diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Hook/PdfexportHook.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Hook/PdfexportHook.php
index 0ae0c530df..3716ce88ac 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Hook/PdfexportHook.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Hook/PdfexportHook.php
@@ -5,30 +5,65 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Application\Hook;
 
+use Icinga\Application\Hook;
+use Icinga\Application\Logger;
+use Icinga\Exception\IcingaException;
+use ipl\Html\ValidHtml;
+use RuntimeException;
+use Throwable;
+
 /**
  * Base class for the PDF Export Hook
  */
 abstract class PdfexportHook
 {
-    use HookEssentials;
-
-    final protected static function getHookName(): string
+    /**
+     * Get the first hook that supports PDF export
+     *
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function first()
     {
-        return 'Pdfexport';
+        foreach (Hook::all('Pdfexport') as $exporter) {
+            try {
+                if ($exporter->isSupported()) {
+                    return $exporter;
+                }
+            } catch (Throwable $e) {
+                Logger::error(
+                    "PDF exporter reported an error during support check: %s\n%s",
+                    $e,
+                    IcingaException::getConfidentialTraceAsString($e),
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw new RuntimeException('No supported PDF exporter available');
     }
 
     /**
      * Get whether PDF export is supported
      *
-     * @return  bool
+     * @return bool
      */
     abstract public function isSupported();
 
     /**
      * Render the specified HTML to PDF and stream it to the client
      *
-     * @param   string  $html       The HTML to render to PDF
-     * @param   string  $filename   The filename for the generated PDF
+     * @param ValidHtml $html The HTML to render to PDF
+     * @param string $filename The filename for the generated PDF
+     *
+     * @return never
      */
     abstract public function streamPdfFromHtml($html, $filename);
+
+    /**
+     * Render the specified HTML to PDF and return the PDF document as a string
+     *
+     * @param ValidHtml $html The HTML to render to PDF
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    abstract public function htmlToPdf($html);
 }
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Common/PdfExport.php b/library/Icinga/Common/PdfExport.php
index ed49fafb1e..4093a7ab63 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Common/PdfExport.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Common/PdfExport.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Common;
 
+use Icinga\Application\Hook\PdfexportHook;
 use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
 use Icinga\Date\DateFormatter;
 use Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError;
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ trait PdfExport
      * Export the requested action to PDF and send it
      *
      * @return never
-     * @throws ConfigurationError If the pdfexport module is not available
+     *
+     * @throws ConfigurationError If no pdfexport module is available
      */
     protected function sendAsPdf()
     {
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ protected function sendAsPdf()
             $doc->getAttributes()->add('class', 'icinga-module module-' . $moduleName);
         }
 
-        \Icinga\Module\Pdfexport\ProvidedHook\Pdfexport::first()->streamPdfFromHtml($doc, sprintf(
+        PdfexportHook::first()->streamPdfFromHtml($doc, sprintf(
             '%s-%s',
             $this->view->title ?: $this->getRequest()->getActionName(),
             $time