diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a435aeb7d0..22fde5d2d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1256,8 +1256,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "nix 0.26.2",
  "once_cell",
- "pageserver",
  "pageserver_api",
+ "pageserver_client",
  "postgres",
  "postgres_backend",
  "postgres_connection",
@@ -3177,6 +3177,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "workspace_hack",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pageserver_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "pageserver_api",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+ "utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.1.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 496a9d7839..b44544d626 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ members = [
     "control_plane",
     "pageserver",
     "pageserver/ctl",
+    "pageserver/client",
     "proxy",
     "safekeeper",
     "storage_broker",
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ compute_api = { version = "0.1", path = "./libs/compute_api/" }
 consumption_metrics = { version = "0.1", path = "./libs/consumption_metrics/" }
 metrics = { version = "0.1", path = "./libs/metrics/" }
 pageserver_api = { version = "0.1", path = "./libs/pageserver_api/" }
+pageserver_client = { path = "./pageserver/client" }
 postgres_backend = { version = "0.1", path = "./libs/postgres_backend/" }
 postgres_connection = { version = "0.1", path = "./libs/postgres_connection/" }
 postgres_ffi = { version = "0.1", path = "./libs/postgres_ffi/" }
diff --git a/control_plane/Cargo.toml b/control_plane/Cargo.toml
index face604241..898ad05add 100644
--- a/control_plane/Cargo.toml
+++ b/control_plane/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ tokio.workspace = true
 tokio-postgres.workspace = true
 tokio-util.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
-pageserver = { path = "../pageserver" }
 pageserver_api.workspace = true
+pageserver_client.workspace = true
 postgres_backend.workspace = true
 safekeeper_api.workspace = true
 postgres_connection.workspace = true
diff --git a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
index a0256c1e52..7d490016bf 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
 use futures::SinkExt;
-use pageserver::client::mgmt_api;
 use pageserver_api::models::{self, LocationConfig, TenantInfo, TimelineInfo};
 use pageserver_api::shard::TenantShardId;
+use pageserver_client::mgmt_api;
 use postgres_backend::AuthType;
 use postgres_connection::{parse_host_port, PgConnectionConfig};
 use utils::auth::{Claims, Scope};
diff --git a/pageserver/client/Cargo.toml b/pageserver/client/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..166dcb7b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pageserver/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "pageserver_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+pageserver_api.workspace = true
+thiserror.workspace = true
+async-trait.workspace = true
+reqwest.workspace = true
+utils.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/pageserver/src/client.rs b/pageserver/client/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from pageserver/src/client.rs
rename to pageserver/client/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/pageserver/src/client/mgmt_api.rs b/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from pageserver/src/client/mgmt_api.rs
rename to pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api.rs
index 8e50741029..7fb858b2f4 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/client/mgmt_api.rs
+++ b/pageserver/client/src/mgmt_api.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-use hyper::{header::AUTHORIZATION, http::method::Method};
 use pageserver_api::models::*;
-use reqwest::IntoUrl;
+use reqwest::{IntoUrl, Method};
 use utils::{
     http::error::HttpErrorBody,
     id::{TenantId, TimelineId},
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ impl Client {
     ) -> Result<reqwest::Response> {
         let req = self.client.request(method, uri);
         let req = if let Some(value) = &self.authorization_header {
-            req.header(AUTHORIZATION, value)
+            req.header(reqwest::header::AUTHORIZATION, value)
         } else {
             req
         };
diff --git a/pageserver/src/lib.rs b/pageserver/src/lib.rs
index 42f7afb865..797cb6f944 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ pub mod walingest;
 pub mod walrecord;
 pub mod walredo;
 
-pub mod client;
 pub mod failpoint_support;
 
 use crate::task_mgr::TaskKind;