diff --git a/lib/installer.php b/lib/installer.php
index 97f4e2b5fb89f5ddb19f8e4cb8a0b0a1a826759b..dcd29f9e1ade6571e44f49f62c0aa1f14df1da7d 100644
--- a/lib/installer.php
+++ b/lib/installer.php
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ class OC_Installer{
 			'OC_Hook::',
 			'OC_Image::',
 			'OC_JSON::',
+			'OC_L10N::',
 			'OC_Log::',
 			'OC_Mail::',
 			'OC_Preferences::',
diff --git a/lib/public/util.php b/lib/public/util.php
index 6744c2d37bdde2535f20a7646d8a307a2ccd1a17..cad1c5fd64e0995e7ed8fa6b79edd1520fbce4e9 100644
--- a/lib/public/util.php
+++ b/lib/public/util.php
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ class Util {
 		\OC_LOG::write( $app, $message, $level );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief get l10n object
+	 * @param string $app
+	 * @return OC_L10N
+	 */
+	public static function getL10N( $application ) {
+		\OC_L10N::get( $application );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief add a css file
 	 * @param string $url