diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/apps/workflowengine/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index e691c53d5285670d4fe39a46b4be9893badacdf3..f5653a6e48c8c2ebea4ca2792f26325084e14574 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace OCA\WorkflowEngine\AppInfo;
 use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Manager;
 use OCP\Template;
 use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Controller\RequestTime;
+use OCP\WorkflowEngine\IEntity;
 use OCP\WorkflowEngine\IOperation;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\GenericEvent;
@@ -83,13 +84,17 @@ class Application extends \OCP\AppFramework\App {
 
 		foreach ($configuredEvents as $operationClass => $events) {
 			foreach ($events as $entityClass => $eventNames) {
-				array_map(function (string $eventName) use ($operationClass) {
+				array_map(function (string $eventName) use ($operationClass, $entityClass) {
 					$this->dispatcher->addListener(
 						$eventName,
-						function (GenericEvent $event) use ($eventName, $operationClass) {
+						function (GenericEvent $event) use ($eventName, $operationClass, $entityClass) {
+							$ruleMatcher = $this->manager->getRuleMatcher();
+							/** @var IEntity $entity */
+							$entity = $this->getContainer()->query($entityClass);
+							$entity->prepareRuleMatcher($ruleMatcher, $eventName, $event);
 							/** @var IOperation $operation */
 							$operation = $this->getContainer()->query($operationClass);
-							$operation->onEvent($eventName, $event);
+							$operation->onEvent($eventName, $event, $ruleMatcher);
 						}
 					);
 				}, $eventNames);
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/lib/Entity/File.php b/apps/workflowengine/lib/Entity/File.php
index b420217c4b6e0e533ede2041d90528a1ae59f7c0..dd15b0fd43574b9c87f2d7455ff85bcff27131f3 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/lib/Entity/File.php
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/lib/Entity/File.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OCP\WorkflowEngine\GenericEntityEvent;
 use OCP\WorkflowEngine\IEntity;
+use OCP\WorkflowEngine\IRuleMatcher;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\GenericEvent;
 
 class File implements IEntity {
 
@@ -60,4 +62,21 @@ class File implements IEntity {
 			new GenericEntityEvent($this->l10n->t('File copied'), $namespace . 'postCopy' ),
 		];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @since 18.0.0
+	 */
+	public function prepareRuleMatcher(IRuleMatcher $ruleMatcher, string $eventName, GenericEvent $event): void {
+		switch ($eventName) {
+			case 'postCreate':
+			case 'postWrite':
+			case 'postDelete':
+			case 'postTouch':
+				$ruleMatcher->setEntitySubject($this, $event->getSubject());
+				break;
+			case 'postRename':
+			case 'postCopy':
+				$ruleMatcher->setEntitySubject($this, $event->getSubject()[1]);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntity.php b/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntity.php
index 5ac1082a5a322c21af77e295568215eeb7999075..c08e9072a380da0418adfdf881b020876c4ee44d 100644
--- a/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntity.php
+++ b/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntity.php
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace OCP\WorkflowEngine;
 
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\GenericEvent;
+
 /**
  * Interface IEntity
  *
@@ -67,4 +69,9 @@ interface IEntity {
 	 */
 	public function getEvents(): array;
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 18.0.0
+	 */
+	public function prepareRuleMatcher(IRuleMatcher $ruleMatcher, string $eventName, GenericEvent $event): void;
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IOperation.php b/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IOperation.php
index 8bba92351a26e23c8df20463b8625d3de175dcbf..d16fd618a84bbe15be8a7a6001cad2e746c67b7e 100644
--- a/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IOperation.php
+++ b/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IOperation.php
@@ -91,12 +91,13 @@ interface IOperation {
 	 * Is being called by the workflow engine when an event was triggered that
 	 * is configured for this operation. An evaluation whether the event
 	 * qualifies for this operation to run has still to be done by the
-	 * implementor.
+	 * implementor by calling the RuleMatchers getMatchingOperations method
+	 * and evaluating the results.
 	 *
-	 * If the implementor is an IComplexOpe	ration, this method will not be
+	 * If the implementor is an IComplexOperation, this method will not be
 	 * called automatically. It can be used or left as no-op by the implementor.
 	 *
 	 * @since 18.0.0
 	 */
-	public function onEvent(string $eventName, GenericEvent $event): void;
+	public function onEvent(string $eventName, GenericEvent $event, IRuleMatcher $ruleMatcher): void;
 }