diff --git a/src/tools.rs b/src/tools.rs
index ca7964b4..750364f8 100644
--- a/src/tools.rs
+++ b/src/tools.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ pub mod ticket;
 pub mod timer;
 pub mod tty;
 pub mod wrapped_reader_stream;
+
+mod std_channel_writer;
+pub use std_channel_writer::*;
+
 pub mod xattr;
 
 mod process_locker;
diff --git a/src/tools/std_channel_writer.rs b/src/tools/std_channel_writer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8208b72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/std_channel_writer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::sync::mpsc::SyncSender;
+
+use failure::*;
+
+/// Wrapper around SyncSender, which implements Write
+///
+/// Each write in translated into a send(Vec<u8>).
+pub struct StdChannelWriter(SyncSender<Result<Vec<u8>, Error>>);
+
+impl StdChannelWriter {
+    pub fn new(sender: SyncSender<Result<Vec<u8>, Error>>) -> Self {
+        Self(sender)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Write for StdChannelWriter {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize, std::io::Error> {
+        self.0
+            .send(Ok(buf.to_vec()))
+            .map_err(proxmox::sys::error::io_err_other)
+            .and(Ok(buf.len()))
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}