diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php b/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
index 9417a6eeb899c2a96224ac879027c5590ee8acbc..06e454b7d779d65c3045c495ace73a0350a7ec38 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-/** @var $this OC_Router */
+/** @var $this \OCP\Route\IRouter */
 $this->create('core_ajax_public_preview', '/publicpreview.png')->action(
 function() {
 	require_once __DIR__ . '/../ajax/publicpreview.php';
diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index 6ad3a84bcaca9fe440cea3c6198b88fadbfef184..73553ff6417c13202b6c11b7dff30e65f62e40ba 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ class OC {
 	 */
 	public static $CLI = false;
 
-	/**
-	 * @var OC_Router
-	 */
-	protected static $router = null;
-
 	/**
 	 * @var \OC\Session\Session
 	 */
@@ -387,19 +382,6 @@ class OC {
 		return OC_Config::getValue('session_lifetime', 60 * 60 * 24);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @return OC_Router
-	 */
-	public static function getRouter() {
-		if (!isset(OC::$router)) {
-			OC::$router = new OC_Router();
-			OC::$router->loadRoutes();
-		}
-
-		return OC::$router;
-	}
-
-
 	public static function loadAppClassPaths() {
 		foreach (OC_APP::getEnabledApps() as $app) {
 			$file = OC_App::getAppPath($app) . '/appinfo/classpath.php';
@@ -727,7 +709,7 @@ class OC {
 					OC_App::loadApps();
 				}
 				self::checkSingleUserMode();
-				OC::getRouter()->match(OC_Request::getRawPathInfo());
+				OC::$server->getRouter()->match(OC_Request::getRawPathInfo());
 				return;
 			} catch (Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
 				//header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');
diff --git a/lib/private/api.php b/lib/private/api.php
index e8e54e375e9488fc56d4c43d41924dbb6458e729..b3b5eb1067b3fec9beda92d94b18eda00b54a681 100644
--- a/lib/private/api.php
+++ b/lib/private/api.php
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class OC_API {
 		$name = strtolower($method).$url;
 		$name = str_replace(array('/', '{', '}'), '_', $name);
 		if(!isset(self::$actions[$name])) {
-			OC::getRouter()->useCollection('ocs');
-			OC::getRouter()->create($name, $url)
+			OC::$server->getRouter()->useCollection('ocs');
+			OC::$server->getRouter()->create($name, $url)
 				->method($method)
 				->defaults($defaults)
 				->requirements($requirements)
diff --git a/lib/private/appframework/routing/routeconfig.php b/lib/private/appframework/routing/routeconfig.php
index 716358444a295ae6bc83146d8b9b72443d985ebc..35bee75cc4dee2c00a952be332c7e7d5a91da7c7 100644
--- a/lib/private/appframework/routing/routeconfig.php
+++ b/lib/private/appframework/routing/routeconfig.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 namespace OC\AppFramework\routing;
 
 use OC\AppFramework\DependencyInjection\DIContainer;
+use OCP\Route\IRouter;
 
 /**
  * Class RouteConfig
@@ -36,10 +37,10 @@ class RouteConfig {
 
 	/**
 	 * @param \OC\AppFramework\DependencyInjection\DIContainer $container
-	 * @param \OC_Router $router
+	 * @param \OCP\Route\IRouter $router
 	 * @internal param $appName
 	 */
-	public function __construct(DIContainer $container, \OC_Router $router, $routes) {
+	public function __construct(DIContainer $container, IRouter $router, $routes) {
 		$this->routes = $routes;
 		$this->container = $container;
 		$this->router = $router;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class RouteConfig {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The routes and resource will be registered to the \OC_Router
+	 * The routes and resource will be registered to the \OCP\Route\IRouter
 	 */
 	public function register() {
 
diff --git a/lib/private/route.php b/lib/private/route/route.php
similarity index 90%
rename from lib/private/route.php
rename to lib/private/route/route.php
index fb7da456b62da5b26becf0d19bcf470169f548ad..6ade9ec15f6fe0db47cc2961d7bca6ce18c84a96 100644
--- a/lib/private/route.php
+++ b/lib/private/route/route.php
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
  * See the COPYING-README file.
  */
 
-use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
+namespace OC\Route;
 
-class OC_Route extends Route {
+use OCP\Route\IRoute;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route as SymfonyRoute;
+
+class Route extends SymfonyRoute implements IRoute {
 	/**
 	 * Specify the method when this route is to be used
 	 *
 	 * @param string $method HTTP method (uppercase)
+	 * @return \OC\Route\Route
 	 */
 	public function method($method) {
 		$this->setRequirement('_method', strtoupper($method));
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ class OC_Route extends Route {
 	 * Defaults to use for this route
 	 *
 	 * @param array $defaults The defaults
+	 * @return \OC\Route\Route
 	 */
 	public function defaults($defaults) {
 		$action = $this->getDefault('action');
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ class OC_Route extends Route {
 	 * Requirements for this route
 	 *
 	 * @param array $requirements The requirements
+	 * @return \OC\Route\Route
 	 */
 	public function requirements($requirements) {
 		$method = $this->getRequirement('_method');
@@ -93,8 +99,10 @@ class OC_Route extends Route {
 
 	/**
 	 * The action to execute when this route matches
+	 *
 	 * @param string|callable $class the class or a callable
 	 * @param string $function the function to use with the class
+	 * @return \OC\Route\Route
 	 *
 	 * This function is called with $class set to a callable or
 	 * to the class with $function
diff --git a/lib/private/router.php b/lib/private/route/router.php
similarity index 62%
rename from lib/private/router.php
rename to lib/private/route/router.php
index 918e3b13206d3236ff04b624158089aa299217ed..60ba587840157fda6470df7b2016c947ddd5240a 100644
--- a/lib/private/router.php
+++ b/lib/private/route/router.php
@@ -6,68 +6,103 @@
  * See the COPYING-README file.
  */
 
+namespace OC\Route;
+
+use OCP\Route\IRouter;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\UrlMatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGenerator;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
-//use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
 
-class OC_Router {
+class Router implements IRouter {
+	/**
+	 * @var \Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection[]
+	 */
 	protected $collections = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * @var \Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection
+	 */
 	protected $collection = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var \Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection
+	 */
 	protected $root = null;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var \Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGenerator
+	 */
 	protected $generator = null;
-	protected $routing_files;
-	protected $cache_key;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string[]
+	 */
+	protected $routingFiles;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $cacheKey;
+
+	protected $loaded = false;
 
 	public function __construct() {
-		$baseUrl = OC_Helper::linkTo('', 'index.php');
-		if ( !OC::$CLI) {
+		$baseUrl = \OC_Helper::linkTo('', 'index.php');
+		if (!\OC::$CLI) {
 			$method = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
-		}else{
+		} else {
 			$method = 'GET';
 		}
-		$host = OC_Request::serverHost();
-		$schema = OC_Request::serverProtocol();
+		$host = \OC_Request::serverHost();
+		$schema = \OC_Request::serverProtocol();
 		$this->context = new RequestContext($baseUrl, $method, $host, $schema);
 		// TODO cache
 		$this->root = $this->getCollection('root');
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the files to load the routes from
+	 *
+	 * @return string[]
+	 */
 	public function getRoutingFiles() {
-		if (!isset($this->routing_files)) {
-			$this->routing_files = array();
-			foreach(OC_APP::getEnabledApps() as $app) {
-				$file = OC_App::getAppPath($app).'/appinfo/routes.php';
-				if(file_exists($file)) {
-					$this->routing_files[$app] = $file;
+		if (!isset($this->routingFiles)) {
+			$this->routingFiles = array();
+			foreach (\OC_APP::getEnabledApps() as $app) {
+				$file = \OC_App::getAppPath($app) . '/appinfo/routes.php';
+				if (file_exists($file)) {
+					$this->routingFiles[$app] = $file;
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return $this->routing_files;
+		return $this->routingFiles;
 	}
 
 	public function getCacheKey() {
-		if (!isset($this->cache_key)) {
+		if (!isset($this->cacheKey)) {
 			$files = $this->getRoutingFiles();
 			$files[] = 'settings/routes.php';
 			$files[] = 'core/routes.php';
 			$files[] = 'ocs/routes.php';
-			$this->cache_key = OC_Cache::generateCacheKeyFromFiles($files);
+			$this->cacheKey = \OC_Cache::generateCacheKeyFromFiles($files);
 		}
-		return $this->cache_key;
+		return $this->cacheKey;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * loads the api routes
 	 */
 	public function loadRoutes() {
-		foreach($this->getRoutingFiles() as $app => $file) {
+		if ($this->loaded) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->loaded = true;
+		foreach ($this->getRoutingFiles() as $app => $file) {
 			$this->useCollection($app);
 			require_once $file;
 			$collection = $this->getCollection($app);
-			$collection->addPrefix('/apps/'.$app);
+			$collection->addPrefix('/apps/' . $app);
 			$this->root->addCollection($collection);
 		}
 		$this->useCollection('root');
@@ -81,6 +116,10 @@ class OC_Router {
 		$this->root->addCollection($collection);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @return \Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection
+	 */
 	protected function getCollection($name) {
 		if (!isset($this->collections[$name])) {
 			$this->collections[$name] = new RouteCollection();
@@ -91,22 +130,23 @@ class OC_Router {
 	/**
 	 * Sets the collection to use for adding routes
 	 *
-	 * @param string $name Name of the colletion to use.
+	 * @param string $name Name of the collection to use.
 	 */
 	public function useCollection($name) {
 		$this->collection = $this->getCollection($name);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a OC_Route.
+	 * Create a \OC\Route\Route.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $name Name of the route to create.
 	 * @param string $pattern The pattern to match
-	 * @param array  $defaults     An array of default parameter values
-	 * @param array  $requirements An array of requirements for parameters (regexes)
+	 * @param array $defaults An array of default parameter values
+	 * @param array $requirements An array of requirements for parameters (regexes)
+	 * @return \OC\Route\Route
 	 */
 	public function create($name, $pattern, array $defaults = array(), array $requirements = array()) {
-		$route = new OC_Route($pattern, $defaults, $requirements);
+		$route = new Route($pattern, $defaults, $requirements);
 		$this->collection->add($name, $route);
 		return $route;
 	}
@@ -115,6 +155,7 @@ class OC_Router {
 	 * Find the route matching $url.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $url The url to find
+	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
 	public function match($url) {
 		$matcher = new UrlMatcher($this->root, $this->context);
@@ -123,14 +164,14 @@ class OC_Router {
 			$action = $parameters['action'];
 			if (!is_callable($action)) {
 				var_dump($action);
-				throw new Exception('not a callable action');
+				throw new \Exception('not a callable action');
 			}
 			unset($parameters['action']);
 			call_user_func($action, $parameters);
 		} elseif (isset($parameters['file'])) {
 			include $parameters['file'];
 		} else {
-			throw new Exception('no action available');
+			throw new \Exception('no action available');
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -138,8 +179,7 @@ class OC_Router {
 	 * Get the url generator
 	 *
 	 */
-	public function getGenerator()
-	{
+	public function getGenerator() {
 		if (null !== $this->generator) {
 			return $this->generator;
 		}
@@ -152,9 +192,10 @@ class OC_Router {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $name Name of the route to use.
 	 * @param array $parameters Parameters for the route
+	 * @param bool $absolute
+	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function generate($name, $parameters = array(), $absolute = false)
-	{
+	public function generate($name, $parameters = array(), $absolute = false) {
 		return $this->getGenerator()->generate($name, $parameters, $absolute);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/private/server.php b/lib/private/server.php
index 7696fc207fdc6af15884dcccaf8971ccb83fba21..8c9ea39c5627b083585e616bc84d631de0a77b6e 100644
--- a/lib/private/server.php
+++ b/lib/private/server.php
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 			$config = $c->getConfig();
 			return new \OC\BackgroundJob\JobList($c->getDatabaseConnection(), $config);
 		});
+		$this->registerService('Router', function ($c){
+			$router = new \OC\Route\Router();
+			return $router;
+		});
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -364,4 +368,15 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 	function getJobList(){
 		return $this->query('JobList');
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a router for generating and matching urls
+	 *
+	 * @return \OCP\Route\IRouter
+	 */
+	function getRouter(){
+		$router = $this->query('Router');
+		$router->loadRoutes();
+		return $router;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/private/urlgenerator.php b/lib/private/urlgenerator.php
index 60da34f2d6e64d11f604db85ba8c91bf27b565b3..44b46ef6700711b3761ee3bd7fbb4582b9dc08bb 100644
--- a/lib/private/urlgenerator.php
+++ b/lib/private/urlgenerator.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class URLGenerator implements IURLGenerator {
 	 * Returns a url to the given app and file.
 	 */
 	public function linkToRoute($route, $parameters = array()) {
-		$urlLinkTo = \OC::getRouter()->generate($route, $parameters);
+		$urlLinkTo = \OC::$server->getRouter()->generate($route, $parameters);
 		return $urlLinkTo;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/public/appframework/app.php b/lib/public/appframework/app.php
index 90150245c419abbf43dce37f7f35489f7fecdc92..216123278792622f6c1c70f68aacbed2befd78fb 100644
--- a/lib/public/appframework/app.php
+++ b/lib/public/appframework/app.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class App {
 	 * $a = new TasksApp();
 	 * $a->registerRoutes($this, $routes);
 	 *
-	 * @param \OC_Router $router
+	 * @param \OCP\Route\IRouter $router
 	 * @param array $routes
 	 */
 	public function registerRoutes($router, $routes) {
diff --git a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
index 5fb51f9ecd53f1cba87bbea0e4ad3e047fe767c6..dc3aff663d499299830444f0d98ea498b532ae68 100644
--- a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
+++ b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
@@ -190,4 +190,10 @@ interface IServerContainer {
 	 */
 	function getJobList();
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a router for generating and matching urls
+	 *
+	 * @return \OCP\Route\IRouter
+	 */
+	function getRouter();
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/route/iroute.php b/lib/public/route/iroute.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..66fdb841821c2a48c80a55d23bcbaeafcd00301b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/route/iroute.php
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+namespace OCP\Route;
+
+interface IRoute {
+	/**
+	 * Specify PATCH as the method to use with this route
+	 */
+	public function patch();
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify the method when this route is to be used
+	 *
+	 * @param string $method HTTP method (uppercase)
+	 * @return \OCP\Route\IRoute
+	 */
+	public function method($method);
+
+	/**
+	 * The action to execute when this route matches, includes a file like
+	 * it is called directly
+	 *
+	 * @param $file
+	 */
+	public function actionInclude($file);
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify GET as the method to use with this route
+	 */
+	public function get();
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify POST as the method to use with this route
+	 */
+	public function post();
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify DELETE as the method to use with this route
+	 */
+	public function delete();
+
+	/**
+	 * The action to execute when this route matches
+	 *
+	 * @param string|callable $class the class or a callable
+	 * @param string $function the function to use with the class
+	 * @return \OCP\Route\IRoute
+	 *
+	 * This function is called with $class set to a callable or
+	 * to the class with $function
+	 */
+	public function action($class, $function = null);
+
+	/**
+	 * Defaults to use for this route
+	 *
+	 * @param array $defaults The defaults
+	 * @return \OCP\Route\IRoute
+	 */
+	public function defaults($defaults);
+
+	/**
+	 * Requirements for this route
+	 *
+	 * @param array $requirements The requirements
+	 * @return \OCP\Route\IRoute
+	 */
+	public function requirements($requirements);
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify PUT as the method to use with this route
+	 */
+	public function put();
+}
diff --git a/lib/public/route/irouter.php b/lib/public/route/irouter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d6b0750ba6f0b60c6f75dcbb61bf933006b258e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/route/irouter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+namespace OCP\Route;
+
+interface IRouter {
+
+	public function __construct();
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the files to load the routes from
+	 *
+	 * @return string[]
+	 */
+	public function getRoutingFiles();
+
+	public function getCacheKey();
+
+	/**
+	 * loads the api routes
+	 */
+	public function loadRoutes();
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the collection to use for adding routes
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name Name of the collection to use.
+	 */
+	public function useCollection($name);
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a \OCP\Route\IRoute.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name Name of the route to create.
+	 * @param string $pattern The pattern to match
+	 * @param array $defaults An array of default parameter values
+	 * @param array $requirements An array of requirements for parameters (regexes)
+	 * @return \OCP\Route\IRoute
+	 */
+	public function create($name, $pattern, array $defaults = array(), array $requirements = array());
+
+	/**
+	 * Find the route matching $url.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url The url to find
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public function match($url);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the url generator
+	 *
+	 */
+	public function getGenerator();
+
+	/**
+	 * Generate url based on $name and $parameters
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name Name of the route to use.
+	 * @param array $parameters Parameters for the route
+	 * @param bool $absolute
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function generate($name, $parameters = array(), $absolute = false);
+
+}
diff --git a/ocs/v1.php b/ocs/v1.php
index 4cbc857bbcfea80726c9cbb00aaac327feaa07df..5d360c530a9d35faa9f407decbac89f643f7b2b1 100644
--- a/ocs/v1.php
+++ b/ocs/v1.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\MethodNotAllowedException;
 
 try {
-	OC::getRouter()->match('/ocs'.OC_Request::getRawPathInfo());
+	OC::$server->getRouter()->match('/ocs'.OC_Request::getRawPathInfo());
 } catch (ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
 	OC_API::setContentType();
 	OC_OCS::notFound();
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/routing/RoutingTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/routing/RoutingTest.php
index d0244cf2511784c0635dfe7e8b110499cdccf888..9f2675bf0b459d5963e12eec03798ab1f930407d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/routing/RoutingTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/routing/RoutingTest.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class RouteConfigTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 		));
 
 		// router mock
-		$router = $this->getMock("\OC_Router", array('create'));
+		$router = $this->getMock("\OC\Route\Router", array('create'));
 
 		// load route configuration
 		$container = new DIContainer('app1');
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class RouteConfigTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 		$route = $this->mockRoute($verb, $controllerName, $actionName);
 
 		// router mock
-		$router = $this->getMock("\OC_Router", array('create'));
+		$router = $this->getMock("\OC\Route\Router", array('create'));
 
 		// we expect create to be called once:
 		$router
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class RouteConfigTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 	private function assertResource($yaml, $resourceName, $url, $controllerName, $paramName)
 	{
 		// router mock
-		$router = $this->getMock("\OC_Router", array('create'));
+		$router = $this->getMock("\OC\Route\Router", array('create'));
 
 		// route mocks
 		$indexRoute = $this->mockRoute('GET', $controllerName, 'index');
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class RouteConfigTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 	private function mockRoute($verb, $controllerName, $actionName)
 	{
 		$container = new DIContainer('app1');
-		$route = $this->getMock("\OC_Route", array('method', 'action'), array(), '', false);
+		$route = $this->getMock("\OC\Route\Route", array('method', 'action'), array(), '', false);
 		$route
 			->expects($this->exactly(1))
 			->method('method')