diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_manager/datastore.rs b/src/bin/proxmox_backup_manager/datastore.rs
index 7e596a1b..7cbd8805 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_manager/datastore.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox_backup_manager/datastore.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ use proxmox::api::{api, cli::*, RpcEnvironment, ApiHandler};
 
 use proxmox_backup::config;
 use proxmox_backup::api2::{self, types::* };
+use proxmox_backup::client::{
+    connect_to_localhost,
+    view_task_result,
+};
+use proxmox_backup::config::datastore::DIR_NAME_SCHEMA;
 
 #[api(
     input: {
@@ -67,6 +72,81 @@ fn show_datastore(param: Value, rpcenv: &mut dyn RpcEnvironment) -> Result<Value
     Ok(Value::Null)
 }
 
+#[api(
+    protected: true,
+    input: {
+        properties: {
+            name: {
+                schema: DATASTORE_SCHEMA,
+            },
+            path: {
+                schema: DIR_NAME_SCHEMA,
+            },
+            comment: {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA,
+            },
+            "notify-user": {
+                optional: true,
+                type: Userid,
+            },
+            "notify": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: DATASTORE_NOTIFY_STRING_SCHEMA,
+            },
+            "gc-schedule": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: GC_SCHEDULE_SCHEMA,
+            },
+            "prune-schedule": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: PRUNE_SCHEDULE_SCHEMA,
+            },
+            "keep-last": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: PRUNE_SCHEMA_KEEP_LAST,
+            },
+            "keep-hourly": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: PRUNE_SCHEMA_KEEP_HOURLY,
+            },
+            "keep-daily": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: PRUNE_SCHEMA_KEEP_DAILY,
+            },
+            "keep-weekly": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: PRUNE_SCHEMA_KEEP_WEEKLY,
+            },
+            "keep-monthly": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: PRUNE_SCHEMA_KEEP_MONTHLY,
+            },
+            "keep-yearly": {
+                optional: true,
+                schema: PRUNE_SCHEMA_KEEP_YEARLY,
+            },
+            "output-format": {
+                schema: OUTPUT_FORMAT,
+                optional: true,
+            },
+        },
+    },
+)]
+/// Create new datastore config.
+async fn create_datastore(mut param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
+
+    let output_format = extract_output_format(&mut param);
+
+    let mut client = connect_to_localhost()?;
+
+    let result = client.post(&"api2/json/config/datastore", Some(param)).await?;
+
+    view_task_result(&mut client, result, &output_format).await?;
+
+    Ok(Value::Null)
+}
+
 pub fn datastore_commands() -> CommandLineInterface {
 
     let cmd_def = CliCommandMap::new()
@@ -77,7 +157,7 @@ pub fn datastore_commands() -> CommandLineInterface {
                 .completion_cb("name", config::datastore::complete_datastore_name)
         )
         .insert("create",
-                CliCommand::new(&api2::config::datastore::API_METHOD_CREATE_DATASTORE)
+                CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_CREATE_DATASTORE)
                 .arg_param(&["name", "path"])
         )
         .insert("update",