diff --git a/proxmox-async/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-async/Cargo.toml
index 1c9a9744..ba5a2fff 100644
--- a/proxmox-async/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-async/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 pin-utils = "0.1.0"
-tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
diff --git a/proxmox-async/debian/changelog b/proxmox-async/debian/changelog
index 6e3fb013..16635a40 100644
--- a/proxmox-async/debian/changelog
+++ b/proxmox-async/debian/changelog
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 rust-proxmox-async (0.1.0) stable; urgency=medium
- 
+
+  * imported pbs-tools/src/broadcast_future.rs
+
   * imported pbs-tools/src/blocking.rs
 
   * imported pbs-runtime/src/lib.rs to runtime.rs
-  
+
   * initial release
 
  -- root <root@elsa>  Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:43:44 +0100
-
diff --git a/proxmox-async/src/broadcast_future.rs b/proxmox-async/src/broadcast_future.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bfd83b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-async/src/broadcast_future.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+use anyhow::{format_err, Error};
+use futures::future::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+
+/// Broadcast results to registered listeners using asnyc oneshot channels
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct BroadcastData<T> {
+    result: Option<Result<T, String>>,
+    listeners: Vec<oneshot::Sender<Result<T, Error>>>,
+}
+
+impl <T: Clone> BroadcastData<T> {
+
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            result: None,
+            listeners: vec![],
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn notify_listeners(&mut self, result: Result<T, String>) {
+
+        self.result = Some(result.clone());
+
+        loop {
+            match self.listeners.pop() {
+                None => { break; },
+                Some(ch) => {
+                    match &result {
+                        Ok(result) => { let _ = ch.send(Ok(result.clone())); },
+                        Err(err) => { let _ = ch.send(Err(format_err!("{}", err))); },
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn listen(&mut self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<T, Error>> {
+        use futures::future::{ok, Either};
+
+        match &self.result {
+            None => {},
+            Some(Ok(result)) => return Either::Left(ok(result.clone())),
+            Some(Err(err)) => return Either::Left(futures::future::err(format_err!("{}", err))),
+        }
+
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<Result<T, Error>>();
+
+        self.listeners.push(tx);
+
+        Either::Right(rx
+            .map(|res| match res {
+                Ok(Ok(t)) => Ok(t),
+                Ok(Err(e)) => Err(e),
+                Err(e) => Err(Error::from(e)),
+            })
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+type SourceFuture<T> = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<T, Error>> + Send>>;
+
+struct BroadCastFutureBinding<T> {
+    broadcast: BroadcastData<T>,
+    future: Option<SourceFuture<T>>,
+}
+
+/// Broadcast future results to registered listeners
+pub struct BroadcastFuture<T> {
+    inner: Arc<Mutex<BroadCastFutureBinding<T>>>,
+}
+
+impl<T: Clone + Send + 'static> BroadcastFuture<T> {
+    /// Create instance for specified source future.
+    ///
+    /// The result of the future is sent to all registered listeners.
+    pub fn new(source: Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<T, Error>> + Send>) -> Self {
+        let inner = BroadCastFutureBinding {
+            broadcast: BroadcastData::new(),
+            future: Some(Pin::from(source)),
+        };
+        Self { inner: Arc::new(Mutex::new(inner)) }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new instance with a oneshot channel as trigger
+    pub fn new_oneshot() -> (Self, oneshot::Sender<Result<T, Error>>) {
+
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<Result<T, Error>>();
+        let rx = rx
+            .map_err(Error::from)
+            .and_then(futures::future::ready);
+
+        (Self::new(Box::new(rx)), tx)
+    }
+
+    fn notify_listeners(
+        inner: Arc<Mutex<BroadCastFutureBinding<T>>>,
+        result: Result<T, String>,
+    ) {
+        let mut data = inner.lock().unwrap();
+        data.broadcast.notify_listeners(result);
+    }
+
+    fn spawn(inner: Arc<Mutex<BroadCastFutureBinding<T>>>) -> impl Future<Output = Result<T, Error>> {
+        let mut data = inner.lock().unwrap();
+
+        if let Some(source) = data.future.take() {
+
+            let inner1 = inner.clone();
+
+            let task = source.map(move |value| {
+                match value {
+                    Ok(value) => Self::notify_listeners(inner1, Ok(value)),
+                    Err(err) => Self::notify_listeners(inner1, Err(err.to_string())),
+                }
+            });
+            tokio::spawn(task);
+        }
+
+        data.broadcast.listen()
+    }
+
+    /// Register a listener
+    pub fn listen(&self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<T, Error>> {
+        let inner2 = self.inner.clone();
+        async move { Self::spawn(inner2).await }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_broadcast_future() {
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
+    static CHECKSUM: AtomicUsize  = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
+    let (sender, trigger) = BroadcastFuture::new_oneshot();
+
+    let receiver1 = sender.listen()
+        .map_ok(|res| {
+            CHECKSUM.fetch_add(res, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        })
+        .map_err(|err| { panic!("got error {}", err); })
+        .map(|_| ());
+
+    let receiver2 = sender.listen()
+        .map_ok(|res| {
+            CHECKSUM.fetch_add(res*2, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        })
+        .map_err(|err| { panic!("got error {}", err); })
+        .map(|_| ());
+
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+    rt.block_on(async move {
+        let r1 = tokio::spawn(receiver1);
+        let r2 = tokio::spawn(receiver2);
+
+        trigger.send(Ok(1)).unwrap();
+        let _ = r1.await;
+        let _ = r2.await;
+    });
+
+    let result = CHECKSUM.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+
+    assert_eq!(result, 3);
+
+    // the result stays available until the BroadcastFuture is dropped
+    rt.block_on(sender.listen()
+        .map_ok(|res| {
+            CHECKSUM.fetch_add(res*4, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        })
+        .map_err(|err| { panic!("got error {}", err); })
+        .map(|_| ()));
+
+    let result = CHECKSUM.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+    assert_eq!(result, 7);
+}
diff --git a/proxmox-async/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-async/src/lib.rs
index 340711cd..7f7dd83a 100644
--- a/proxmox-async/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-async/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod blocking;
+pub mod broadcast_future;
 pub mod runtime;