Pivot adapter (1, 2) for fixing a pivotable fibre optic drawer to a rack and for routing an optical fibre from the rack to the drawer, such that the drawer can be pivoted between a first pivot position outside the rack and a second pivot position inside the rack, the pivot adapter (1, 2) comprising a) a pivot hinge support portion, for supporting a pivot hinge of the drawer, the pivot hinge defining a pivot axis, about which pivot axis the drawer can be pivoted between the first and the second pivot position, and b) a fibre routing surface for routing the optical fibre towards the pivot axis, the fibre routing surface defining a first space on one side of the fibre routing surface, and a second space on the opposed side of the fibre routing surface, characterized in that the fibre routing surface comprises a displacement opening, which allows a displacement of at least a part of a slack portion of the fibre for maintaining a minimum bending radius of the fibre, wherein the displacement is caused by the pivoting of the drawer, and wherein the displacement opening is adapted and arranged such that, when the drawer is pivoted, at least a part of a slack portion of the fibre can be displaced, through the displacement opening, from the first space into the second space, wherein the pivot adapter (1, 2) has an elongated shape, and wherein the displacement opening has an elongated shape, and wherein a long direction of the displacement opening extends in a long direction of the pivot adapter (1, 2), wherein the fibre routing surface extends towards the pivot hinge support portion, wherein the fibre routing surface is a plane, and wherein a surface normal of the fibre routing surface is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the pivot axis, defined by the pivot hinge support portion. a) a pivot hinge support portion, for supporting a pivot hinge of the drawer, the pivot hinge defining a pivot axis, about which pivot axis the drawer can be pivoted between the first and the second pivot position, and b) a fibre routing surface for routing the optical fibre towards the pivot axis, the fibre routing surface defining a first space on one side of the fibre routing surface, and a second space on the opposed side of the fibre routing surface, characterized in that the fibre routing surface comprises a displacement opening, which allows a displacement of at least a part of a slack portion of the fibre for maintaining a minimum bending radius of the fibre, wherein the displacement is caused by the pivoting of the drawer, and wherein the displacement opening is adapted and arranged such that, when the drawer is pivoted, at least a part of a slack portion of the fibre can be displaced, through the displacement opening, from the first space into the second space, wherein the pivot adapter (1, 2) has an elongated shape, and wherein the displacement opening has an elongated shape, and wherein a long direction of the displacement opening extends in a long direction of the pivot adapter (1, 2), wherein the fibre routing surface extends towards the pivot hinge support portion, wherein the fibre routing surface is a plane, and wherein a surface normal of the fibre routing surface is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the pivot axis, defined by the pivot hinge support portion.