diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index f3dacdc0f7..5c42000b9e 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ class OC{
 		elseif(strpos($className,'OC_')===0){
 			require_once strtolower(str_replace('_','/',substr($className,3)) . '.php');
 		}
+		elseif(strpos($className,'OCP\\')===0){
+			require_once 'public/'.strtolower(str_replace('\\','/',substr($className,3)) . '.php');
+		}
 		elseif(strpos($className,'Sabre_')===0) {
 			require_once str_replace('_','/',$className) . '.php';
 		}
diff --git a/lib/public/util.php b/lib/public/util.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3425ed9df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/util.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+/**
+* ownCloud
+*
+* @author Frank Karlitschek
+* @copyright 2010 Frank Karlitschek karlitschek@kde.org
+*
+* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+* modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+* version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+*
+* This library 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 library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+ * Public interface of ownCloud for apps to use.
+ * Utility Class.
+ *
+ */
+
+// 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;
+
+class Util {
+
+	/**
+	 * send an email 
+	 *
+	 * @param string $toaddress
+	 * @param string $toname
+	 * @param string $subject
+	 * @param string $mailtext
+	 * @param string $fromaddress
+	 * @param string $fromname
+	 * @param bool $html
+	 */
+	public static function sendmail($toaddress,$toname,$subject,$mailtext,$fromaddress,$fromname,$html=0,$altbody='',$ccaddress='',$ccname='',$bcc='') {
+
+		// call the internal mail class
+		OC_MAIL::send($toaddress,$toname,$subject,$mailtext,$fromaddress,$fromname,$html=0,$altbody='',$ccaddress='',$ccname='',$bcc='');
+
+	}
+
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+?>