5 files changed, 76 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/info.go b/cmd/podman/system/info.go
index aa0a66ffc..8e014a91b 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/info.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/info.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package system
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"text/template"
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/service.go b/cmd/podman/system/service.go
index e09107b53..f4b91dd78 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/service.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/service.go
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ func service(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	logrus.Warn("This function is EXPERIMENTAL")
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "This function is EXPERIMENTAL.\n")
-	return registry.ContainerEngine().RestService(registry.GetContext(), opts)
+
+	return restService(opts, cmd.Flags(), registry.PodmanConfig())
 }
 
 func resolveApiURI(_url []string) (string, error) {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3da6ccfc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// +build ABISupport
+
+package system
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"strings"
+
+	api "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/api/server"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/infra"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+func restService(opts entities.ServiceOptions, flags *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *entities.PodmanConfig) error {
+	var (
+		listener *net.Listener
+		err      error
+	)
+
+	if opts.URI != "" {
+		fields := strings.Split(opts.URI, ":")
+		if len(fields) == 1 {
+			return errors.Errorf("%s is an invalid socket destination", opts.URI)
+		}
+		address := strings.Join(fields[1:], ":")
+		l, err := net.Listen(fields[0], address)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to create socket %s", opts.URI)
+		}
+		listener = &l
+	}
+
+	rt, err := infra.GetRuntime(context.Background(), flags, cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	server, err := api.NewServerWithSettings(rt, opts.Timeout, listener)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := server.Shutdown(); err != nil {
+			logrus.Warnf("Error when stopping API service: %s", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	err = server.Serve()
+	if listener != nil {
+		_ = (*listener).Close()
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/service_unsupported.go b/cmd/podman/system/service_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95f8189f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/service_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// +build !ABISupport
+
+package system
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+func restService(opts entities.ServiceOptions, flags *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *entities.PodmanConfig) error {
+	return errors.New("not supported")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/system.go b/cmd/podman/system/system.go
index 6d8c9ebc5..2d55e8c13 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/system.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/system.go
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	// Pull in configured json library
+	json = registry.JsonLibrary()
+
 	// Command: podman _system_
 	systemCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:              "system",