diff --git a/barbican/api/app.py b/barbican/api/app.py
index 4a9dfac61..0448c6abe 100644
--- a/barbican/api/app.py
+++ b/barbican/api/app.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ API application handler for Barbican
 """
 import os
 
+from paste import deploy
 import pecan
 
 try:
@@ -101,3 +102,9 @@ def create_main_app(global_config, **local_conf):
 def create_version_app(global_config, **local_conf):
     wsgi_app = pecan.make_app(versions.VersionsController())
     return wsgi_app
+
+
+def get_api_wsgi_script():
+    conf = '/etc/barbican/barbican-api-paste.ini'
+    application = deploy.loadapp('config:%s' % conf)
+    return application
diff --git a/barbican/api/app.wsgi b/barbican/api/app.wsgi
index 6c506cbc6..362a08687 100644
--- a/barbican/api/app.wsgi
+++ b/barbican/api/app.wsgi
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 """Use this file for deploying the API under mod_wsgi.
 
 See http://pecan.readthedocs.org/en/latest/deployment.html for details.
+
+NOTE(mtreinish): This wsgi script is deprecated since the wsgi app is now
+exposed as an entrypoint via barbican-wsgi-api
 """
 
-from paste import deploy
-
-conf = '/etc/barbican/barbican-api-paste.ini'
-application = deploy.loadapp('config:%s' % conf)
+from barbican.api import app
 
+application = app.get_api_wsgi_script()
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d0f81c52f..150127a03 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ console_scripts =
     pkcs11-key-generation = barbican.cmd.pkcs11_key_generation:main
     barbican-retry = barbican.cmd.retry_scheduler:main
 
+wsgi_scripts =
+    barbican-wsgi-api = barbican.api.app:get_api_wsgi_script
+
 barbican.secretstore.plugin =
     store_crypto = barbican.plugin.store_crypto:StoreCryptoAdapterPlugin
     dogtag_crypto = barbican.plugin.dogtag:DogtagKRAPlugin