diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/CMakeLists.txt b/services/tunnelbroker/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
 # For C++17 on MacOS, we must set minimum target to 10.14+
 set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 10.14)
 
@@ -67,12 +68,6 @@
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 find_package(glog)
 
-# Corrosion Rust integration
-find_package(Corrosion REQUIRED)
-corrosion_import_crate(MANIFEST_PATH "rust-notifications/Cargo.toml")
-set(RUST_HEADERS_INCLUDE_DIR "rust-notifications/extern")
-set(RUST_LIBS "rust-notifications")
-
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCE_CODE "./src/*.cpp")
 
 set(
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/rust-notifications/src/apns.rs b/services/tunnelbroker/rust-notifications/src/apns.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/rust-notifications/src/apns.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use a2::{
+  Client, Endpoint, NotificationBuilder, NotificationOptions,
+  PlainNotificationBuilder,
+};
+use anyhow::Result;
+use std::fs::File;
+
+pub async fn send_by_a2_client(
+  certificate_path: &str,
+  certificate_password: &str,
+  device_token: &str,
+  message: &str,
+  sandbox: bool,
+) -> Result<u16> {
+  let mut certificate = File::open(certificate_path)?;
+  let endpoint = if sandbox {
+    Endpoint::Sandbox
+  } else {
+    Endpoint::Production
+  };
+  let client =
+    Client::certificate(&mut certificate, certificate_password, endpoint)?;
+  let options = NotificationOptions {
+    ..Default::default()
+  };
+  let builder = PlainNotificationBuilder::new(message);
+  let payload = builder.build(device_token, options);
+  let response = client.send(payload).await?;
+  Ok(response.code)
+}
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/rust-notifications/src/lib.rs b/services/tunnelbroker/rust-notifications/src/lib.rs
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/rust-notifications/src/lib.rs
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/rust-notifications/src/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,39 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+pub mod apns;
 
+#[cxx::bridge]
+mod ffi {
+  extern "Rust" {
+    #[cxx_name = "sendNotifToAPNS"]
+    fn send_notif_to_apns(
+      certificate_path: &str,
+      certificate_password: &str,
+      device_token: &str,
+      message: &str,
+      sandbox: bool,
+    ) -> Result<u16>;
+  }
+}
+
+lazy_static! {
+  // Lazy static Tokio runtime initialization
+  pub static ref RUNTIME: Runtime = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+}
+
+pub fn send_notif_to_apns(
+  certificate_path: &str,
+  certificate_password: &str,
+  device_token: &str,
+  message: &str,
+  sandbox: bool,
+) -> Result<u16> {
+  RUNTIME.block_on(apns::send_by_a2_client(
+    certificate_path,
+    certificate_password,
+    device_token,
+    message,
+    sandbox,
+  ))
+}