diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Cache/DistributedCache.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Cache/DistributedCache.cs
index 0f3a4440d1..c208859de4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Cache/DistributedCache.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Cache/DistributedCache.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Cache
         {
             dc.Refresh(new Guid(DistributedCache.MemberCacheRefresherId), memberId);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Refreshes the cache amongst servers for a media item
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="dc"></param>
+        /// <param name="mediaId"></param>
+        public static void RefreshMediaCache(this DistributedCache dc, int mediaId)
+        {
+            dc.Refresh(new Guid(DistributedCache.MediaCacheRefresherId), mediaId);
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -86,6 +96,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Cache
         public const string TemplateRefresherId = "DD12B6A0-14B9-46e8-8800-C154F74047C8";
         public const string PageCacheRefresherId = "27AB3022-3DFA-47b6-9119-5945BC88FD66";
         public const string MemberCacheRefresherId = "E285DF34-ACDC-4226-AE32-C0CB5CF388DA";
+        public const string MediaCacheRefresherId = "B29286DD-2D40-4DDB-B325-681226589FEC";
         
         #endregion
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Cache/MediaLibraryRefreshers.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Cache/MediaLibraryRefreshers.cs
index 6bcf734196..aba1565aeb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Cache/MediaLibraryRefreshers.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Cache/MediaLibraryRefreshers.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Cache
 
         public Guid UniqueIdentifier
         {
-            get { return new Guid("B29286DD-2D40-4DDB-B325-681226589FEC"); }
+            get { return new Guid(DistributedCache.MediaCacheRefresherId); }
         }
 
         public string Name
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/CacheHelperExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/CacheHelperExtensions.cs
index 23038b65c8..f5598b9453 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/CacheHelperExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/CacheHelperExtensions.cs
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 
             if (allServers && UmbracoSettings.UseDistributedCalls)
             {
-                DistributedCache.Instance.Refresh(
-                    new Guid("B29286DD-2D40-4DDB-B325-681226589FEC"),
-                    mediaId);
+                DistributedCache.Instance.RefreshMediaCache(mediaId);
             }
             else
             {