diff --git a/core/command/app/disable.php b/core/command/app/disable.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc95739d997301848663673561b98d369944201a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/command/app/disable.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?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\Core\Command\App;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class Disable extends Command {
+	protected function configure() {
+		$this
+			->setName('app:disable')
+			->setDescription('disable an app')
+			->addArgument(
+				'app_id',
+				InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+				'disable the specified app'
+			);
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
+		$appId = $input->getArgument('app_id');
+		if (\OC_App::isEnabled($appId)) {
+			\OC_App::disable($appId);
+			$output->writeln($appId . ' disabled');
+		} else {
+			$output->writeln('No such app enabled: ' . $appId);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/command/app/enable.php b/core/command/app/enable.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..20cb55c4aab5714d4fa0a6284062c40a634f44c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/command/app/enable.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?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\Core\Command\App;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class Enable extends Command {
+	protected function configure() {
+		$this
+			->setName('app:enable')
+			->setDescription('enable an app')
+			->addArgument(
+				'app_id',
+				InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+				'enable the specified app'
+			);
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
+		$appId = $input->getArgument('app_id');
+		if (\OC_App::isEnabled($appId)) {
+			$output->writeln($appId . ' is already enabled');
+		} else if (!\OC_App::getAppPath($appId)) {
+			$output->writeln($appId . ' not found');
+		} else {
+			\OC_App::enable($appId);
+			$output->writeln($appId . ' enabled');
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/register_command.php b/core/register_command.php
index cfea1a6b8886442f50229c0370e1e19e1667fc8c..9ca2a8660bdbec41f5f1af19b25f41dbb0f372b8 100644
--- a/core/register_command.php
+++ b/core/register_command.php
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@
 $application->add(new OC\Core\Command\Status);
 $application->add(new OC\Core\Command\Db\GenerateChangeScript());
 $application->add(new OC\Core\Command\Upgrade());
+$application->add(new OC\Core\Command\App\Disable());
+$application->add(new OC\Core\Command\App\Enable());