diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index eaee84246512ec137417a313773a6e43a4e0727e..2613e88d0537ae66a5f80c719d9fd35457088fd6 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class OC {
 		// ensure we can find OC_Config
 		set_include_path(
 			OC::$SERVERROOT . '/lib' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
-				get_include_path()
+			get_include_path()
 		);
 
 		OC::$SUBURI = str_replace("\\", "/", substr(realpath($_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]), strlen(OC::$SERVERROOT)));
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ class OC {
 		// set the right include path
 		set_include_path(
 			OC::$SERVERROOT . '/lib' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
-				OC::$SERVERROOT . '/config' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
-				OC::$THIRDPARTYROOT . '/3rdparty' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
-				implode($paths, PATH_SEPARATOR) . PATH_SEPARATOR .
-				get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR .
-				OC::$SERVERROOT
+			OC::$SERVERROOT . '/config' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
+			OC::$THIRDPARTYROOT . '/3rdparty' . PATH_SEPARATOR .
+			implode($paths, PATH_SEPARATOR) . PATH_SEPARATOR .
+			get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR .
+			OC::$SERVERROOT
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -278,17 +278,17 @@ class OC {
 		ini_set('session.cookie_httponly', '1;');
 
 		// set the cookie path to the ownCloud directory
-		$cookie_path = OC::$WEBROOT ?: '/';
+		$cookie_path = OC::$WEBROOT ? : '/';
 		ini_set('session.cookie_path', $cookie_path);
 
 		//set the session object to a dummy session so code relying on the session existing still works
 		self::$session = new \OC\Session\Memory('');
-		
-		try{
+
+		try {
 			// set the session name to the instance id - which is unique
 			self::$session = new \OC\Session\Internal(OC_Util::getInstanceId());
 			// if session cant be started break with http 500 error
-		}catch (Exception $e){
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
 			OC_Log::write('core', 'Session could not be initialized',
 				OC_Log::ERROR);
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class OC {
 	public static function init() {
 		// register autoloader
 		require_once __DIR__ . '/autoloader.php';
-		self::$loader=new \OC\Autoloader();
+		self::$loader = new \OC\Autoloader();
 		self::$loader->registerPrefix('Doctrine\\Common', 'doctrine/common/lib');
 		self::$loader->registerPrefix('Doctrine\\DBAL', 'doctrine/dbal/lib');
 		self::$loader->registerPrefix('Symfony\\Component\\Routing', 'symfony/routing');
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class OC {
 		ini_set('arg_separator.output', '&');
 
 		// try to switch magic quotes off.
-		if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()==1) {
+		if (get_magic_quotes_gpc() == 1) {
 			ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', 0);
 		}
 
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ class OC {
 
 		//set http auth headers for apache+php-cgi work around
 		if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])
-			&& preg_match('/Basic\s+(.*)$/i', $_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'], $matches)) {
+			&& preg_match('/Basic\s+(.*)$/i', $_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'], $matches)
+		) {
 			list($name, $password) = explode(':', base64_decode($matches[1]), 2);
 			$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = strip_tags($name);
 			$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] = strip_tags($password);
@@ -406,7 +407,8 @@ class OC {
 
 		//set http auth headers for apache+php-cgi work around if variable gets renamed by apache
 		if (isset($_SERVER['REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])
-			&& preg_match('/Basic\s+(.*)$/i', $_SERVER['REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'], $matches)) {
+			&& preg_match('/Basic\s+(.*)$/i', $_SERVER['REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'], $matches)
+		) {
 			list($name, $password) = explode(':', base64_decode($matches[1]), 2);
 			$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = strip_tags($name);
 			$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] = strip_tags($password);
@@ -435,10 +437,11 @@ class OC {
 		stream_wrapper_register('fakedir', 'OC\Files\Stream\Dir');
 		stream_wrapper_register('static', 'OC\Files\Stream\StaticStream');
 		stream_wrapper_register('close', 'OC\Files\Stream\Close');
+		stream_wrapper_register('quota', 'OC\Files\Stream\Quota');
 		stream_wrapper_register('oc', 'OC\Files\Stream\OC');
 
 		self::initTemplateEngine();
-		if ( !self::$CLI ) {
+		if (!self::$CLI) {
 			self::initSession();
 		} else {
 			self::$session = new \OC\Session\Memory('');
@@ -459,7 +462,7 @@ class OC {
 
 		// User and Groups
 		if (!OC_Config::getValue("installed", false)) {
-			self::$session->set('user_id','');
+			self::$session->set('user_id', '');
 		}
 
 		OC_User::useBackend(new OC_User_Database());
diff --git a/lib/files/stream/quota.php b/lib/files/stream/quota.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53d8a03d30f6e135d517ef869ef7593fd94ea76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/files/stream/quota.php
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Files\Stream;
+
+/**
+ * stream wrapper limits the amount of data that can be written to a stream
+ *
+ * usage: void \OC\Files\Stream\Quota::register($id, $stream, $limit)
+ * or:    resource \OC\Files\Stream\Quota::wrap($stream, $limit)
+ */
+class Quota {
+	private static $streams = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * @var resource $source
+	 */
+	private $source;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var int $limit
+	 */
+	private $limit;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $id
+	 * @param resource $stream
+	 * @param int $limit
+	 */
+	public static function register($id, $stream, $limit) {
+		self::$streams[$id] = array($stream, $limit);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * remove all registered streams
+	 */
+	public static function clear() {
+		self::$streams = array();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param resource $stream
+	 * @param int $limit
+	 * @return resource
+	 */
+	static public function wrap($stream, $limit) {
+		$id = uniqid();
+		self::register($id, $stream, $limit);
+		$meta = stream_get_meta_data($stream);
+		return fopen('quota://' . $id, $meta['mode']);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_open($path, $mode, $options, &$opened_path) {
+		$id = substr($path, strlen('quota://'));
+		if (isset(self::$streams[$id])) {
+			list($this->source, $this->limit) = self::$streams[$id];
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function stream_seek($offset, $whence = SEEK_SET) {
+		if ($whence === SEEK_SET) {
+			$this->limit += $this->stream_tell() - $offset;
+		} else {
+			$this->limit -= $offset;
+		}
+		fseek($this->source, $offset, $whence);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_tell() {
+		return ftell($this->source);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_read($count) {
+		$this->limit -= $count;
+		return fread($this->source, $count);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_write($data) {
+		$size = strlen($data);
+		if ($size > $this->limit) {
+			$data = substr($data, 0, $this->limit);
+			$size = $this->limit;
+		}
+		$this->limit -= $size;
+		return fwrite($this->source, $data);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_set_option($option, $arg1, $arg2) {
+		switch ($option) {
+			case STREAM_OPTION_BLOCKING:
+				stream_set_blocking($this->source, $arg1);
+				break;
+			case STREAM_OPTION_READ_TIMEOUT:
+				stream_set_timeout($this->source, $arg1, $arg2);
+				break;
+			case STREAM_OPTION_WRITE_BUFFER:
+				stream_set_write_buffer($this->source, $arg1, $arg2);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function stream_stat() {
+		return fstat($this->source);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_lock($mode) {
+		flock($this->source, $mode);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_flush() {
+		return fflush($this->source);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_eof() {
+		return feof($this->source);
+	}
+
+	public function stream_close() {
+		fclose($this->source);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/lib/files/stream/quota.php b/tests/lib/files/stream/quota.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..22d3e93592c7de4285e608111327a45f969434dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/files/stream/quota.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+namespace Test\Files\Stream;
+
+class Quota extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+	public function tearDown() {
+		\OC\Files\Stream\Quota::clear();
+	}
+
+	protected function getStream($mode, $limit) {
+		$source = fopen('php://temp', $mode);
+		return \OC\Files\Stream\Quota::wrap($source, $limit);
+	}
+
+	public function testWriteEnoughSpace() {
+		$stream = $this->getStream('w+', 100);
+		$this->assertEquals(6, fwrite($stream, 'foobar'));
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals('foobar', fread($stream, 100));
+	}
+
+	public function testWriteNotEnoughSpace() {
+		$stream = $this->getStream('w+', 3);
+		$this->assertEquals(3, fwrite($stream, 'foobar'));
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals('foo', fread($stream, 100));
+	}
+
+	public function testWriteNotEnoughSpaceSecondTime() {
+		$stream = $this->getStream('w+', 9);
+		$this->assertEquals(6, fwrite($stream, 'foobar'));
+		$this->assertEquals(3, fwrite($stream, 'qwerty'));
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals('foobarqwe', fread($stream, 100));
+	}
+
+	public function testWriteEnoughSpaceRewind() {
+		$stream = $this->getStream('w+', 6);
+		$this->assertEquals(6, fwrite($stream, 'foobar'));
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals(3, fwrite($stream, 'qwe'));
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals('qwebar', fread($stream, 100));
+	}
+
+	public function testWriteNotEnoughSpaceRead() {
+		$stream = $this->getStream('w+', 6);
+		$this->assertEquals(6, fwrite($stream, 'foobar'));
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals('foobar', fread($stream, 6));
+		$this->assertEquals(0, fwrite($stream, 'qwe'));
+	}
+
+	public function testWriteNotEnoughSpaceExistingStream() {
+		$source = fopen('php://temp', 'w+');
+		fwrite($source, 'foobar');
+		$stream = \OC\Files\Stream\Quota::wrap($source, 3);
+		$this->assertEquals(3, fwrite($stream, 'foobar'));
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals('foobarfoo', fread($stream, 100));
+	}
+
+	public function testWriteNotEnoughSpaceExistingStreamRewind() {
+		$source = fopen('php://temp', 'w+');
+		fwrite($source, 'foobar');
+		$stream = \OC\Files\Stream\Quota::wrap($source, 3);
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals(6, fwrite($stream, 'qwerty'));
+		rewind($stream);
+		$this->assertEquals('qwerty', fread($stream, 100));
+	}
+}