diff --git a/sabnzbd/api.py b/sabnzbd/api.py
index 0c9e6e5..61ef4cd 100644
--- a/sabnzbd/api.py
+++ b/sabnzbd/api.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from sabnzbd.skintext import SKIN_TEXT
 
 from sabnzbd.utils.rsslib import RSS, Item
 from sabnzbd.utils.json import JsonWriter
+from sabnzbd.utils.pathbrowser import folders_at_path
 from sabnzbd.misc import loadavg, to_units, diskfree, disktotal, get_ext, \
                          get_filename, int_conv, globber, time_format
 from sabnzbd.encoding import xml_name, unicoder, special_fixer, platform_encode
@@ -597,6 +598,19 @@ def _api_undefined(name, output, kwargs):
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _api_browse(name, output, kwargs):
+    """ Return tree of local path """
+    compact = kwargs.get('compact')
+    if compact and compact == '1':
+        limit = int_conv(kwargs.get('limit', 30))
+        paths = [entry['path'] for entry in folders_at_path(os.path.dirname(name)) if 'path' in entry]
+        paths = '\n'.join(paths[0:limit])
+    else:
+        paths = folders_at_path(name, True)
+    return report(output, keyword='paths', data=paths)
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def _api_config(name, output, kwargs):
     """ API: Dispather for "config" """
     return _api_config_table.get(name, _api_config_undefined)(output, kwargs)
@@ -710,7 +724,8 @@ _api_table = {
     'rescan'          : _api_rescan,
     'eval_sort'       : _api_eval_sort,
     'watched_now'     : _api_watched_now,
-    'rss_now'         : _api_rss_now
+    'rss_now'         : _api_rss_now,
+    'browse'          : _api_browse
 }
 
 _api_queue_table = {
diff --git a/sabnzbd/utils/pathbrowser.py b/sabnzbd/utils/pathbrowser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3039d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sabnzbd/utils/pathbrowser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file is an excerpt from Sick Beard's browser.py
+# Modified and improved to fit SABnzbd.
+#
+# Author: Nic Wolfe <nic@wolfeden.ca>
+# URL: http://code.google.com/p/sickbeard/
+#
+# Sick Beard is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Sick Beard is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Sick Beard. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+
+# this is for the drive letter code, it only works on windows
+if os.name == 'nt':
+    from ctypes import windll
+
+# adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/827371/is-there-a-way-to-list-all-the-available-drive-letters-in-python/827490
+def get_win_drives():
+    """ Return list of detected drives """
+    assert os.name == 'nt'
+    drives = []
+    bitmask = windll.kernel32.GetLogicalDrives() #@UndefinedVariable
+    for letter in 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ':
+        if bitmask & 1:
+            drives.append(letter)
+        bitmask >>= 1
+    return drives
+
+def folders_at_path(path, include_parent = False):
+    """ Returns a list of dictionaries with the folders contained at the given path
+        Give the empty string as the path to list the contents of the root path
+        under Unix this means "/", on Windows this will be a list of drive letters)
+        from sabnzbd.encoding import unicoder
+        assert os.path.isabs(path) or path == ""
+    """
+    from sabnzbd.encoding import unicoder
+
+    # walk up the tree until we find a valid path
+    while path and not os.path.isdir(path):
+        if path == os.path.dirname(path):
+            path = ''
+            break
+        else:
+            path = os.path.dirname(path)
+
+    if path == "":
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            entries = [{'name': letter + ':\\', 'path': letter + ':\\'} for letter in get_win_drives()]
+            entries.insert(0, {'current_path': 'Root'})
+            return entries
+        else:
+            path = '/'
+
+    # fix up the path and find the parent
+    path = os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(path))
+    parent_path = os.path.dirname(path)
+
+    # if we're at the root then the next step is the meta-node showing our drive letters
+    if path == parent_path and os.name == 'nt':
+        parent_path = ""
+
+    file_list = [{ 'name': unicoder(filename), 'path': unicoder(os.path.join(path, filename)) } for filename in os.listdir(path)]
+    file_list = filter(lambda entry: os.path.isdir(entry['path']), file_list)
+    file_list = sorted(file_list, lambda x, y: cmp(os.path.basename(x['name']).lower(), os.path.basename(y['path']).lower()))
+
+    file_list.insert(0, {'current_path': path})
+    if include_parent and parent_path != path:
+        file_list.append({ 'name': "..", 'path': parent_path })
+
+    return file_list
+