diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a056242..6d91237b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $(NETCHECK_EXE): common/*.go common/*/*.go net/*.go
 	go build $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o $@ ./$(@D)
 	$(NETGO_CHECK)
 
-$(WEAVER_EXE): router/*.go ipam/*.go ipam/*/*.go nameserver/*.go prog/weaver/main.go
+$(WEAVER_EXE): router/*.go ipam/*.go ipam/*/*.go nameserver/*.go prog/weaver/*.go
 $(WEAVEPROXY_EXE): proxy/*.go prog/weaveproxy/main.go
 $(NETCHECK_EXE): prog/netcheck/netcheck.go
 
diff --git a/prog/weaver/http.go b/prog/weaver/http.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e26a27c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prog/weaver/http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/weave/ipam"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/weave/nameserver"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/weave/net/address"
+	weave "github.com/weaveworks/weave/router"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func HandleHTTP(muxRouter *mux.Router,
+	router *weave.Router,
+	allocator *ipam.Allocator,
+	defaultSubnet address.CIDR,
+	ns *nameserver.Nameserver,
+	dnsserver *nameserver.DNSServer) {
+
+	muxRouter.Methods("GET").Path("/status").Headers("Accept", "application/json").HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			json, _ := router.StatusJSON(version)
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			w.Write(json)
+		})
+
+	muxRouter.Methods("GET").Path("/status").HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "weave router", version)
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, router.Status())
+			if allocator != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, allocator.String())
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, "Allocator default subnet:", defaultSubnet)
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
+			if dnsserver == nil {
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, "WeaveDNS is disabled")
+			} else {
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, dnsserver.String())
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, ns.String())
+			}
+		})
+
+}
diff --git a/prog/weaver/main.go b/prog/weaver/main.go
index 1ddf7b2c..d04cb017 100644
--- a/prog/weaver/main.go
+++ b/prog/weaver/main.go
@@ -317,27 +317,7 @@ func handleHTTP(router *weave.Router, httpAddr string, allocator *ipam.Allocator
 
 	router.HandleHTTP(muxRouter)
 
-	muxRouter.Methods("GET").Path("/status").Headers("Accept", "application/json").HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		json, _ := router.StatusJSON(version)
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.Write(json)
-	})
-
-	muxRouter.Methods("GET").Path("/status").HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		fmt.Fprintln(w, "weave router", version)
-		fmt.Fprintln(w, router.Status())
-		if allocator != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintln(w, allocator.String())
-			fmt.Fprintln(w, "Allocator default subnet:", defaultSubnet)
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
-		if dnsserver == nil {
-			fmt.Fprintln(w, "WeaveDNS is disabled")
-		} else {
-			fmt.Fprintln(w, dnsserver.String())
-			fmt.Fprintln(w, ns.String())
-		}
-	})
+	HandleHTTP(muxRouter, router, allocator, defaultSubnet, ns, dnsserver)
 
 	http.Handle("/", muxRouter)