diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/server.php b/apps/dav/lib/server.php
index 8b7171c145c58df40d07898ba064eeccdcbd876e..93e903e6bf1a1946f1f472258d4b50c6a2408854 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/server.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/server.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\Auth;
 use OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\BlockLegacyClientPlugin;
 use OCA\DAV\Files\CustomPropertiesBackend;
 use OCP\IRequest;
+use OCP\SabrePluginEvent;
 use Sabre\DAV\Auth\Plugin;
 
 class Server {
@@ -37,8 +38,12 @@ class Server {
 
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new BlockLegacyClientPlugin(\OC::$server->getConfig()));
 		$authPlugin = new Plugin($authBackend, 'ownCloud');
-		$authPlugin->addBackend(new FedAuth(\OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection()));
 		$this->server->addPlugin($authPlugin);
+
+		// allow setup of additional auth backends
+		$event = new SabrePluginEvent($this->server);
+		$dispatcher->dispatch('OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre::authInit', $event);
+
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new \OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\DummyGetResponsePlugin());
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new \OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\ExceptionLoggerPlugin('webdav', $logger));
 		$this->server->addPlugin(new \OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\LockPlugin());
diff --git a/apps/federation/appinfo/application.php b/apps/federation/appinfo/application.php
index 45d88548b70d2919a702698b6bac3edc694d8ffe..f0fefb948af9ba0e70fed43edabf5ef9881a1926 100644
--- a/apps/federation/appinfo/application.php
+++ b/apps/federation/appinfo/application.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace OCA\Federation\AppInfo;
 
 use OCA\Federation\API\OCSAuthAPI;
 use OCA\Federation\Controller\SettingsController;
+use OCA\Federation\DAV\FedAuth;
 use OCA\Federation\DbHandler;
 use OCA\Federation\Hooks;
 use OCA\Federation\Middleware\AddServerMiddleware;
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ use OCA\Federation\TrustedServers;
 use OCP\API;
 use OCP\App;
 use OCP\AppFramework\IAppContainer;
+use OCP\SabrePluginEvent;
 use OCP\Util;
+use Sabre\DAV\Auth\Plugin;
 
 class Application extends \OCP\AppFramework\App {
 
@@ -144,6 +147,17 @@ class Application extends \OCP\AppFramework\App {
 				$hooksManager,
 				'addServerHook'
 		);
+
+		$dispatcher = $this->getContainer()->getServer()->getEventDispatcher();
+		$dispatcher->addListener('OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre::authInit', function($event) use($container) {
+			if ($event instanceof SabrePluginEvent) {
+				$authPlugin = $event->getServer()->getPlugin('auth');
+				if ($authPlugin instanceof Plugin) {
+					$db = $container->getServer()->getDatabaseConnection();
+					$authPlugin->addBackend(new FedAuth($db));
+				}
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/connector/fedauth.php b/apps/federation/dav/fedauth.php
similarity index 98%
rename from apps/dav/lib/connector/fedauth.php
rename to apps/federation/dav/fedauth.php
index 42a29cef3fcba9c0a13fa7da0375bff40d723a80..ade5448d1bcd8604e1d92fc5127bf4a2319dab58 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/connector/fedauth.php
+++ b/apps/federation/dav/fedauth.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
  *
  */
-namespace OCA\DAV\Connector;
+namespace OCA\Federation\DAV;
 
 use OCA\Federation\DbHandler;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
diff --git a/lib/public/sabrepluginevent.php b/lib/public/sabrepluginevent.php
index fed3237166d87c78022780993f685b4ada3a18c3..1a64c8ac3edb109ab17f9f22d150f95f9b85b379 100644
--- a/lib/public/sabrepluginevent.php
+++ b/lib/public/sabrepluginevent.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace OCP;
 
 
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http;
+use Sabre\DAV\Server;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
 
 /**
@@ -36,12 +37,16 @@ class SabrePluginEvent extends Event {
 	/** @var string */
 	protected $message;
 
+	/** @var Server */
+	protected $server;
+
 	/**
 	 * @since 8.2.0
 	 */
-	public function __construct() {
+	public function __construct($server = null) {
 		$this->message = '';
 		$this->statusCode = Http::STATUS_OK;
+		$this->server = $server;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -79,4 +84,12 @@ class SabrePluginEvent extends Event {
 	public function getMessage() {
 		return $this->message;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return null|Server
+	 * @since 9.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getServer() {
+		return $this->server;
+	}
 }