diff --git a/apps/files/appinfo/remote.php b/apps/files/appinfo/remote.php
index 9b114ca2e37209ddc8fd739ff99c5456c6341f23..0c1f2e6580c778f4fc995236b3c5c3929906db03 100644
--- a/apps/files/appinfo/remote.php
+++ b/apps/files/appinfo/remote.php
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ $defaults = new OC_Defaults();
 $server->addPlugin(new Sabre_DAV_Auth_Plugin($authBackend, $defaults->getName()));
 $server->addPlugin(new Sabre_DAV_Locks_Plugin($lockBackend));
 $server->addPlugin(new Sabre_DAV_Browser_Plugin(false)); // Show something in the Browser, but no upload
+$server->addPlugin(new OC_Connector_Sabre_AbortedUploadDetectionPlugin());
 $server->addPlugin(new OC_Connector_Sabre_QuotaPlugin());
 $server->addPlugin(new OC_Connector_Sabre_MaintenancePlugin());
 
diff --git a/lib/connector/sabre/aborteduploaddetectionplugin.php b/lib/connector/sabre/aborteduploaddetectionplugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..745c4a9942dbf5bce89cfe7919fb88284ae50fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/connector/sabre/aborteduploaddetectionplugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Thomas Müller <thomas.mueller@tmit.eu>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class OC_Connector_Sabre_AbortedUploadDetectionPlugin
+ *
+ * This plugin will verify if the uploaded data has been stored completely.
+ * This is done by comparing the content length of the request with the file size on storage.
+ */
+class OC_Connector_Sabre_AbortedUploadDetectionPlugin extends Sabre_DAV_ServerPlugin {
+
+	/**
+	 * Reference to main server object
+	 *
+	 * @var Sabre_DAV_Server
+	 */
+	private $server;
+
+	/**
+	 * is kept public to allow overwrite for unit testing
+	 *
+	 * @var \OC\Files\View
+	 */
+	public $fileView;
+
+	/**
+	 * This initializes the plugin.
+	 *
+	 * This function is called by Sabre_DAV_Server, after
+	 * addPlugin is called.
+	 *
+	 * This method should set up the requires event subscriptions.
+	 *
+	 * @param Sabre_DAV_Server $server
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function initialize(Sabre_DAV_Server $server) {
+
+		$this->server = $server;
+
+		$server->subscribeEvent('afterCreateFile', array($this, 'afterCreateFile'), 10);
+		$server->subscribeEvent('afterWriteContent', array($this, 'afterWriteContent'), 10);
+	}
+
+	function afterCreateFile($path, Sabre_DAV_ICollection $parent) {
+
+		$this->verifyContentLength($path);
+
+	}
+
+	function afterWriteContent($path, Sabre_DAV_IFile $node) {
+		$path = $path .'/'.$node->getName();
+		$this->verifyContentLength($path);
+	}
+
+	function verifyContentLength($filePath) {
+
+		// ownCloud chunked upload will be handled in it's own plugin
+		$chunkHeader = $this->server->httpRequest->getHeader('OC-Chunked');
+		if ($chunkHeader) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// compare expected and actual size
+		$expected = $this->getLength();
+		$actual = $this->getFileView()->filesize($filePath);
+		if ($actual != $expected) {
+			$this->getFileView()->unlink($filePath);
+			throw new Sabre_DAV_Exception_BadRequest('expected filesize ' . $expected . ' got ' . $actual);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getLength()
+	{
+		$req = $this->server->httpRequest;
+		$length = $req->getHeader('X-Expected-Entity-Length');
+		if (!$length) {
+			$length = $req->getHeader('Content-Length');
+		}
+
+		return $length;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return \OC\Files\View
+	 */
+	public function getFileView()
+	{
+		if (is_null($this->fileView)) {
+			// initialize fileView
+			$this->fileView = \OC\Files\Filesystem::getView();
+		}
+
+		return $this->fileView;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/connector/sabre/directory.php b/lib/connector/sabre/directory.php
index 3181a4b310f06515a1504ff14708f16c1c6fcbb2..29374f7a6cf44d9dd1be36b3feda2b87c0746b96 100644
--- a/lib/connector/sabre/directory.php
+++ b/lib/connector/sabre/directory.php
@@ -74,19 +74,6 @@ class OC_Connector_Sabre_Directory extends OC_Connector_Sabre_Node implements Sa
 
 			\OC\Files\Filesystem::file_put_contents($partpath, $data);
 
-			//detect aborted upload
-			if (isset ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) && $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'PUT' ) {
-				if (isset($_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'])) {
-					$expected = $_SERVER['CONTENT_LENGTH'];
-					$actual = \OC\Files\Filesystem::filesize($partpath);
-					if ($actual != $expected) {
-						\OC\Files\Filesystem::unlink($partpath);
-						throw new Sabre_DAV_Exception_BadRequest(
-								'expected filesize ' . $expected . ' got ' . $actual);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
 			// rename to correct path
 			\OC\Files\Filesystem::rename($partpath, $newPath);