diff --git a/db/view/view_builder.hh b/db/view/view_builder.hh
index f032099028..cd7c0e422a 100644
--- a/db/view/view_builder.hh
+++ b/db/view/view_builder.hh
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ public:
     static constexpr size_t batch_size = 128;
     static constexpr size_t batch_memory_max = 1024*1024;
 
+    replica::database& get_db() noexcept { return _db; }
+
 public:
     view_builder(replica::database&, db::system_keyspace&, db::system_distributed_keyspace&, service::migration_notifier&, view_update_generator& vug);
     view_builder(view_builder&&) = delete;
diff --git a/db/view/view_update_generator.hh b/db/view/view_update_generator.hh
index 6b9c0cf5e7..dbc8fd9b7f 100644
--- a/db/view/view_update_generator.hh
+++ b/db/view/view_update_generator.hh
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public:
     future<> stop();
     future<> register_staging_sstable(sstables::shared_sstable sst, lw_shared_ptr<replica::table> table);
 
+    replica::database& get_db() noexcept { return _db; }
+
     future<> mutate_MV(
             dht::token base_token,
             utils::chunked_vector<frozen_mutation_and_schema> view_updates,