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..15dca3a680976ca6fe88b746e1334ade73b218ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/connector/sabre/aborteduploaddetectionplugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?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
+	 */
+	public function initialize(Sabre_DAV_Server $server) {
+
+		$this->server = $server;
+
+		$server->subscribeEvent('afterCreateFile', array($this, 'verifyContentLength'), 10);
+		$server->subscribeEvent('afterWriteContent', array($this, 'verifyContentLength'), 10);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $filePath
+	 * @param Sabre_DAV_INode $node
+	 * @throws Sabre_DAV_Exception_BadRequest
+	 */
+	public function verifyContentLength($filePath, Sabre_DAV_INode $node = null) {
+
+		// ownCloud chunked upload will be handled in its own plugin
+		$chunkHeader = $this->server->httpRequest->getHeader('OC-Chunked');
+		if ($chunkHeader) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// compare expected and actual size
+		$expected = $this->getLength();
+		if (!$expected) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$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 a50098df793dcfcff7fb3c182633f2c08536eb17..382bdf06df1f272e311e5fd2e0fca8f30f539860 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
 			$renameOkay = \OC\Files\Filesystem::rename($partpath, $newPath);
 			$fileExists = \OC\Files\Filesystem::file_exists($newPath);
diff --git a/tests/lib/connector/sabre/aborteduploaddetectionplugin.php b/tests/lib/connector/sabre/aborteduploaddetectionplugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bef0e4c4d7d13aab36fe1e1f8446da8238ce7e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/connector/sabre/aborteduploaddetectionplugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?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 Test_OC_Connector_Sabre_AbortedUploadDetectionPlugin extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+
+	/**
+	 * @var Sabre_DAV_Server
+	 */
+	private $server;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var OC_Connector_Sabre_AbortedUploadDetectionPlugin
+	 */
+	private $plugin;
+
+	public function setUp() {
+		$this->server = new Sabre_DAV_Server();
+		$this->plugin = new OC_Connector_Sabre_AbortedUploadDetectionPlugin();
+		$this->plugin->initialize($this->server);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider lengthProvider
+	 */
+	public function testLength($expected, $headers)
+	{
+		$this->server->httpRequest = new Sabre_HTTP_Request($headers);
+		$length = $this->plugin->getLength();
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $length);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider verifyContentLengthProvider
+	 */
+	public function testVerifyContentLength($fileSize, $headers)
+	{
+		$this->plugin->fileView = $this->buildFileViewMock($fileSize);
+
+		$this->server->httpRequest = new Sabre_HTTP_Request($headers);
+		$this->plugin->verifyContentLength('foo.txt');
+		$this->assertTrue(true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider verifyContentLengthFailedProvider
+	 * @expectedException Sabre_DAV_Exception_BadRequest
+	 */
+	public function testVerifyContentLengthFailed($fileSize, $headers)
+	{
+		$this->plugin->fileView = $this->buildFileViewMock($fileSize);
+
+		// we expect unlink to be called
+		$this->plugin->fileView->expects($this->once())->method('unlink');
+
+
+		$this->server->httpRequest = new Sabre_HTTP_Request($headers);
+		$this->plugin->verifyContentLength('foo.txt');
+	}
+
+	public function verifyContentLengthProvider() {
+		return array(
+			array(1024, array()),
+			array(1024, array('HTTP_X_EXPECTED_ENTITY_LENGTH' => '1024')),
+			array(512, array('HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH' => '512')),
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function verifyContentLengthFailedProvider() {
+		return array(
+			array(1025, array('HTTP_X_EXPECTED_ENTITY_LENGTH' => '1024')),
+			array(525, array('HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH' => '512')),
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function lengthProvider() {
+		return array(
+			array(null, array()),
+			array(1024, array('HTTP_X_EXPECTED_ENTITY_LENGTH' => '1024')),
+			array(512, array('HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH' => '512')),
+			array(2048, array('HTTP_X_EXPECTED_ENTITY_LENGTH' => '2048', 'HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH' => '1024')),
+		);
+	}
+
+	private function buildFileViewMock($fileSize) {
+		// mock filesysten
+		$view = $this->getMock('\OC\Files\View', array('filesize', 'unlink'), array(), '', FALSE);
+		$view->expects($this->any())->method('filesize')->withAnyParameters()->will($this->returnValue($fileSize));
+
+		return $view;
+	}
+
+}