diff --git a/cmd/zrok/main.go b/cmd/zrok/main.go
index 86fa6556..3d83c722 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/main.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"github.com/michaelquigley/pfxlog"
+	"github.com/openziti-test-kitchen/zrok/http"
 	"github.com/openziti-test-kitchen/zrok/proxy"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	pfxlog.GlobalInit(logrus.InfoLevel, pfxlog.DefaultOptions().SetTrimPrefix("github.com/openziti-test-kitchen/"))
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "enable verbose logging")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(httpCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(proxyCmd)
 }
 
@@ -37,6 +39,16 @@ var proxyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var httpCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "http <endpointAddress>",
+	Short: "Start an http endpoint",
+	Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if err := http.Run(&http.Config{EndpointAddress: args[0]}); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	},
+}
+
 func main() {
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/http/config.go b/http/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e0659c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package http
+
+type Config struct {
+	EndpointAddress string
+}
diff --git a/http/http.go b/http/http.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ce5883c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http/http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package http
+
+func Run(cfg *Config) error {
+	return nil
+}