diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c2272d9e..9208737d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 members = [
     "proxmox",
     "proxmox-api-macro",
+    "proxmox-borrow",
     "proxmox-http",
     "proxmox-sortable-macro",
     "proxmox-tfa",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0339c779..caf25dc8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 CRATES = \
 	 proxmox \
 	 proxmox-api-macro \
+	 proxmox-borrow \
 	 proxmox-http \
 	 proxmox-sortable-macro \
 	 proxmox-tfa \
diff --git a/proxmox-borrow/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-borrow/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe412c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-borrow/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "proxmox-borrow"
+version = "1.0.0"
+authors = ["Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+license = "AGPL-3"
+description = "contains the Tied type to tie a value with a lifetime to the value it borrows from"
+
+exclude = [ "debian" ]
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/proxmox-borrow/debian/changelog b/proxmox-borrow/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91121f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-borrow/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+rust-proxmox-borrow (1.0.0-1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * initial split out of `librust-proxmox-dev`
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:38:53 +0200
diff --git a/proxmox-borrow/debian/control b/proxmox-borrow/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9a46c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-borrow/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Source: rust-proxmox-borrow
+Section: rust
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
+ dh-cargo (>= 24),
+ cargo:native <!nocheck>,
+ rustc:native <!nocheck>,
+ libstd-rust-dev <!nocheck>
+Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
+Vcs-Git: git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox.git
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+
+# FIXME (packages."(name)".section) debcargo auto-generated summaries are very long, consider overriding
+
+Package: librust-proxmox-borrow-dev
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Depends:
+ ${misc:Depends}
+Provides:
+ librust-proxmox-borrow+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-borrow-1-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-borrow-1+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-borrow-1.0-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-borrow-1.0+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-borrow-1.0.0-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-borrow-1.0.0+default-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+Description: Contains the Tied type to tie a value with a lifetime to the value it borrows from - Rust source code
+ This package contains the source for the Rust proxmox-borrow crate, packaged by
+ debcargo for use with cargo and dh-cargo.
diff --git a/proxmox-borrow/debian/copyright b/proxmox-borrow/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5661ef60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-borrow/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Copyright (C) 2021 Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
+
+This software is written by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH <support@proxmox.com>
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/proxmox-borrow/debian/debcargo.toml b/proxmox-borrow/debian/debcargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7864cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-borrow/debian/debcargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+overlay = "."
+crate_src_path = ".."
+maintainer = "Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>"
+
+[source]
+vcs_git = "git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox.git"
+vcs_browser = "https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox.git"
diff --git a/proxmox/src/tools/borrow.rs b/proxmox-borrow/src/lib.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from proxmox/src/tools/borrow.rs
rename to proxmox-borrow/src/lib.rs
index 3ea4d6c2..2db78741 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/tools/borrow.rs
+++ b/proxmox-borrow/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use std::mem::ManuallyDrop;
 /// //}
 ///
 /// // Instead we use:
-/// use proxmox::tools::borrow::Tied;
+/// use proxmox_borrow::Tied;
 /// struct Usage {
 ///     tied: Tied<Owner, Borrow<'static>>,
 /// }
diff --git a/proxmox/src/tools/mod.rs b/proxmox/src/tools/mod.rs
index 56672ce9..c7aa2c09 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/tools/mod.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/tools/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use anyhow::*;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 pub mod as_any;
-pub mod borrow;
 pub mod byte_buffer;
 pub mod common_regex;
 pub mod constnamedbitmap;