diff --git a/lib/filesystem.php b/lib/filesystem.php
index 28bd7d5290099cf81afdbc2399872cc1c02c4746..89de533d725f78b854b6b5faea9c0297e6dae51d 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem.php
+++ b/lib/filesystem.php
@@ -474,6 +474,15 @@ class OC_Filesystem{
 	static public function search($query){
 		return OC_FileCache::search($query);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * check if a file or folder has been updated since $time
+	 * @param int $time
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	static public function hasUpdated($path,$time){
+		return self::$defaultInstance->hasUpdated($path);
+	}
 }
 
 require_once('filecache.php');
diff --git a/lib/filesystemview.php b/lib/filesystemview.php
index 58657671b9875258ff88347a49a6321a675f42f9..813a87cd74e5eb2815359826744728a6117fa923 100644
--- a/lib/filesystemview.php
+++ b/lib/filesystemview.php
@@ -444,4 +444,13 @@ class OC_FilesystemView {
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * check if a file or folder has been updated since $time
+	 * @param int $time
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function hasUpdated($path,$time){
+		return $this->basicOperation('hasUpdated',$path,array(),$time);
+	}
 }