diff --git a/etc/rally/rally.conf.sample b/etc/rally/rally.conf.sample
index b8ac480d..763fe28a 100644
--- a/etc/rally/rally.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/rally/rally.conf.sample
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@
 # Path to CA server cetrificate for SSL (string value)
 #https_cacert=
 
+[api]
+
+#
+# Options defined in rally.api
+#
+
+# The port for the Rally API server (integer value)
+#port=8877
+
+# The listen IP for the Rally API server (string value)
+#host=0.0.0.0
+
+
 [database]
 
 #
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d507d66e..4e84a190 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ netaddr>=0.7.6
 oslo.config>=1.2.0
 paramiko>=1.9.0
 pbr>=0.6,<1.0
-Mako>=0.4.0
+pecan>=0.4.5
 PrettyTable>=0.7,<0.8
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
 python-glanceclient>=0.9.0
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.6
 requests>=1.1
 SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,<=0.8.99
 six>=1.5.2
+WSME>=0.6
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4f9b9352..9388a433 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ packages =
 [entry_points]
 console_scripts =
     rally = rally.cmd.main:main
+    rally-api = rally.cmd.api:main
     rally-manage = rally.cmd.manage:main
     openstack-rally = rally.cmd.main:deprecated
     openstack-rally-manage = rally.cmd.manage:deprecated
 
-
 [global]
 setup-hooks =
     pbr.hooks.setup_hook