diff --git a/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/router/request.js b/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/router/request.js
index 1829d0aea0..67ef508f2e 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/router/request.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/router/request.js
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ module.exports = class SyntheticRequest {
 
   // idiosyncratic
 
+  get database() {
+    return this._raw.database;
+  }
+
   params(name) {
     if (hasOwnProperty.call(this.pathParams, name)) {
       return this.pathParams[name];