diff --git a/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm b/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
index 9a5a952..fd7ac5f 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
@@ -417,8 +417,10 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
                raise_param_exc({ filename => "missing '.tar.gz' or '.tar.xz' extension" });
            }
            $path = PVE::Storage::get_vztmpl_dir($cfg, $param->{storage});
-       } else {
-           raise_param_exc({ content => "upload content type '$content' not allowed" });
+       } elsif ($content eq 'snippets') {
+           $path = PVE::Storage::get_snippet_dir($cfg, $param->{storage});
+  } else {
+      raise_param_exc({ content => "upload content type '$content' not allowed" });
        }
 
        die "storage '$param->{storage}' does not support '$content' content\n"
diff --git a/PVE/Storage.pm b/PVE/Storage.pm
index eb5e86f..bc0981b 100755
--- a/PVE/Storage.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage.pm
@@ -340,6 +340,15 @@ sub get_iso_dir {
     return $plugin->get_subdir($scfg, 'iso');
 }
 
+sub get_snippet_dir {
+    my ($cfg, $storeid) = @_;
+
+    my $scfg = storage_config($cfg, $storeid);
+    my $plugin = PVE::Storage::Plugin->lookup($scfg->{type});
+
+    return $plugin->get_subdir($scfg, 'snippets');
+}
+
 sub get_vztmpl_dir {
     my ($cfg, $storeid) = @_;