diff --git a/application/controllers/helpers/DataFormatSwitch.php b/application/controllers/helpers/DataFormatSwitch.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9a2b4549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/controllers/helpers/DataFormatSwitch.php
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<?php
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+/**
+ * This file is part of Icinga Web 2.
+ *
+ * Icinga Web 2 - Head for multiple monitoring backends.
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Icinga Development Team
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * @copyright  2013 Icinga Development Team <info@icinga.org>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt GPL, version 2
+ * @author     Icinga Development Team <info@icinga.org>
+ *
+ */
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+class Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_DataFormatSwitch extends Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ContextSwitch {
+
+    protected $autoSerialization = true;
+
+    public function setAutoJsonSerialization($value)
+    {
+        $this->autoSerialization = $value;
+        $this->setAutoJsonSerialization($value);
+    }
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+          $this->setContexts(
+            array(
+                'pdf' => array(
+                    'suffix'    => 'pdf',
+                    'headers'   => array('Content-Type' => 'application/pdf'),
+                    'callbacks' => array(
+                        'init'  => 'removeStyles',
+                        'post'  => 'postPdfContext'
+                    )
+                ),
+                'json' => array(
+                    'suffix'    => 'json',
+                    'headers'   => array('Content-Type' => 'application/json'),
+                    'callbacks' => array(
+                         'init' => 'removeStyles',
+                         'post' => 'postJsonContext'
+                    )
+                ),
+                'xml' => array(
+                    'suffix'    => 'xml',
+                    'headers'   => array('Content-Type' => 'application/xml'),
+                    'callbacks' => array(
+                         'init' => 'removeStyles',
+                         'post' => 'postXmlContext'
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function postXmlContext()
+    {
+        if (!$this->autoSerialization) {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function postPdfContext()
+    {
+        if (!$this->autoSerialization) {
+            return;
+        }
+        $viewRenderer = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('viewRenderer');
+        $helper = new Zend_View_Helper_Pdf();
+        $this->getResponse()->setBody(
+            $helper->pdf($viewRenderer->render())
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function removeStyles()
+    {
+        if (!$this->getAutoJsonSerialization()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        $viewRenderer = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('viewRenderer');
+        $view = $viewRenderer->view;
+        if ($view instanceof Zend_View_Interface) {
+            $viewRenderer->setNoRender(true);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Controller/ActionController.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Controller/ActionController.php
index 10a534910..e08be3778 100755
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Controller/ActionController.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Controller/ActionController.php
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ use Icinga\Util\Translator;
 use Icinga\Web\Widget\Tabs;
 use Icinga\Web\Url;
 
+use Icinga\File\Pdf;
+use \DOMDocument;
+
 /**
  * Base class for all core action controllers
  *
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ class ActionController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             ->setResponse($response)
             ->_setInvokeArgs($invokeArgs);
         $this->_helper = new Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker($this);
+        $this->_helper->addPath('../application/controllers/helpers');
 
         // when noInit is set (e.g. for testing), authentication and init is skipped
         if (isset($invokeArgs['noInit'])) {
@@ -234,6 +238,38 @@ class ActionController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                 $this->_helper->layout()->benchmark = $this->renderBenchmark();
             }
         }
+        if ($this->_request->getParam('format') === 'pdf' && $this->_request->getControllerName() !== 'static') {
+            $html = $this->view->render(
+                $this->_request->getControllerName() . '/' . $this->_request->getActionName() . '.phtml'
+            );
+            $this->sendAsPdf($html);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function sendAsPdf($body)
+    {
+        $css = $this->view->getHelper('action')->action('stylesheet', 'static', 'application');
+        $css = <<<EOF
+
+
+EOF;
+        $html = '<html><head></head><body><style>' . $css . '</style>' . $body . '</body></html>';
+        $pdf = new PDF();
+        $pdf->AddPage();
+        $pdf->writeHTML($html);
+        $pdf->Output($this->getRequest()->getActionName() . '.pdf', 'I');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param DOMDocument $doc
+     * @param             $tag
+     */
+    private function removeNodeByTagName(DOMDocument $doc, $tag)
+    {
+        $forms = $doc->getElementsByTagName($tag);
+        foreach ($forms as $form) {
+            $form->parentNode->removeChild($form);;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ListController.php b/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ListController.php
index 88408165a..fdf2ba134 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ListController.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ListController.php
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ class Monitoring_ListController extends MonitoringController
         $this->view->grapher = Hook::get('grapher');
         $this->createTabs();
         $this->view->activeRowHref = $this->getParam('detail');
+
+        /*
+        $contextSwitch = $this->_helper->getHelper('DataFormatSwitch');
+        $contextSwitch = $this->_helper->getHelper('ContextSwitch');
+        $contextSwitch->addActionContext(true, 'json');
+        $contextSwitch->setAutoJsonSerialization(true);
+        $contextSwitch->initContext();
+        $contextSwitch->addActionContext(true, 'xml');
+        $contextSwitch->addActionContext(true, 'pdf');
+        */
     }
 
     /**
@@ -135,7 +145,6 @@ class Monitoring_ListController extends MonitoringController
         ));
         $this->handleFormatRequest($query);
         $this->view->hosts = $query->paginate();
-
     }
 
     /**