diff --git a/lib/private/appframework/db/db.php b/lib/private/appframework/db/db.php
index 713b39175c6e52b71768235d6ea906b859cd322c..fc77a38f814a845de773bb7153ff6c2f2708f39a 100644
--- a/lib/private/appframework/db/db.php
+++ b/lib/private/appframework/db/db.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 namespace OC\AppFramework\Db;
 
-use \OCP\AppFramework\Db\IDb;
+use \OCP\IDb;
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/private/appframework/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php b/lib/private/appframework/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
index 0faa507c76ee5aa94f9c6237c0c45ded743f1067..73d356e98520e5be381b183f62a5d88d3e4c26b5 100644
--- a/lib/private/appframework/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
+++ b/lib/private/appframework/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ class DIContainer extends SimpleContainer implements IAppContainer{
 			return new API($c['AppName']);
 		});
 
-		/**
-		 * Database
-		 */
-		$this['Db'] = $this->share(function($c){
-			return new Db();
-		});
-
 		/**
 		 * Http
 		 */
diff --git a/lib/private/server.php b/lib/private/server.php
index 5d90a0b19fc4118f6d58d2fc97f420c235d86d03..e977c643832566dc6d8d9ee8081fd09050b5dcf7 100644
--- a/lib/private/server.php
+++ b/lib/private/server.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace OC;
 
 use OC\AppFramework\Http\Request;
+use OC\AppFramework\Db\Db;
 use OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer;
 use OC\Cache\UserCache;
 use OC\DB\ConnectionWrapper;
@@ -177,6 +178,9 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 			}
 			return $router;
 		});
+		$this['Db'] = $this->share(function($c){
+			return new Db();
+		});
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -392,4 +396,13 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 	function getRouter(){
 		return $this->query('Router');
 	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an instance of the db facade
+	 * @return \OCP\IDb
+	 */
+	function getDb() {
+		return $this->query('Db');
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/appframework/db/mapper.php b/lib/public/appframework/db/mapper.php
index 3e9778dbc6113ea462c74313c2dc548faf3144db..46240649c778933ea2349bc4cece75c73e11f12a 100644
--- a/lib/public/appframework/db/mapper.php
+++ b/lib/public/appframework/db/mapper.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 namespace OCP\AppFramework\Db;
 
+use \OCP\IDb;
+
 
 /**
  * Simple parent class for inheriting your data access layer from. This class
diff --git a/lib/public/appframework/db/idb.php b/lib/public/idb.php
similarity index 98%
rename from lib/public/appframework/db/idb.php
rename to lib/public/idb.php
index e5313476f40925a791efc284317c4ee91e81223e..82a8a6815008f54b20e60c407a0ac0279e961fb8 100644
--- a/lib/public/appframework/db/idb.php
+++ b/lib/public/idb.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-namespace OCP\AppFramework\Db;
+namespace OCP;
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
index 600d81d83af88297ab907168544fd33d63b61817..22176c36b8a39f206fa4553c3b3a75cafdffa2dd 100644
--- a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
+++ b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ interface IServerContainer {
 	 */
 	function getConfig();
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an instance of the db facade
+	 * @return \OCP\IDb
+	 */
+	function getDb();
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the app config manager
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/db/MapperTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/db/MapperTest.php
index c4eb35a068e6980bb8d27669f5afacbd52d15352..114081beb21d80cd577ff1ffa7ade0148bafafb1 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/db/MapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/db/MapperTest.php
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 namespace OCP\AppFramework\Db;
 
+use \OCP\IDb;
+
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/MapperTestUtility.php';
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/db/MapperTestUtility.php b/tests/lib/appframework/db/MapperTestUtility.php
index ecd79fef263286336a6dc7a3583e36299b2cf9a7..4c81d4cd27bdc849e74ec1e83af9070283b2db9f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/db/MapperTestUtility.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/db/MapperTestUtility.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ abstract class MapperTestUtility extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	 */
 	protected function setUp(){
 		$this->db = $this->getMockBuilder(
-			'\OCP\AppFramework\Db\IDb')
+			'\OCP\IDb')
 			->disableOriginalConstructor()
 			->getMock();