diff --git a/lib/public/files/ihomestorage.php b/lib/public/files/ihomestorage.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..717ef946750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/files/ihomestorage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * ownCloud
+ *
+ * @author Robin Appelman
+ * @copyright 2012 Robin Appelman icewind@owncloud.com
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Public interface of ownCloud for apps to use.
+ * Files/Storage interface
+ */
+
+// use OCP namespace for all classes that are considered public.
+// This means that they should be used by apps instead of the internal ownCloud classes
+namespace OCP\Files;
+
+interface IHomeStorage {
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/public/files/storage.php b/lib/public/files/storage.php
index 8f8d7852ee4..323d20db564 100644
--- a/lib/public/files/storage.php
+++ b/lib/public/files/storage.php
@@ -336,7 +336,3 @@ interface Storage {
 	 */
 	public function instanceOfStorage($class);
 }
-
-interface IHomeStorage {
-
-}