diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/lib/Manager.php b/apps/workflowengine/lib/Manager.php
index 32b04c1021..23f62da4f8 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/lib/Manager.php
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/lib/Manager.php
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ use OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder;
 use OCP\Files\Storage\IStorage;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
 use OCP\IL10N;
+use OCP\ILogger;
 use OCP\IServerContainer;
 use OCP\WorkflowEngine\ICheck;
+use OCP\WorkflowEngine\IEntityAware;
 use OCP\WorkflowEngine\IManager;
 use OCP\WorkflowEngine\IOperation;
 
-class Manager implements IManager {
+class Manager implements IManager, IEntityAware {
 
 	/** @var IStorage */
 	protected $storage;
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 	/** @var string */
 	protected $path;
 
+	/** @var object */
+	protected $entity;
+
 	/** @var array[] */
 	protected $operations = [];
 
@@ -118,7 +123,10 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		if ($checkInstance instanceof ICheck) {
+		if ($checkInstance instanceof IEntityAware && $this->entity !== null) {
+			$checkInstance->setEntity($this->entity);
+			return $checkInstance->executeCheck($check['operator'], $check['value']);
+		} elseif ($checkInstance instanceof ICheck) {
 			$checkInstance->setFileInfo($this->storage, $this->path);
 			return $checkInstance->executeCheck($check['operator'], $check['value']);
 		} else {
@@ -388,4 +396,22 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 
 		return $operation;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param object $entity
+	 * @since 18.0.0
+	 */
+	public function setEntity($entity) {
+		if(!is_object($entity)) {
+			$this->container->getLogger()->logException(
+				new \InvalidArgumentException('provided entity is not an object'),
+				[
+					'app' => 'workflowengine',
+					'level' => ILogger::ERROR,
+				]
+			);
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->entity = $entity;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 2c2b8889e2..bee3264891 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ return array(
     'OCP\\User\\Backend\\ISetPasswordBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/User/Backend/ISetPasswordBackend.php',
     'OCP\\Util' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Util.php',
     'OCP\\WorkflowEngine\\ICheck' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/ICheck.php',
+    'OCP\\WorkflowEngine\\IEntityAware' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntityAware.php',
     'OCP\\WorkflowEngine\\IManager' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IManager.php',
     'OCP\\WorkflowEngine\\IOperation' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IOperation.php',
     'OC\\Accounts\\Account' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/Accounts/Account.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 6bd401b4d7..eab2897df0 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit53792487c5a8370acc0b06b1a864ff4c
         'OCP\\User\\Backend\\ISetPasswordBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/User/Backend/ISetPasswordBackend.php',
         'OCP\\Util' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Util.php',
         'OCP\\WorkflowEngine\\ICheck' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/ICheck.php',
+        'OCP\\WorkflowEngine\\IEntityAware' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntityAware.php',
         'OCP\\WorkflowEngine\\IManager' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IManager.php',
         'OCP\\WorkflowEngine\\IOperation' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IOperation.php',
         'OC\\Accounts\\Account' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/Accounts/Account.php',
diff --git a/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntityAware.php b/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntityAware.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ef74d2b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/WorkflowEngine/IEntityAware.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019 Arthur Schiwon <blizzz@arthur-schiwon.de>
+ *
+ * @author Arthur Schiwon <blizzz@arthur-schiwon.de>
+ *
+ * @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\WorkflowEngine;
+
+
+interface IEntityAware {
+	/**
+	 * @param object $entity
+	 * @since 18.0.0
+	 */
+	public function setEntity($entity);
+}