diff --git a/public_html/lists/.htaccess b/public_html/lists/.htaccess
index 053f40cd3..65dd1df0e 100644
--- a/public_html/lists/.htaccess
+++ b/public_html/lists/.htaccess
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 DirectoryIndex index.php
 
 <FilesMatch "\.(php|inc)$">
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
 	</IfModule>
 </FilesMatch>
 # app.php is the entrypoint for phpList4
-<FilesMatch "(index.php|dl.php|ut.php|lt.php|download.php|connector.php|app.php)$">
+<FilesMatch "(index.php|dl.php|ut.php|lt.php|download.php|connector.php|api.php)$">
 	# Apache < 2.3
 	<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
 		Order allow,deny
@@ -27,6 +26,13 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
 	</IfModule>
 </FilesMatch>
 
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+    Options -MultiViews
+    RewriteEngine On
+    RewriteRule api/v2/ api.php [L]
+</IfModule>
+
+
 # if you want more than this for attachments, you can increase these values
 # but you really, really should consider uploading them somewhere
 # and only sending a link in your mails
diff --git a/public_html/lists/api.php b/public_html/lists/api.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4176340a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public_html/lists/api.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+use PhpList\Core\Core\Bootstrap;
+
+if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7.0.0', '<')) {
+  die('API is not supported on this PHP version.');
+}
+require_once __DIR__ . '/base/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+Bootstrap::getInstance()
+    ->configure()
+    ->dispatch();