diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 34157bce..bb4a5c40 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@
         devIocStats_src, devIocStats_os, devIocStats_default
     ],
     dsos = [
-        'epicscorelibs.lib.qsrv',
-        'epicscorelibs.lib.pvAccessIOC',
-        'epicscorelibs.lib.pvAccess',
-        'epicscorelibs.lib.pvData',
         'epicscorelibs.lib.dbRecStd',
         'epicscorelibs.lib.dbCore',
         'epicscorelibs.lib.ca',
@@ -95,6 +91,8 @@ def install_for_development(self):
     install_requires = [
         # Dependency version declared in pyproject.toml
         epicscorelibs.version.abi_requires(),
+        "pvxslibs>=1.2.1a1",
+        "setuptools_dso>=2.4",
         "numpy",
         "epicsdbbuilder>=1.4"
     ],
diff --git a/softioc/__init__.py b/softioc/__init__.py
index 2fb60947..019d7a56 100644
--- a/softioc/__init__.py
+++ b/softioc/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 '''Python soft IOC module.'''
 import os
 
-from epicscorelibs import path
-from epicscorelibs.ioc import \
-    iocshRegisterCommon, registerRecordDeviceDriver, pdbbase
-
 # Do this as early as possible, in case we happen to use cothread
 # This will set the CATOOLS_LIBCA_PATH environment variable in case we use
 # cothread.catools. It works even if we don't have cothread installed
@@ -12,17 +8,44 @@
 
 # This import will also pull in the extension, which is needed
 # before we call iocshRegisterCommon
-from .imports import dbLoadDatabase
 from ._version_git import __version__
+from .imports import dbLoadDatabase
+
+def load_dbd():
+    import ctypes
+    from epicscorelibs import path
+    from epicscorelibs.ioc import \
+        iocshRegisterCommon, registerRecordDeviceDriver, pdbbase
+    import pvxslibs.path
+    from setuptools_dso.runtime import find_dso
+
+    dbd_paths = ':'.join([
+        os.path.join(path.base_path, 'dbd'),
+        pvxslibs.path.dbd_path,
+        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "iocStats", "devIocStats"),
+    ])
+    dbds = [
+        'base.dbd', # must be first
+        'devIocStats.dbd',
+        'pvxsIoc.dbd',
+    ]
+
+    # Need to do this before calling anything in device.py
+    iocshRegisterCommon()
+    for dbd in dbds:
+        dbLoadDatabase(dbd, dbd_paths, None)
+
+    from ._extension import install_pv_logging
+    dbRecStd = ctypes.CDLL(find_dso('epicscorelibs.lib.dbRecStd'), ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
+    pvxsIoc = ctypes.CDLL(find_dso('pvxslibs.lib.pvxsIoc'), ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
+
+    # must explicitly enable QSRV while "Feature Preview"
+    os.environ.setdefault('PVXS_QSRV_ENABLE', 'YES')
 
-# Need to do this before calling anything in device.py
-iocshRegisterCommon()
-for dbd in ('base.dbd', 'PVAServerRegister.dbd', 'qsrv.dbd'):
-    dbLoadDatabase(dbd, os.path.join(path.base_path, 'dbd'), None)
-iocStats = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "iocStats", "devIocStats")
-dbLoadDatabase('devIocStats.dbd', iocStats, None)
+    if registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase):
+        raise RuntimeError('Error registering')
 
-if registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase):
-    raise RuntimeError('Error registering')
+load_dbd()
+del load_dbd
 
 __all__ = ['__version__']
diff --git a/softioc/softioc.py b/softioc/softioc.py
index 884b72da..a8a5d53e 100644
--- a/softioc/softioc.py
+++ b/softioc/softioc.py
@@ -272,6 +272,41 @@ def call_f(*args):
 and any other value means yes.''',
            lib=imports.Com)
 
+class IOCSh(object):
+    class Caller:
+        '''
+        Wrapper around iocshCmd() to translate eg.
+        iocsh.dbpr("MY-DEVICE-PREFIX:AI", 2)
+        into
+        iocshCmd("dbpr MY-DEVICE-PREFIX:AI 2")
+        '''
+        iocshCmd = imports.Com.iocshCmd
+        iocshCmd.argtypes = (auto_encode,)
+        iocshCmd.restype = c_int
+        def __init__(self, name):
+            self.name = name
+        def __call__(self, *args):
+            cmd = [self.name]
+            for arg in args:
+                # TODO escape quote chars once this would work.
+                # https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base/issues/362
+                if isinstance(arg, str) and arg.find(' ')!=-1:
+                    arg = f'"{arg}"'
+                else:
+                    arg = str(arg)
+                cmd.append(arg)
+            cmd = ' '.join(cmd)
+            ret = self.iocshCmd(cmd)
+            if ret!=0:
+                raise RuntimeError(ret)
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if name.startswith('__'):
+            return super().__getattr__(name)
+        else:
+            return self.Caller(name)
+IOCSh.__doc__ = IOCSh.Caller.__doc__
+iocsh = IOCSh()
+command_names.append('iocsh')
 
 # Hacked up exit object so that when soft IOC framework sends us an exit command
 # we actually exit.