diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathServices.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathServices.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e0b9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathServices.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Core\Path\PathServices.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Path;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a class for returning path service objects.
+ */
+class PathServices {
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the alias manager.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Path\AliasManagerInterface
+   */
+  public static function aliasManager() {
+    return drupal_container()->get('path.alias_manager');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the CRUD service.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Path\Path
+   */
+  public static function crud() {
+    return drupal_container()->get('path.crud');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/path/path.admin.inc b/core/modules/path/path.admin.inc
index 0535454..11a9e50 100644
--- a/core/modules/path/path.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/path/path.admin.inc
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Administrative page callbacks for the path module.
  */
 
+use Drupal\Core\Path\PathServices;
+
 /**
  * Returns a listing of all defined URL aliases.
  *
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ function path_admin_overview($keys = NULL) {
 
     // If the system path maps to a different URL alias, highlight this table
     // row to let the user know of old aliases.
-    if ($data->alias != drupal_container()->get('path.alias_manager')->getPathAlias($data->source, $data->langcode)) {
+    if ($data->alias != PathServices::aliasManager()->getPathAlias($data->source, $data->langcode)) {
       $row['class'] = array('warning');
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/path/path.module b/core/modules/path/path.module
index 7521dee..4aa7b6a 100644
--- a/core/modules/path/path.module
+++ b/core/modules/path/path.module
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * Enables users to rename URLs.
  */
 
+use Drupal\Core\Path\PathServices;
 use Drupal\node\Plugin\Core\Entity\Node;
-
 use Drupal\taxonomy\Plugin\Core\Entity\Term;
 
 /**
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function path_form_node_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
     if ($node->langcode != LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED) {
       $conditions['langcode'] = $node->langcode;
     }
-    $path = drupal_container()->get('path.crud')->load($conditions);
+    $path = PathServices::crud()->load($conditions);
     if ($path === FALSE) {
       $path = array();
     }