diff --git a/lib/request.php b/lib/request.php
index d013844f08..9e38e6bbd1 100644
--- a/lib/request.php
+++ b/lib/request.php
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ class OC_Request {
 		return($proto);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief get Path info from request
+	 * @returns string Path info or false when not found
+	 */
+	public static function getPathInfo() {
+		if (array_key_exists('PATH_INFO', $_SERVER)){
+			$path_info = $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'];
+		}else{
+			$path_info = substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], strlen($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']));
+		}
+		return $path_info;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Check if this is a no-cache request
 	 * @returns true for no-cache
diff --git a/remote.php b/remote.php
index 8dc4df1bd2..483b19555c 100644
--- a/remote.php
+++ b/remote.php
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 $RUNTIME_NOSETUPFS = true;
 $RUNTIME_NOAPPS = TRUE;
 require_once('lib/base.php');
-if (array_key_exists('PATH_INFO', $_SERVER)){
-	$path_info = $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'];
-}else{
-	$path_info = substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], strlen($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']));
-}
+$path_info = OC_Request::getPathInfo();
 if ($path_info === false) {
 	OC_Response::setStatus(OC_Response::STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
 	exit;