diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-rest-server/Cargo.toml
index c19dfb0b..2f740e67 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 nix = "0.19.1"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
+regex = "1.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.6", features = ["signal", "process"] }
+tokio-openssl = "0.6.1"
+tower-service = "0.3.0"
+url = "2.1"
 
 proxmox = { version = "0.13.3", features = [ "router"] }
 
diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
index 55a10ca6..2f29f9cd 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ pub use file_logger::{FileLogger, FileLogOptions};
 mod api_config;
 pub use api_config::ApiConfig;
 
+mod rest;
+pub use rest::{RestServer, handle_api_request};
+
 pub enum AuthError {
     Generic(Error),
     NoData,
diff --git a/src/server/rest.rs b/proxmox-rest-server/src/rest.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/server/rest.rs
rename to proxmox-rest-server/src/rest.rs
index 59fbb396..dde47b55 100644
--- a/src/server/rest.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/src/rest.rs
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ use proxmox::http_err;
 
 use pbs_tools::compression::{DeflateEncoder, Level};
 use pbs_tools::stream::AsyncReaderStream;
-use proxmox_rest_server::{
+
+use crate::{
     ApiConfig, FileLogger, AuthError, RestEnvironment, CompressionMethod,
-    extract_cookie, normalize_uri_path,
+    extract_cookie, normalize_uri_path, formatter::*,
 };
-use proxmox_rest_server::formatter::*;
 
 extern "C" {
     fn tzset();
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-api.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-api.rs
index 7653f412..9ad10260 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-api.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-api.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ use proxmox::api::RpcEnvironmentType;
 use proxmox::tools::fs::CreateOptions;
 
 use pbs_tools::auth::private_auth_key;
-use proxmox_rest_server::ApiConfig;
+use proxmox_rest_server::{ApiConfig, RestServer};
 
 use proxmox_backup::server::{
     self,
     auth::default_api_auth,
-    rest::*,
 };
 use proxmox_rest_server::daemon;
 
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
index 5679de43..6a8736e2 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ use proxmox::api::RpcEnvironmentType;
 use proxmox::sys::linux::socket::set_tcp_keepalive;
 use proxmox::tools::fs::CreateOptions;
 
-use proxmox_rest_server::ApiConfig;
+use proxmox_rest_server::{ApiConfig, RestServer};
 
 use proxmox_backup::{
     backup::DataStore,
     server::{
         auth::default_api_auth,
         WorkerTask,
-        rest::*,
         jobstate::{
             self,
             Job,
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-restore-daemon.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-restore-daemon.rs
index d9a8eff0..9cf7f755 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-restore-daemon.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-restore-daemon.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ use hyper::header;
 use proxmox::api::RpcEnvironmentType;
 
 use pbs_client::DEFAULT_VSOCK_PORT;
-use proxmox_rest_server::ApiConfig;
-
-use proxmox_backup::server::rest::*;
+use proxmox_rest_server::{ApiConfig, RestServer};
 
 mod proxmox_restore_daemon;
 use proxmox_restore_daemon::*;
diff --git a/src/server/h2service.rs b/src/server/h2service.rs
index 4e3024aa..41d628be 100644
--- a/src/server/h2service.rs
+++ b/src/server/h2service.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl <E: RpcEnvironment + Clone> H2Service<E> {
                 future::ok((formatter.format_error)(err)).boxed()
             }
             Some(api_method) => {
-                crate::server::rest::handle_api_request(
+                proxmox_rest_server::handle_api_request(
                     self.rpcenv.clone(), api_method, formatter, parts, body, uri_param).boxed()
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 1fc57575..a7dcee67 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ pub use worker_task::*;
 mod h2service;
 pub use h2service::*;
 
-#[macro_use]
-pub mod rest;
-
 pub mod jobstate;
 
 mod verify_job;