diff --git a/lib/private/files/filesystem.php b/lib/private/files/filesystem.php
index 90019b649c453cc82a022cbcc990c2c367bf3560..babf1c7d4ea62db2b9898f20f978561065c4e667 100644
--- a/lib/private/files/filesystem.php
+++ b/lib/private/files/filesystem.php
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class Filesystem {
 		self::$defaultInstance = new View($root);
 
 		if (!self::$mounts) {
-			self::$mounts = new Mount\Manager();
+			self::$mounts = \OC::$server->getMountManager();
 		}
 
 		//load custom mount config
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class Filesystem {
 
 	static public function initMountManager() {
 		if (!self::$mounts) {
-			self::$mounts = new Mount\Manager();
+			self::$mounts = \OC::$server->getMountManager();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/private/files/mount/manager.php b/lib/private/files/mount/manager.php
index 0a606daaf1f3f28b9aca6098a1f960b2a36924c4..d5bd4d7ddf4db986e7f94824cb8e77dcae0cd725 100644
--- a/lib/private/files/mount/manager.php
+++ b/lib/private/files/mount/manager.php
@@ -25,17 +25,19 @@
 namespace OC\Files\Mount;
 
 use \OC\Files\Filesystem;
+use OCP\Files\Mount\IMountManager;
+use OCP\Files\Mount\IMountPoint;
 
-class Manager {
+class Manager implements IMountManager {
 	/**
 	 * @var MountPoint[]
 	 */
 	private $mounts = array();
 
 	/**
-	 * @param MountPoint $mount
+	 * @param IMountPoint $mount
 	 */
-	public function addMount(MountPoint $mount) {
+	public function addMount(IMountPoint $mount) {
 		$this->mounts[$mount->getMountPoint()] = $mount;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/private/server.php b/lib/private/server.php
index c08940bb75697ad878c2e6762cd6e1d4e48d32ff..af137ce36aa849f7eeb6031e21a7e949abf9135d 100644
--- a/lib/private/server.php
+++ b/lib/private/server.php
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 			}
 			return new NoopLockingProvider();
 		});
+		$this->registerService('MountManager', function () {
+			return new \OC\Files\Mount\Manager();
+		});
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -941,4 +944,11 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 	public function getLockingProvider() {
 		return $this->query('LockingProvider');
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return \OCP\Files\Mount\IMountManager
+	 **/
+	function getMountManager() {
+		return $this->query('MountManager');
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/files/mount/imountmanager.php b/lib/public/files/mount/imountmanager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..96ec1e11ad321cb1fd844695f5a9ad464f47a563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/files/mount/imountmanager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2015, ownCloud, Inc.
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OCP\Files\Mount;
+
+/**
+ * Interface IMountManager
+ *
+ * Manages all mounted storages in the system
+ */
+interface IMountManager {
+
+	/**
+	 * Add a new mount
+	 *
+	 * @param \OCP\Files\Mount\IMountPoint $mount
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function addMount(IMountPoint $mount);
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove a mount
+	 *
+	 * @param string $mountPoint
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function removeMount($mountPoint);
+
+	/**
+	 * Change the location of a mount
+	 *
+	 * @param string $mountPoint
+	 * @param string $target
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function moveMount($mountPoint, $target);
+
+	/**
+	 * Find the mount for $path
+	 *
+	 * @param string $path
+	 * @return \OCP\Files\Mount\IMountPoint
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function find($path);
+
+	/**
+	 * Find all mounts in $path
+	 *
+	 * @param string $path
+	 * @return \OCP\Files\Mount\IMountPoint[]
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function findIn($path);
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove all registered mounts
+	 *
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function clear();
+
+	/**
+	 * Find mounts by storage id
+	 *
+	 * @param string $id
+	 * @return \OCP\Files\Mount\IMountPoint[]
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function findByStorageId($id);
+
+	/**
+	 * @return \OCP\Files\Mount\IMountPoint[]
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function getAll();
+
+	/**
+	 * Find mounts by numeric storage id
+	 *
+	 * @param int $id
+	 * @return \OCP\Files\Mount\IMountPoint[]
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function findByNumericId($id);
+}
diff --git a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
index 97ca7f13aa6afebdb97ccaa4f4c127fc7eb44410..ef6c60449519780130a28be93bbca54a9e4affb6 100644
--- a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
+++ b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
@@ -422,4 +422,10 @@ interface IServerContainer {
 	 * @since 8.1.0
 	 */
 	public function getLockingProvider();
+
+	/**
+	 * @return \OCP\Files\Mount\IMountManager
+	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 */
+	public function getMountManager();
 }