diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4400 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4400
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9aaf6284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4400
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bugfix: Ignore missing folders in REST backend
+
+If a repository accessed via the REST backend was missing folders, then restic
+would fail with an error while trying to list the data in the repository. This
+has been fixed.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4400
+https://github.com/restic/rest-server/issues/235
diff --git a/internal/backend/rest/rest.go b/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
index 8391df681..f8670280d 100644
--- a/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
+++ b/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (b *Backend) Save(ctx context.Context, h restic.Handle, rd restic.RewindRea
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return errors.Errorf("server response unexpected: %v (%v)", resp.Status, resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func (b *Backend) openReader(ctx context.Context, h restic.Handle, length int, o
 		return nil, &notExistError{h}
 	}
 
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 && resp.StatusCode != 206 {
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode != http.StatusPartialContent {
 		_ = resp.Body.Close()
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("unexpected HTTP response (%v): %v", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status)
 	}
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (b *Backend) Stat(ctx context.Context, h restic.Handle) (restic.FileInfo, e
 		return restic.FileInfo{}, &notExistError{h}
 	}
 
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return restic.FileInfo{}, errors.Errorf("unexpected HTTP response (%v): %v", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status)
 	}
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (b *Backend) Remove(ctx context.Context, h restic.Handle) error {
 		return &notExistError{h}
 	}
 
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return errors.Errorf("blob not removed, server response: %v (%v)", resp.Status, resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
@@ -327,7 +327,12 @@ func (b *Backend) List(ctx context.Context, t restic.FileType, fn func(restic.Fi
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "List")
 	}
 
-	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		// ignore missing directories
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return errors.Errorf("List failed, server response: %v (%v)", resp.Status, resp.StatusCode)
 	}