diff --git a/apps/dav/appinfo/register_command.php b/apps/dav/appinfo/register_command.php
index 7d57b944fb2772441c2c6e6f4a2a0a92a1183cf6..1f0df054110cf5f7f1575dd8c0b050b5dba5c078 100644
--- a/apps/dav/appinfo/register_command.php
+++ b/apps/dav/appinfo/register_command.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use OCA\DAV\Command\CreateCalendar;
 
 $dbConnection = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection();
 $userManager = OC::$server->getUserManager();
+$config = \OC::$server->getConfig();
+
 /** @var Symfony\Component\Console\Application $application */
-$application->add(new CreateAddressBook($userManager, $dbConnection));
+$application->add(new CreateAddressBook($userManager, $dbConnection, $config));
 $application->add(new CreateCalendar($userManager, $dbConnection));
diff --git a/apps/dav/command/createaddressbook.php b/apps/dav/command/createaddressbook.php
index 286871b39e2762d53abbacf6e89a8c59d9400531..371ea44121d02463f94d0dd0d5956c1ea96f8633 100644
--- a/apps/dav/command/createaddressbook.php
+++ b/apps/dav/command/createaddressbook.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace OCA\DAV\Command;
 
 use OCA\DAV\CardDAV\CardDavBackend;
+use OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\Principal;
+use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
 use OCP\IUserManager;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
@@ -18,26 +20,30 @@ class CreateAddressBook extends Command {
 	/** @var \OCP\IDBConnection */
 	protected $dbConnection;
 
+	/** @var IConfig */
+	private $config;
+
 	/**
 	 * @param IUserManager $userManager
 	 * @param IDBConnection $dbConnection
 	 */
-	function __construct(IUserManager $userManager, IDBConnection $dbConnection) {
+	function __construct(IUserManager $userManager, IDBConnection $dbConnection, IConfig $config) {
 		parent::__construct();
 		$this->userManager = $userManager;
 		$this->dbConnection = $dbConnection;
+		$this->config = $config;
 	}
 
 	protected function configure() {
 		$this
-			->setName('dav:create-addressbook')
-			->setDescription('Create a dav addressbook')
-			->addArgument('user',
-				InputArgument::REQUIRED,
-				'User for whom the addressbook will be created')
-			->addArgument('name',
-				InputArgument::REQUIRED,
-				'Name of the addressbook');
+				->setName('dav:create-addressbook')
+				->setDescription('Create a dav addressbook')
+				->addArgument('user',
+						InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+						'User for whom the addressbook will be created')
+				->addArgument('name',
+						InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+						'Name of the addressbook');
 	}
 
 	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
@@ -45,8 +51,13 @@ class CreateAddressBook extends Command {
 		if (!$this->userManager->userExists($user)) {
 			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("User <$user> in unknown.");
 		}
+		$principalBackend = new Principal(
+				$this->config,
+				$this->userManager
+		);
+
 		$name = $input->getArgument('name');
-		$carddav = new CardDavBackend($this->dbConnection);
+		$carddav = new CardDavBackend($this->dbConnection, $principalBackend);
 		$carddav->createAddressBook("principals/$user", $name, []);
 	}
 }