+        avail: stat.f_bavail*bsize,
+    })
 }
 
 #[api()]