diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa0fc1173..40b75124a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ members = [
     "pbs-tools",
 
     "proxmox-backup-banner",
+    "proxmox-backup-client",
     "pxar-bin",
 ]
 
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ pbs-api-types = { path = "pbs-api-types" }
 pbs-buildcfg = { path = "pbs-buildcfg" }
 pbs-client = { path = "pbs-client" }
 pbs-datastore = { path = "pbs-datastore" }
-pbs-fuse-loop = { path = "pbs-fuse-loop" }
 pbs-runtime = { path = "pbs-runtime" }
 pbs-systemd = { path = "pbs-systemd" }
 pbs-tools = { path = "pbs-tools" }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d6c1acf5e..b2a8e5b42 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ SUBCRATES := \
 	pbs-systemd \
 	pbs-tools \
 	proxmox-backup-banner \
+	proxmox-backup-client \
 	pxar-bin
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_MODE), release)
@@ -167,12 +168,13 @@ $(COMPILED_BINS) $(COMPILEDIR)/dump-catalog-shell-cli $(COMPILEDIR)/docgen: .do-
 	$(CARGO) build $(CARGO_BUILD_ARGS) \
 	    --package proxmox-backup-banner \
 	    --bin proxmox-backup-banner \
+	    --package proxmox-backup-client \
+	    --bin proxmox-backup-client \
 	    --package pxar-bin \
 	    --bin pxar \
 	    --package proxmox-backup \
 	    --bin dump-catalog-shell-cli \
 	    --bin pmt --bin pmtx \
-	    --bin proxmox-backup-client \
 	    --bin proxmox-daily-update \
 	    --bin proxmox-file-restore \
 	    --bin proxmox-restore-daemon \
diff --git a/proxmox-backup-client/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-backup-client/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6e138072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-backup-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+[package]
+name = "proxmox-backup-client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0"
+futures = "0.3"
+hyper = { version = "0.14", features = [ "full" ] }
+libc = "0.2"
+nix = "0.19.1"
+openssl = "0.10"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.6", features = [ "rt", "rt-multi-thread" ] }
+tokio-stream = "0.1.0"
+tokio-util = { version = "0.6", features = [ "codec", "io" ] }
+xdg = "2.2"
+zstd = { version = "0.6", features = [ "bindgen" ] }
+
+pathpatterns = "0.1.2"
+pxar = { version = "0.10.1", features = [ "tokio-io" ] }
+
+proxmox = { version = "0.13.0", features = [ "sortable-macro", "api-macro", "cli", "router" ] }
+
+pbs-api-types = { path = "../pbs-api-types" }
+pbs-buildcfg = { path = "../pbs-buildcfg" }
+pbs-client = { path = "../pbs-client" }
+pbs-datastore = { path = "../pbs-datastore" }
+pbs-fuse-loop = { path = "../pbs-fuse-loop" }
+pbs-runtime = { path = "../pbs-runtime" }
+pbs-systemd = { path = "../pbs-systemd" }
+pbs-tools = { path = "../pbs-tools" }
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/benchmark.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/benchmark.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/benchmark.rs
rename to proxmox-backup-client/src/benchmark.rs
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/catalog.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/catalog.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/catalog.rs
rename to proxmox-backup-client/src/catalog.rs
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/key.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/key.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/key.rs
rename to proxmox-backup-client/src/key.rs
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
rename to proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
index faf2c0a3c..d8dd04456 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
+++ b/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
@@ -76,8 +76,17 @@ use pbs_tools::sync::StdChannelWriter;
 use pbs_tools::tokio::TokioWriterAdapter;
 use pbs_tools::json;
 
-mod proxmox_backup_client;
-use proxmox_backup_client::*;
+mod benchmark;
+pub use benchmark::*;
+mod mount;
+pub use mount::*;
+mod task;
+pub use task::*;
+mod catalog;
+pub use catalog::*;
+mod snapshot;
+pub use snapshot::*;
+pub mod key;
 
 fn record_repository(repo: &BackupRepository) {
 
@@ -295,7 +304,7 @@ async fn list_backup_groups(param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
 
     let mut data: Value = result["data"].take();
 
-    let return_type = &proxmox_backup::api2::admin::datastore::API_METHOD_LIST_GROUPS.returns;
+    let return_type = &pbs_api_types::ADMIN_DATASTORE_LIST_GROUPS_RETURN_TYPE;
 
     format_and_print_result_full(&mut data, return_type, &output_format, &options);
 
@@ -1310,7 +1319,7 @@ async fn prune(
         .column(ColumnConfig::new("keep").renderer(render_prune_action).header("action"))
         ;
 
-    let return_type = &proxmox_backup::api2::admin::datastore::API_METHOD_PRUNE.returns;
+    let return_type = &pbs_api_types::ADMIN_DATASTORE_PRUNE_RETURN_TYPE;
 
     let mut data = result["data"].take();
 
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/mount.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/mount.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/mount.rs
rename to proxmox-backup-client/src/mount.rs
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/snapshot.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/snapshot.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/snapshot.rs
rename to proxmox-backup-client/src/snapshot.rs
index 631a3a537..b63e84a6c 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/snapshot.rs
+++ b/proxmox-backup-client/src/snapshot.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async fn list_snapshots(param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
         .column(ColumnConfig::new("files").renderer(render_files))
         ;
 
-    let return_type = &proxmox_backup::api2::admin::datastore::API_METHOD_LIST_SNAPSHOTS.returns;
+    let return_type = &pbs_api_types::ADMIN_DATASTORE_LIST_SNAPSHOTS_RETURN_TYPE;
 
     format_and_print_result_full(&mut data, return_type, &output_format, &options);
 
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ async fn list_snapshot_files(param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
 
     record_repository(&repo);
 
-    let return_type =
-        &proxmox_backup::api2::admin::datastore::API_METHOD_LIST_SNAPSHOT_FILES.returns;
+    let return_type = &pbs_api_types::ADMIN_DATASTORE_LIST_SNAPSHOT_FILES_RETURN_TYPE;
 
     let mut data: Value = result["data"].take();
 
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/task.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/task.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/task.rs
rename to proxmox-backup-client/src/task.rs
index 121f084b4..92d0d69f2 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/task.rs
+++ b/proxmox-backup-client/src/task.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ async fn task_list(param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
     let mut result = client.get("api2/json/nodes/localhost/tasks", Some(args)).await?;
     let mut data = result["data"].take();
 
-    let return_type = &proxmox_backup::api2::node::tasks::API_METHOD_LIST_TASKS.returns;
+    let return_type = &pbs_api_types::NODE_TASKS_LIST_TASKS_RETURN_TYPE;
 
     use pbs_tools::format::{render_epoch, render_task_status};
     let options = default_table_format_options()
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/mod.rs b/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d272dc8f6..000000000
--- a/src/bin/proxmox_backup_client/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-mod benchmark;
-pub use benchmark::*;
-mod mount;
-pub use mount::*;
-mod task;
-pub use task::*;
-mod catalog;
-pub use catalog::*;
-mod snapshot;
-pub use snapshot::*;
-
-pub mod key;
-