diff --git a/pkg/server/handler/apiserver.go b/pkg/server/handler/apiserver.go
index fef712f..aaf1a65 100644
--- a/pkg/server/handler/apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/server/handler/apiserver.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/rancher/apiserver/pkg/server"
+	apiserver "github.com/rancher/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	"github.com/rancher/apiserver/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/rancher/apiserver/pkg/urlbuilder"
 	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/accesscontrol"
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 )
 
-func New(cfg *rest.Config, sf schema.Factory, authMiddleware auth.Middleware, next http.Handler, routerFunc router.RouterFunc) (http.Handler, error) {
+func New(cfg *rest.Config, sf schema.Factory, authMiddleware auth.Middleware, next http.Handler,
+	routerFunc router.RouterFunc) (*apiserver.Server, http.Handler, error) {
 	var (
 		proxy http.Handler
 		err   error
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ func New(cfg *rest.Config, sf schema.Factory, authMiddleware auth.Middleware, ne
 	if authMiddleware == nil {
 		proxy, err = k8sproxy.Handler("/", cfg)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return a.server, nil, err
 		}
 		authMiddleware = auth.ToMiddleware(auth.AuthenticatorFunc(auth.AlwaysAdmin))
 	} else {
@@ -46,9 +48,9 @@ func New(cfg *rest.Config, sf schema.Factory, authMiddleware auth.Middleware, ne
 		APIRoot:     w(a.apiHandler(apiRoot)),
 	}
 	if routerFunc == nil {
-		return router.Routes(handlers), nil
+		return a.server, router.Routes(handlers), nil
 	}
-	return routerFunc(handlers), nil
+	return a.server, routerFunc(handlers), nil
 }
 
 type apiServer struct {
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 863d737..c209156 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 
+	apiserver "github.com/rancher/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	"github.com/rancher/apiserver/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/rancher/dynamiclistener/server"
 	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/accesscontrol"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	RESTConfig      *rest.Config
 	BaseSchemas     *types.APISchemas
 	AccessSetLookup accesscontrol.AccessSetLookup
+	APIServer       *apiserver.Server
 
 	authMiddleware      auth.Middleware
 	controllers         *Controllers
@@ -150,11 +152,12 @@ func setup(ctx context.Context, server *Server) error {
 		ccache,
 		sf)
 
-	handler, err := handler.New(server.RESTConfig, sf, server.authMiddleware, server.next, server.router)
+	apiServer, handler, err := handler.New(server.RESTConfig, sf, server.authMiddleware, server.next, server.router)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	server.APIServer = apiServer
 	server.Handler = handler
 	server.SchemaFactory = sf
 	return nil