diff --git a/lib/db/connection.php b/lib/db/connection.php
index 2581969dbd0a34a7a1ab3d61e381f49810943095..2d3193a148a46fa84cd38b31879612f22d64a708 100644
--- a/lib/db/connection.php
+++ b/lib/db/connection.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Doctrine\DBAL\Configuration;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Cache\QueryCacheProfile;
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
 
-class Connection extends \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection {
+class Connection extends \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection implements \OCP\IDBConnection {
 	/**
 	 * @var string $tablePrefix
 	 */
diff --git a/lib/public/idbconnection.php b/lib/public/idbconnection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..67dd7ccfc3764bc3f78492536889fce898bde934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/idbconnection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Bart Visscher <bartv@thisnet.nl>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ * 
+ */
+
+namespace OCP;
+
+/**
+ * TODO: Description
+ */
+interface IDBConnection {
+	/**
+	 * Used to abstract the owncloud database access away
+	 * @param string $sql the sql query with ? placeholder for params
+	 * @param int $limit the maximum number of rows
+	 * @param int $offset from which row we want to start
+	 * @return \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Statement The prepared statement.
+	 */
+	public function prepare($sql, $limit=null, $offset=null);
+
+	/**
+	 * Used to get the id of the just inserted element
+	 * @param string $tableName the name of the table where we inserted the item
+	 * @return int the id of the inserted element
+	 */
+	public function lastInsertId($table = null);
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Insert a row if a matching row doesn't exists.
+	 * @param $table string The table name (will replace *PREFIX*) to perform the replace on.
+	 * @param $input array
+	 *
+	 * The input array if in the form:
+	 *
+	 * array ( 'id' => array ( 'value' => 6,
+	 *	'key' => true
+	 *	),
+	 *	'name' => array ('value' => 'Stoyan'),
+	 *	'family' => array ('value' => 'Stefanov'),
+	 *	'birth_date' => array ('value' => '1975-06-20')
+	 *	);
+	 * @return bool
+	 *
+	 */
+	public function insertIfNotExist($table, $input);
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Start a transaction
+	 */
+	public function beginTransaction();
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Commit the database changes done during a transaction that is in progress
+	 */
+	public function commit();
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Rollback the database changes done during a transaction that is in progress
+	 */
+	public function rollBack();
+
+	/**
+	 * returns the error code and message as a string for logging
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getError();
+}
diff --git a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
index ad714276660b5399d72f32b0be16425d94ed0bfd..5481cd6ce6a9f0fca493e749985071643f0c703c 100644
--- a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
+++ b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
@@ -83,4 +83,11 @@ interface IServerContainer {
 	 */
 	function getSession();
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current session
+	 *
+	 * @return \OCP\IDBConnection
+	 */
+	function getDatabaseConnection();
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/server.php b/lib/server.php
index 316ed39665bb015081b7b5941bb57125261ebbd1..a5288fa148270060059647124202e7e8cdd41b43 100644
--- a/lib/server.php
+++ b/lib/server.php
@@ -170,4 +170,12 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 		return \OC::$session;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current session
+	 *
+	 * @return \OCP\IDBConnection
+	 */
+	function getDatabaseConnection() {
+		return \OC_DB::getConnection();
+	}
 }