diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1ebda322..e692e6af 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ members = [
     "pbs-tools",
 
     "proxmox-backup-banner",
+    "pxar-bin",
 ]
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0fcaf62..bf4076f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ SUBCRATES := \
 	pbs-runtime \
 	pbs-systemd \
 	pbs-tools \
-	proxmox-backup-banner
+	proxmox-backup-banner \
+	pxar-bin
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_MODE), release)
 CARGO_BUILD_ARGS += --release
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ $(COMPILED_BINS) $(COMPILEDIR)/dump-catalog-shell-cli $(COMPILEDIR)/docgen: .do-
 	$(CARGO) build $(CARGO_BUILD_ARGS) \
 	    --package proxmox-backup-banner \
 	    --bin proxmox-backup-banner \
+	    --package pxar-bin \
+	    --bin pxar \
 	    --package proxmox-backup \
 	    --bin dump-catalog-shell-cli \
 	    --bin pmt --bin pmtx \
diff --git a/pbs-tools/src/fs.rs b/pbs-tools/src/fs.rs
index 1d2699ca..4af75e1d 100644
--- a/pbs-tools/src/fs.rs
+++ b/pbs-tools/src/fs.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 use std::borrow::{Borrow, BorrowMut};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::hash::BuildHasher;
+use std::io::{self, BufRead};
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, format_err, Error};
 use nix::dir;
@@ -401,3 +404,27 @@ where
 
     result
 }
+
+/// Get an iterator over lines of a file, skipping empty lines and comments (lines starting with a
+/// `#`).
+pub fn file_get_non_comment_lines<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+    path: P,
+) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = io::Result<String>>, Error> {
+    let path = path.as_ref();
+
+    Ok(io::BufReader::new(
+        File::open(path).map_err(|err| format_err!("error opening {:?}: {}", path, err))?,
+    )
+    .lines()
+    .filter_map(|line| match line {
+        Ok(line) => {
+            let line = line.trim();
+            if line.is_empty() || line.starts_with('#') {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(Ok(line.to_string()))
+            }
+        }
+        Err(err) => Some(Err(err)),
+    }))
+}
diff --git a/pxar-bin/Cargo.toml b/pxar-bin/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d1c7d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pxar-bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[package]
+name = "pxar-bin"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "pxar"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0"
+futures = "0.3"
+nix = "0.19.1"
+serde_json = "1.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.6", features = [ "rt", "rt-multi-thread" ] }
+
+pathpatterns = "0.1.2"
+proxmox = { version = "0.11.5", default-features = false, features = [] }
+pxar = { version = "0.10.1", features = [ "tokio-io" ] }
+
+pbs-client = { path = "../pbs-client" }
+pbs-runtime = { path = "../pbs-runtime" }
+pbs-tools = { path = "../pbs-tools" }
diff --git a/src/bin/pxar.rs b/pxar-bin/src/main.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/bin/pxar.rs
rename to pxar-bin/src/main.rs
index e4eac0d7..ede97d8f 100644
--- a/src/bin/pxar.rs
+++ b/pxar-bin/src/main.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ fn extract_archive(
 
     let mut match_list = Vec::new();
     if let Some(filename) = &files_from {
-        for line in proxmox_backup::tools::file_get_non_comment_lines(filename)? {
+        for line in pbs_tools::fs::file_get_non_comment_lines(filename)? {
             let line = line
                 .map_err(|err| format_err!("error reading {}: {}", filename, err))?;
             match_list.push(
diff --git a/src/tools/mod.rs b/src/tools/mod.rs
index d13c4d45..a6379a96 100644
--- a/src/tools/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/mod.rs
@@ -278,30 +278,6 @@ pub fn pbs_simple_http(proxy_config: Option<ProxyConfig>) -> SimpleHttp {
     SimpleHttp::with_options(options)
 }
 
-/// Get an iterator over lines of a file, skipping empty lines and comments (lines starting with a
-/// `#`).
-pub fn file_get_non_comment_lines<P: AsRef<Path>>(
-    path: P,
-) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = io::Result<String>>, Error> {
-    let path = path.as_ref();
-
-    Ok(io::BufReader::new(
-        File::open(path).map_err(|err| format_err!("error opening {:?}: {}", path, err))?,
-    )
-    .lines()
-    .filter_map(|line| match line {
-        Ok(line) => {
-            let line = line.trim();
-            if line.is_empty() || line.starts_with('#') {
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(Ok(line.to_string()))
-            }
-        }
-        Err(err) => Some(Err(err)),
-    }))
-}
-
 pub fn setup_safe_path_env() {
     std::env::set_var("PATH", "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin");
     // Make %ENV safer - as suggested by https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec.html