diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 5997825289..a96a851a5e 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ return array(
     'OCP\\Federation\\ICloudIdManager' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Federation/ICloudIdManager.php',
     'OCP\\Files' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Files.php',
     'OCP\\Files\\AlreadyExistsException' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Files/AlreadyExistsException.php',
+    'OCP\\Files\\Cache\\CacheInsertEvent' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Files/Cache/CacheInsertEvent.php',
     'OCP\\Files\\Cache\\ICache' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Files/Cache/ICache.php',
     'OCP\\Files\\Cache\\ICacheEntry' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Files/Cache/ICacheEntry.php',
     'OCP\\Files\\Cache\\IPropagator' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Files/Cache/IPropagator.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index ff8bea3bd9..21717fef65 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit53792487c5a8370acc0b06b1a864ff4c
         'OCP\\Federation\\ICloudIdManager' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Federation/ICloudIdManager.php',
         'OCP\\Files' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Files.php',
         'OCP\\Files\\AlreadyExistsException' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Files/AlreadyExistsException.php',
+        'OCP\\Files\\Cache\\CacheInsertEvent' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Files/Cache/CacheInsertEvent.php',
         'OCP\\Files\\Cache\\ICache' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Files/Cache/ICache.php',
         'OCP\\Files\\Cache\\ICacheEntry' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Files/Cache/ICacheEntry.php',
         'OCP\\Files\\Cache\\IPropagator' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Files/Cache/IPropagator.php',
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
index 43e48e5165..17e870bcbb 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ namespace OC\Files\Cache;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
 use OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Statement;
+use OCP\Files\Cache\CacheInsertEvent;
 use OCP\Files\Cache\ICache;
 use OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry;
 use \OCP\Files\IMimeTypeLoader;
 use OCP\Files\Search\ISearchQuery;
+use OCP\Files\Storage\IStorage;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
 
 /**
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ class Cache implements ICache {
 	 */
 	protected $storageId;
 
+	private $storage;
+
 	/**
 	 * @var Storage $storageCache
 	 */
@@ -84,18 +88,17 @@ class Cache implements ICache {
 	 */
 	protected $connection;
 
+	protected $eventDispatcher;
+
 	/** @var QuerySearchHelper */
 	protected $querySearchHelper;
 
 	/**
-	 * @param \OC\Files\Storage\Storage|string $storage
+	 * @param IStorage $storage
 	 */
-	public function __construct($storage) {
-		if ($storage instanceof \OC\Files\Storage\Storage) {
-			$this->storageId = $storage->getId();
-		} else {
-			$this->storageId = $storage;
-		}
+	public function __construct(IStorage $storage) {
+		$this->storageId = $storage->getId();
+		$this->storage = $storage;
 		if (strlen($this->storageId) > 64) {
 			$this->storageId = md5($this->storageId);
 		}
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ class Cache implements ICache {
 		$this->storageCache = new Storage($storage);
 		$this->mimetypeLoader = \OC::$server->getMimeTypeLoader();
 		$this->connection = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection();
+		$this->eventDispatcher = \OC::$server->getEventDispatcher();
 		$this->querySearchHelper = new QuerySearchHelper($this->mimetypeLoader);
 	}
 
@@ -283,9 +287,11 @@ class Cache implements ICache {
 			}
 
 			if ($builder->execute()) {
-				return (int)$this->connection->lastInsertId('*PREFIX*filecache');
+				$fileId = (int)$this->connection->lastInsertId('*PREFIX*filecache');
+				$this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(CacheInsertEvent::class, new CacheInsertEvent($this->storage, $file, $fileId));
+				return $fileId;
 			}
-		} catch(UniqueConstraintViolationException $e) {
+		} catch (UniqueConstraintViolationException $e) {
 			// entry exists already
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Storage.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Storage.php
index 794c4872c9..5b37c1f43f 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Storage.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Storage.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 namespace OC\Files\Cache;
 
+use OCP\Files\Storage\IStorage;
+
 /**
  * Handle the mapping between the string and numeric storage ids
  *
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ class Storage {
 	 * @throws \RuntimeException
 	 */
 	public function __construct($storage, $isAvailable = true) {
-		if ($storage instanceof \OC\Files\Storage\Storage) {
+		if ($storage instanceof IStorage) {
 			$this->storageId = $storage->getId();
 		} else {
 			$this->storageId = $storage;
diff --git a/lib/public/Files/Cache/CacheInsertEvent.php b/lib/public/Files/Cache/CacheInsertEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..071f039d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/Files/Cache/CacheInsertEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019 Robin Appelman <robin@icewind.nl>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OCP\Files\Cache;
+
+use OCP\Files\Storage\IStorage;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
+
+/**
+ * @since 16.0.0
+ */
+class CacheInsertEvent extends Event {
+	private $storage;
+	private $path;
+	private $fileId;
+
+	/**
+	 * CacheInsertEvent constructor.
+	 *
+	 * @param IStorage $storage
+	 * @param string $path
+	 * @param int $fileId
+	 * @since 16.0.0
+	 */
+	public function __construct(IStorage $storage, string $path, int $fileId) {
+		$this->storage = $storage;
+		$this->path = $path;
+		$this->fileId = $fileId;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return IStorage
+	 * @since 16.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getStorage(): IStorage {
+		return $this->storage;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 * @since 16.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getPath(): string {
+		return $this->path;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return int
+	 * @since 16.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getFileId(): int {
+		return $this->fileId;
+	}
+}