diff --git a/proxmox-async/src/stream.rs b/proxmox-async/src/stream/async_channel_writer.rs
similarity index 51%
rename from proxmox-async/src/stream.rs
rename to proxmox-async/src/stream/async_channel_writer.rs
index 88d42c7f..e8789672 100644
--- a/proxmox-async/src/stream.rs
+++ b/proxmox-async/src/stream/async_channel_writer.rs
@@ -1,140 +1,20 @@
 //! Wrappers between async readers and streams.
 
-use std::io::{self, Read};
+use std::io;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use anyhow::{Error, Result};
-use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncWrite};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 use futures::ready;
 use futures::future::FutureExt;
-use futures::stream::Stream;
 
 use proxmox::io_format_err;
 use proxmox::sys::error::io_err_other;
 use proxmox_io::ByteBuffer;
 
-use crate::runtime::block_in_place;
-
-/// Wrapper struct to convert a Reader into a Stream
-pub struct WrappedReaderStream<R: Read + Unpin> {
-    reader: R,
-    buffer: Vec<u8>,
-}
-
-impl <R: Read + Unpin> WrappedReaderStream<R> {
-
-    pub fn new(reader: R) -> Self {
-        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(64*1024);
-        unsafe { buffer.set_len(buffer.capacity()); }
-        Self { reader, buffer }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<R: Read + Unpin> Stream for WrappedReaderStream<R> {
-    type Item = Result<Vec<u8>, io::Error>;
-
-    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
-        let this = self.get_mut();
-        match block_in_place(|| this.reader.read(&mut this.buffer)) {
-            Ok(n) => {
-                if n == 0 {
-                    // EOF
-                    Poll::Ready(None)
-                } else {
-                    Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(this.buffer[..n].to_vec())))
-                }
-            }
-            Err(err) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err))),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Wrapper struct to convert an AsyncReader into a Stream
-pub struct AsyncReaderStream<R: AsyncRead + Unpin> {
-    reader: R,
-    buffer: Vec<u8>,
-}
-
-impl <R: AsyncRead + Unpin> AsyncReaderStream<R> {
-
-    pub fn new(reader: R) -> Self {
-        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(64*1024);
-        unsafe { buffer.set_len(buffer.capacity()); }
-        Self { reader, buffer }
-    }
-
-    pub fn with_buffer_size(reader: R, buffer_size: usize) -> Self {
-        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(buffer_size);
-        unsafe { buffer.set_len(buffer.capacity()); }
-        Self { reader, buffer }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<R: AsyncRead + Unpin> Stream for AsyncReaderStream<R> {
-    type Item = Result<Vec<u8>, io::Error>;
-
-    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
-        let this = self.get_mut();
-        let mut read_buf = ReadBuf::new(&mut this.buffer);
-        match ready!(Pin::new(&mut this.reader).poll_read(cx, &mut read_buf)) {
-            Ok(()) => {
-                let n = read_buf.filled().len();
-                if n == 0 {
-                    // EOF
-                    Poll::Ready(None)
-                } else {
-                    Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(this.buffer[..n].to_vec())))
-                }
-            }
-            Err(err) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err))),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-    use std::io;
-
-    use anyhow::Error;
-    use futures::stream::TryStreamExt;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_wrapped_stream_reader() -> Result<(), Error> {
-        crate::runtime::main(async {
-            run_wrapped_stream_reader_test().await
-        })
-    }
-
-    struct DummyReader(usize);
-
-    impl io::Read for DummyReader {
-        fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-            self.0 += 1;
-
-            if self.0 >= 10 {
-                return Ok(0);
-            }
-
-            unsafe {
-                std::ptr::write_bytes(buf.as_mut_ptr(), 0, buf.len());
-            }
-
-            Ok(buf.len())
-        }
-    }
-
-    async fn run_wrapped_stream_reader_test() -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let mut reader = super::WrappedReaderStream::new(DummyReader(0));
-        while let Some(_data) = reader.try_next().await? {
-            // just waiting
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 /// Wrapper around tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender, which implements Write
 pub struct AsyncChannelWriter {
     sender: Option<Sender<Result<Vec<u8>, Error>>>,
diff --git a/proxmox-async/src/stream/async_reader_stream.rs b/proxmox-async/src/stream/async_reader_stream.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f1b5a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-async/src/stream/async_reader_stream.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+//! Wrappers between async readers and streams.
+
+use std::io;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, ReadBuf};
+use futures::ready;
+use futures::stream::Stream;
+
+/// Wrapper struct to convert an AsyncReader into a Stream
+pub struct AsyncReaderStream<R: AsyncRead + Unpin> {
+    reader: R,
+    buffer: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl <R: AsyncRead + Unpin> AsyncReaderStream<R> {
+
+    pub fn new(reader: R) -> Self {
+        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(64*1024);
+        unsafe { buffer.set_len(buffer.capacity()); }
+        Self { reader, buffer }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_buffer_size(reader: R, buffer_size: usize) -> Self {
+        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(buffer_size);
+        unsafe { buffer.set_len(buffer.capacity()); }
+        Self { reader, buffer }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<R: AsyncRead + Unpin> Stream for AsyncReaderStream<R> {
+    type Item = Result<Vec<u8>, io::Error>;
+
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        let this = self.get_mut();
+        let mut read_buf = ReadBuf::new(&mut this.buffer);
+        match ready!(Pin::new(&mut this.reader).poll_read(cx, &mut read_buf)) {
+            Ok(()) => {
+                let n = read_buf.filled().len();
+                if n == 0 {
+                    // EOF
+                    Poll::Ready(None)
+                } else {
+                    Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(this.buffer[..n].to_vec())))
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err))),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proxmox-async/src/stream/mod.rs b/proxmox-async/src/stream/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad22e016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-async/src/stream/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//! Wrappers between async readers and streams.
+
+mod async_channel_writer;
+pub use async_channel_writer::AsyncChannelWriter;
+
+mod async_reader_stream;
+pub use async_reader_stream::AsyncReaderStream;
+
+mod wrapped_reader_stream;
+pub use wrapped_reader_stream::WrappedReaderStream;
diff --git a/proxmox-async/src/stream/wrapped_reader_stream.rs b/proxmox-async/src/stream/wrapped_reader_stream.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9603a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-async/src/stream/wrapped_reader_stream.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+use std::io::{self, Read};
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+use futures::stream::Stream;
+
+use crate::runtime::block_in_place;
+
+/// Wrapper struct to convert a Reader into a Stream
+pub struct WrappedReaderStream<R: Read + Unpin> {
+    reader: R,
+    buffer: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl <R: Read + Unpin> WrappedReaderStream<R> {
+
+    pub fn new(reader: R) -> Self {
+        let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(64*1024);
+        unsafe { buffer.set_len(buffer.capacity()); }
+        Self { reader, buffer }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<R: Read + Unpin> Stream for WrappedReaderStream<R> {
+    type Item = Result<Vec<u8>, io::Error>;
+
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        let this = self.get_mut();
+        match block_in_place(|| this.reader.read(&mut this.buffer)) {
+            Ok(n) => {
+                if n == 0 {
+                    // EOF
+                    Poll::Ready(None)
+                } else {
+                    Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(this.buffer[..n].to_vec())))
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err))),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use std::io;
+
+    use anyhow::Error;
+    use futures::stream::TryStreamExt;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_wrapped_stream_reader() -> Result<(), Error> {
+        crate::runtime::main(async {
+            run_wrapped_stream_reader_test().await
+        })
+    }
+
+    struct DummyReader(usize);
+
+    impl io::Read for DummyReader {
+        fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+            self.0 += 1;
+
+            if self.0 >= 10 {
+                return Ok(0);
+            }
+
+            unsafe {
+                std::ptr::write_bytes(buf.as_mut_ptr(), 0, buf.len());
+            }
+
+            Ok(buf.len())
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn run_wrapped_stream_reader_test() -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let mut reader = super::WrappedReaderStream::new(DummyReader(0));
+        while let Some(_data) = reader.try_next().await? {
+            // just waiting
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}