diff --git a/lib/private/appframework/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php b/lib/private/appframework/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
index a11e4ee05b..c7ce654597 100644
--- a/lib/private/appframework/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
+++ b/lib/private/appframework/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ use OC\AppFramework\Middleware\Security\SecurityMiddleware;
 use OC\AppFramework\Middleware\Security\CORSMiddleware;
 use OC\AppFramework\Middleware\SessionMiddleware;
 use OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer;
-use OC\AppFramework\Utility\TimeFactory;
-use OC\AppFramework\Utility\ControllerMethodReflector;
 use OCP\AppFramework\IApi;
 use OCP\AppFramework\IAppContainer;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Middleware;
@@ -63,15 +61,9 @@ class DIContainer extends SimpleContainer implements IAppContainer {
 		$this['urlParams'] = $urlParams;
 
 		// aliases
-		$this->registerService('appName', function($c) {
-			return $c->query('AppName');
-		});
-		$this->registerService('webRoot', function($c) {
-			return $c->query('WebRoot');
-		});
-		$this->registerService('userId', function($c) {
-			return $c->query('UserId');
-		});
+		$this->registerAlias('appName', 'AppName');
+		$this->registerAlias('webRoot', 'WebRoot');
+		$this->registerAlias('userId', 'UserId');
 
 		/**
 		 * Core services
@@ -156,9 +148,8 @@ class DIContainer extends SimpleContainer implements IAppContainer {
 			return $this->getServer()->getJobList();
 		});
 
-		$this->registerService('OCP\\AppFramework\\Utility\\IControllerMethodReflector', function($c) {
-			return $c->query('ControllerMethodReflector');
-		});
+		$this->registerAlias('OCP\\AppFramework\\Utility\\IControllerMethodReflector', 'OC\AppFramework\Utility\ControllerMethodReflector');
+		$this->registerAlias('ControllerMethodReflector', 'OCP\\AppFramework\\Utility\\IControllerMethodReflector');
 
 		$this->registerService('OCP\\INavigationManager', function($c) {
 			return $this->getServer()->getNavigationManager();
@@ -168,9 +159,10 @@ class DIContainer extends SimpleContainer implements IAppContainer {
 			return $this->getServer()->getPreviewManager();
 		});
 
-		$this->registerService('OCP\\IRequest', function($c) {
-			return $c->query('Request');
+		$this->registerService('OCP\\IRequest', function () {
+			return $this->getServer()->getRequest();
 		});
+		$this->registerAlias('Request', 'OCP\\IRequest');
 
 		$this->registerService('OCP\\ITagManager', function($c) {
 			return $this->getServer()->getTagManager();
@@ -180,9 +172,9 @@ class DIContainer extends SimpleContainer implements IAppContainer {
 			return $this->getServer()->getTempManager();
 		});
 
-		$this->registerService('OCP\\AppFramework\\Utility\\ITimeFactory', function($c) {
-			return $c->query('TimeFactory');
-		});
+		$this->registerAlias('OCP\\AppFramework\\Utility\\ITimeFactory', 'OC\AppFramework\Utility\TimeFactory');
+		$this->registerAlias('TimeFactory', 'OCP\\AppFramework\\Utility\\ITimeFactory');
+
 
 		$this->registerService('OCP\\Route\\IRouter', function($c) {
 			return $this->getServer()->getRouter();
@@ -245,14 +237,6 @@ class DIContainer extends SimpleContainer implements IAppContainer {
 			return new API($c['AppName']);
 		});
 
-		$this->registerService('Request', function($c) {
-			/** @var $c SimpleContainer */
-			/** @var $server SimpleContainer */
-			$server = $c->query('ServerContainer');
-			/** @var $server IServerContainer */
-			return $server->getRequest();
-		});
-
 		$this->registerService('Protocol', function($c){
 			if(isset($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'])) {
 				return new Http($_SERVER, $_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL']);
@@ -318,18 +302,6 @@ class DIContainer extends SimpleContainer implements IAppContainer {
 			return $dispatcher;
 		});
 
-
-		/**
-		 * Utilities
-		 */
-		$this->registerService('TimeFactory', function($c){
-			return new TimeFactory();
-		});
-
-		$this->registerService('ControllerMethodReflector', function($c) {
-			return new ControllerMethodReflector();
-		});
-
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/lib/private/appframework/utility/simplecontainer.php b/lib/private/appframework/utility/simplecontainer.php
index 5a69d3dbbd..c1fc96d197 100644
--- a/lib/private/appframework/utility/simplecontainer.php
+++ b/lib/private/appframework/utility/simplecontainer.php
@@ -26,21 +26,28 @@
 
 namespace OC\AppFramework\Utility;
 
-use \OCP\AppFramework\QueryException;
+use ReflectionClass;
+use ReflectionException;
+use Closure;
+
+use Pimple\Container;
+
+use OCP\AppFramework\QueryException;
+use OCP\IContainer;
 
 /**
  * Class SimpleContainer
  *
- * SimpleContainer is a simple implementation of IContainer on basis of \Pimple
+ * SimpleContainer is a simple implementation of IContainer on basis of Pimple
  */
-class SimpleContainer extends \Pimple\Container implements \OCP\IContainer {
+class SimpleContainer extends Container implements IContainer {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * @param \ReflectionClass $class the class to instantiate
-	 * @return \stdClass the created class
+	 * @param ReflectionClass $class the class to instantiate
+	 * @return stdClass the created class
 	 */
-	private function buildClass(\ReflectionClass $class) {
+	private function buildClass(ReflectionClass $class) {
 		$constructor = $class->getConstructor();
 		if ($constructor === null) {
 			return $class->newInstance();
@@ -67,20 +74,20 @@ class SimpleContainer extends \Pimple\Container implements \OCP\IContainer {
 	 * If a parameter is not registered in the container try to instantiate it
 	 * by using reflection to find out how to build the class
 	 * @param string $name the class name to resolve
-	 * @return \stdClass
+	 * @return stdClass
 	 * @throws QueryException if the class could not be found or instantiated
 	 */
 	private function resolve($name) {
 		$baseMsg = 'Could not resolve ' . $name . '!';
 		try {
-			$class = new \ReflectionClass($name);
+			$class = new ReflectionClass($name);
 			if ($class->isInstantiable()) {
 				return $this->buildClass($class);
 			} else {
 				throw new QueryException($baseMsg .
 					' Class can not be instantiated');
 			}
-		} catch(\ReflectionException $e) {
+		} catch(ReflectionException $e) {
 			throw new QueryException($baseMsg . ' ' . $e->getMessage());
 		}
 	}
@@ -117,10 +124,10 @@ class SimpleContainer extends \Pimple\Container implements \OCP\IContainer {
 	 * Created instance will be cached in case $shared is true.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $name name of the service to register another backend for
-	 * @param \Closure $closure the closure to be called on service creation
+	 * @param Closure $closure the closure to be called on service creation
 	 * @param bool $shared
 	 */
-	public function registerService($name, \Closure $closure, $shared = true) {
+	public function registerService($name, Closure $closure, $shared = true) {
 		if (isset($this[$name]))  {
 			unset($this[$name]);
 		}
@@ -131,5 +138,17 @@ class SimpleContainer extends \Pimple\Container implements \OCP\IContainer {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for returning a service from a service under a different key,
+	 * e.g. to tell the container to return a class when queried for an
+	 * interface
+	 * @param string $alias the alias that should be registered
+	 * @param string $target the target that should be resolved instead
+	 */
+	public function registerAlias($alias, $target) {
+		$this->registerService($alias, function (IContainer $container) use ($target) {
+			return $container->query($target);
+		});
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/icontainer.php b/lib/public/icontainer.php
index 35bf6a76ce..75ff5e97b6 100644
--- a/lib/public/icontainer.php
+++ b/lib/public/icontainer.php
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 // This means that they should be used by apps instead of the internal ownCloud classes
 namespace OCP;
 
+use Closure;
+
+
 /**
  * Class IContainer
  *
@@ -72,5 +75,15 @@ interface IContainer {
 	 * @return void
 	 * @since 6.0.0
 	 */
-	public function registerService($name, \Closure $closure, $shared = true);
+	public function registerService($name, Closure $closure, $shared = true);
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for returning a service from a service under a different key,
+	 * e.g. to tell the container to return a class when queried for an
+	 * interface
+	 * @param string $alias the alias that should be registered
+	 * @param string $target the target that should be resolved instead
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function registerAlias($alias, $target);
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/utility/SimpleContainerTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/utility/SimpleContainerTest.php
index c5c522d911..09857808b9 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/utility/SimpleContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/utility/SimpleContainerTest.php
@@ -153,6 +153,19 @@ class SimpleContainerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals('abc', $object->test);
     }
 
+    public function testRegisterAliasParamter() {
+        $this->container->registerParameter('test', 'abc');
+        $this->container->registerAlias('test1', 'test');
+        $this->assertEquals('abc', $this->container->query('test1'));
+    }
+
+    public function testRegisterAliasService() {
+        $this->container->registerService('test', function() {
+            return 'abc';
+        });
+        $this->container->registerAlias('test1', 'test');
+        $this->assertEquals('abc', $this->container->query('test1'));
+    }
 
     /**
      * @expectedException \OCP\AppFramework\QueryException