diff --git a/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs b/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
index 1a50634e..1c0b0a8a 100644
--- a/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
+++ b/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ fn get_backup_list(
             "backup_type": info.backup_type,
             "backup_id": info.backup_id,
             "backup_time": info.backup_time.timestamp(),
+            "files": info.files,
         }));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/backup/datastore.rs b/src/backup/datastore.rs
index eee71657..d52397fd 100644
--- a/src/backup/datastore.rs
+++ b/src/backup/datastore.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ pub struct BackupInfo {
     pub backup_id: String,
     /// Backup timestamp
     pub backup_time: DateTime<Utc>,
+    /// List of data files
+    pub files: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 lazy_static!{
@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ impl DataStore {
         let mut list = vec![];
 
         lazy_static! {
+            static ref BACKUP_FILE_REGEX: regex::Regex = regex::Regex::new(r"^.*\.([fd]idx)$").unwrap();
             static ref BACKUP_TYPE_REGEX: regex::Regex = regex::Regex::new(r"^(host|vm|ct)$").unwrap();
             static ref BACKUP_ID_REGEX: regex::Regex = regex::Regex::new(r"^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_-]+$").unwrap();
             static ref BACKUP_DATE_REGEX: regex::Regex = regex::Regex::new(
@@ -182,15 +185,24 @@ impl DataStore {
             if file_type != nix::dir::Type::Directory { return Ok(()); }
             tools::scandir(l0_fd, backup_type, &BACKUP_ID_REGEX, |l1_fd, backup_id, file_type| {
                 if file_type != nix::dir::Type::Directory { return Ok(()); }
-                tools::scandir(l1_fd, backup_id, &BACKUP_DATE_REGEX, |_, backup_time, file_type| {
+                tools::scandir(l1_fd, backup_id, &BACKUP_DATE_REGEX, |l2_fd, backup_time, file_type| {
                     if file_type != nix::dir::Type::Directory { return Ok(()); }
 
                     let dt = Utc.datetime_from_str(backup_time, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")?;
 
+                    let mut files = vec![];
+
+                    tools::scandir(l2_fd, backup_time, &BACKUP_FILE_REGEX, |_, filename, file_type| {
+                        if file_type != nix::dir::Type::File { return Ok(()); }
+                        files.push(filename.to_owned());
+                        Ok(())
+                    })?;
+
                     list.push(BackupInfo {
                         backup_type: backup_type.to_owned(),
                         backup_id: backup_id.to_owned(),
                         backup_time: dt,
+                        files,
                     });
 
                     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
index 32bb42a4..4eccbc63 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ extern crate proxmox_backup;
 
 use failure::*;
 //use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+use chrono::{Local, TimeZone};
 
 use proxmox_backup::tools;
 use proxmox_backup::cli::command::*;
@@ -92,7 +93,27 @@ fn list_backups(
 
     let result = client.get(&path)?;
 
-    Ok(result)
+    // fixme: implement and use output formatter instead ..
+    let list = result["data"].as_array().unwrap();
+
+    for item in list {
+
+        let id = item["backup_id"].as_str(). unwrap();
+        let btype = item["backup_type"].as_str(). unwrap();
+        let epoch = item["backup_time"].as_i64(). unwrap();
+
+        let time_str = Local.timestamp(epoch, 0).format("%c");
+
+        let files = item["files"].as_array().unwrap();
+
+        for file in files {
+            let filename = file.as_str().unwrap();
+            println!("| {} | {} | {} | {}", btype, id, time_str, filename);
+        }
+    }
+
+    //Ok(result)
+    Ok(Value::Null)
 }