diff --git a/export.php b/export.php
index beaa05fe19..1f70a1b4e0 100644
--- a/export.php
+++ b/export.php
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ $tables = [];
 if ($export_type == 'server') {
     $err_url = 'server_export.php' . Url::getCommon();
 } elseif ($export_type == 'database' && strlen($db) > 0) {
-    $err_url = 'db_export.php' . Url::getCommon(['db' => $db]);
+    $err_url = Url::getFromRoute('/database/export', ['db' => $db]);
     // Check if we have something to export
     if (isset($table_select)) {
         $tables = $table_select;
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ if ($save_on_server) {
                 $message = PhpMyAdmin\Message::error(
                     __('No tables found in database.')
                 );
-                $active_page = 'db_export.php';
-                include ROOT_PATH . 'db_export.php';
+                $active_page = Url::getFromRoute('/database/export');
+                include ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/entry_points/database/export.php';
                 exit;
             }
         }
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 413bf490be..b233ab193e 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ if (isset($_GET['route']) || isset($_POST['route'])) {
             $routes->addRoute(['GET', 'POST'], '/events', function () {
                 require_once ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/entry_points/database/events.php';
             });
+            $routes->addRoute(['GET', 'POST'], '/export', function () {
+                require_once ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/entry_points/database/export.php';
+            });
             $routes->addRoute(['GET', 'POST'], '/multi_table_query', function () {
                 require_once ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/entry_points/database/multi_table_query.php';
             });
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Core.php b/libraries/classes/Core.php
index 18556b0633..45940e0772 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Core.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Core.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class Core
      * @static array $goto_whitelist
      */
     public static $goto_whitelist = [
-        'db_export.php',
         'db_importdocsql.php',
         'db_import.php',
         'export.php',
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Export.php b/libraries/classes/Export.php
index 1a5c495a3f..ffb240a4f3 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Export.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Export.php
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class Export
         if ($export_type == 'server') {
             $back_button .= 'server_export.php" data-post="' . Url::getCommon([], '');
         } elseif ($export_type == 'database') {
-            $back_button .= 'db_export.php" data-post="' . Url::getCommon(['db' => $db], '');
+            $back_button .= Url::getFromRoute('/database/export') . '" data-post="' . Url::getCommon(['db' => $db], '');
         } else {
             $back_button .= 'tbl_export.php" data-post="' . Url::getCommon(
                 [
@@ -1054,8 +1054,8 @@ class Export
             $active_page = 'server_export.php';
             include_once ROOT_PATH . 'server_export.php';
         } elseif ($export_type == 'database') {
-            $active_page = 'db_export.php';
-            include_once ROOT_PATH . 'db_export.php';
+            $active_page = Url::getFromRoute('/database/export');
+            include_once ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/entry_points/database/export.php';
         } else {
             $active_page = 'tbl_export.php';
             include_once ROOT_PATH . 'tbl_export.php';
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Menu.php b/libraries/classes/Menu.php
index a789aa02b9..0d02417f46 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Menu.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Menu.php
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ class Menu
 
         $tabs['export']['text'] = __('Export');
         $tabs['export']['icon'] = 'b_export';
-        $tabs['export']['link'] = 'db_export.php';
+        $tabs['export']['link'] = Url::getFromRoute('/database/export');
+        $tabs['export']['active'] = isset($_REQUEST['route']) && $_REQUEST['route'] === '/database/export';
         if ($num_tables == 0) {
             $tabs['export']['warning'] = __('Database seems to be empty!');
         }
diff --git a/db_export.php b/libraries/entry_points/database/export.php
similarity index 93%
rename from db_export.php
rename to libraries/entry_points/database/export.php
index d585392739..d74afb236f 100644
--- a/db_export.php
+++ b/libraries/entry_points/database/export.php
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\Display\Export as DisplayExport;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Export;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Message;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Response;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Url;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Util;
 
-if (! defined('ROOT_PATH')) {
-    define('ROOT_PATH', __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
+    exit;
 }
 
-global $containerBuilder, $db, $table, $url_query;
-
-require_once ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/common.inc.php';
+global $containerBuilder, $db, $table, $url_query, $url_params;
 
 /** @var Response $response */
 $response = $containerBuilder->get(Response::class);
@@ -39,10 +38,15 @@ $scripts->addFile('export.js');
 $export = $containerBuilder->get('export');
 
 // $sub_part is used in Util::getDbInfo() to see if we are coming from
-// db_export.php, in which case we don't obey $cfg['MaxTableList']
+// /database/export, in which case we don't obey $cfg['MaxTableList']
 $sub_part  = '_export';
+
 require_once ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/db_common.inc.php';
-$url_query .= '&goto=db_export.php';
+
+$url_params = [
+    'goto' => Url::getFromRoute('/database/export'),
+];
+$url_query .= Url::getCommon($url_params, '&');
 
 list(
     $tables,
diff --git a/libraries/mult_submits.inc.php b/libraries/mult_submits.inc.php
index 7a538fab1d..08c5d74d11 100644
--- a/libraries/mult_submits.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/mult_submits.inc.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if (! empty($submit_mult)
                 break;
             case 'export':
                 unset($submit_mult);
-                include ROOT_PATH . 'db_export.php';
+                include ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/entry_points/database/export.php';
                 exit;
             case 'copy_tbl':
                 $views = $GLOBALS['dbi']->getVirtualTables($db);
diff --git a/test/classes/CoreTest.php b/test/classes/CoreTest.php
index ba0a82a9b1..011a23211a 100644
--- a/test/classes/CoreTest.php
+++ b/test/classes/CoreTest.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use stdClass;
 class CoreTest extends PmaTestCase
 {
     protected $goto_whitelist = [
-        'db_export.php',
         'export.php',
         'import.php',
         'index.php',