diff --git a/api/api.hh b/api/api.hh
index acba848e72..437139be08 100644
--- a/api/api.hh
+++ b/api/api.hh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "http/httpd.hh"
 #include "database.hh"
+#include "service/storage_proxy.hh"
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp>
@@ -17,7 +18,9 @@ struct http_context {
     sstring api_dir;
     http_server_control http_server;
     distributed<database>& db;
-    http_context(distributed<database>& _db) : db(_db) {}
+    distributed<service::storage_proxy>& sp;
+    http_context(distributed<database>& _db, distributed<service::storage_proxy>&
+            _sp) : db(_db), sp(_sp) {}
 };
 
 future<> set_server(http_context& ctx);
diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index 631c42f9ab..e4db93b47c 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int main(int ac, char** av) {
     distributed<database> db;
     distributed<cql3::query_processor> qp;
     distributed<service::storage_proxy> proxy;
-    api::http_context ctx(db);
+    api::http_context ctx(db, proxy);
 
     return app.run(ac, av, [&] {
         auto&& opts = app.configuration();