diff --git a/src/api3/admin/datastore.rs b/src/api3/admin/datastore.rs
index 5dc2d256..959eac3e 100644
--- a/src/api3/admin/datastore.rs
+++ b/src/api3/admin/datastore.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,32 @@ fn start_garbage_collection(param: Value, _info: &ApiMethod) -> Result<Value, Er
     Ok(json!(null))
 }
 
+pub fn api_method_start_garbage_collection() -> ApiMethod {
+    ApiMethod::new(
+        start_garbage_collection,
+        ObjectSchema::new("Start garbage collection.")
+            .required("name", StringSchema::new("Datastore name."))
+    )
+}
+
+fn garbage_collection_status(param: Value, _info: &ApiMethod) -> Result<Value, Error> {
+
+    let name = param["name"].as_str().unwrap();
+
+    println!("Garbage collection status on store {}", name);
+
+    Ok(json!(null))
+
+}
+
+pub fn api_method_garbage_collection_status() -> ApiMethod {
+    ApiMethod::new(
+        garbage_collection_status,
+        ObjectSchema::new("Garbage collection status.")
+            .required("name", StringSchema::new("Datastore name."))
+    )
+}
+
 fn get_datastore_list(_param: Value, _info: &ApiMethod) -> Result<Value, Error> {
 
     let config = datastore::config()?;
@@ -29,6 +55,7 @@ fn get_datastore_list(_param: Value, _info: &ApiMethod) -> Result<Value, Error>
     Ok(config.convert_to_array("name"))
 }
 
+
 pub fn router() -> Router {
 
     let datastore_info = Router::new()
@@ -43,12 +70,8 @@ pub fn router() -> Router {
         .subdir(
             "gc",
             Router::new()
-                .post(ApiMethod::new(
-                    start_garbage_collection,
-                    ObjectSchema::new("Start garbage collection.")
-                        .required("name", StringSchema::new("Datastore name."))
-                )
-                ));
+                .get(api_method_garbage_collection_status())
+                .post(api_method_start_garbage_collection()));
                
 
 
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
index 2b54b6e8..eef4bf57 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,33 @@ fn datastore_commands() -> CommandLineInterface {
     cmd_def.into()
 }
 
+
+
+fn garbage_collection_commands() -> CommandLineInterface {
+
+    use proxmox_backup::config;
+    use proxmox_backup::api3;
+
+    let cmd_def = CliCommandMap::new()
+        .insert("status",
+                CliCommand::new(api3::admin::datastore::api_method_garbage_collection_status())
+                .arg_param(vec!["name"])
+                .completion_cb("name", config::datastore::complete_datastore_name)
+                .into())
+        .insert("start",
+                CliCommand::new(api3::admin::datastore::api_method_start_garbage_collection())
+                .arg_param(vec!["name"])
+                .completion_cb("name", config::datastore::complete_datastore_name)
+                .into());
+
+    cmd_def.into()
+}
+
 fn main() {
 
     let cmd_def = CliCommandMap::new()
-        .insert("datastore".to_owned(), datastore_commands());
+        .insert("datastore".to_owned(), datastore_commands())
+        .insert("garbage-collection".to_owned(), garbage_collection_commands());
 
     if let Err(err) = run_cli_command(&cmd_def.into()) {
         eprintln!("Error: {}", err);