diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 366818be89..36dddc6303 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 RewriteEngine    On
 
+#REST api
+RewriteRule ^(.*)/api/(.*)$                                                     $1/api/index.php?rewrite_uri=$2 [QSA]
+
 # $mac or $mac.cfg/xml
 RewriteRule     ^.*([A-Fa-f0-9]{12})(?:\.xml|\.cfg)?$                           app/provision/index.php?mac=$1 [QSA]