diff --git a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index 5b4d2e63e..27c1b4a39 100644
--- a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 use Closure;
 use OC;
+use OCA\Circles\EntityManager;
 use OCA\Circles\Events\AddingCircleMemberEvent;
 use OCA\Circles\Events\CircleMemberAddedEvent;
 use OCA\Circles\Events\DestroyingCircleEvent;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 use OCP\AppFramework\Bootstrap\IBootContext;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Bootstrap\IBootstrap;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Bootstrap\IRegistrationContext;
+use OCP\Circles\IEntityManager;
 use OCP\Files\Config\IMountProviderCollection;
 use OCP\Group\Events\GroupCreatedEvent;
 use OCP\Group\Events\GroupDeletedEvent;
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ public function register(IRegistrationContext $context): void {
 	 */
 	public function boot(IBootContext $context): void {
 		$serverContainer = $context->getServerContainer();
+		$serverContainer->registerAlias(IEntityManager::class, EntityManager::class);
 
 		$this->configService = $context->getAppContainer()
 									   ->get(ConfigService::class);
diff --git a/lib/EntityManager.php b/lib/EntityManager.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7c2fff34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/EntityManager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * Circles - Bring cloud-users closer together.
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later. See the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * @author Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
+ * @copyright 2017
+ * @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 OCA\Circles;
+
+use OCP\Circles\Model\IEntity;
+use OCP\Circles\IEntityManager;
+use OCP\Circles\IEntityManagerSession;
+
+class EntityManager extends EntityManagerSession implements IEntityManager {
+	public function isAvailable(): bool {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function asEntity(IEntity $entity): IEntityManagerSession {
+	}
+
+	public function asLocal(string $userId): IEntityManagerSession {
+	}
+
+	public function asSuper(): IEntityManagerSession {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/EntityManagerSession.php b/lib/EntityManagerSession.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbbce4237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/EntityManagerSession.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * @copyright 2023, Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
+ *
+ * @author Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
+ *
+ * @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 OCA\Circles;
+
+use OCP\Circles\IEntityManagerSession;
+use OCP\Circles\Model\IEntity;
+
+class EntityManagerSession implements IEntityManagerSession {
+	private ?IEntity $entity;
+	private bool $asSuper;
+
+	public function __construct(?IEntity $entity = null, bool $asSuper = false) {
+		$this->entity = $entity;
+		$this->asSuper = $asSuper;
+	}
+
+	public function as(IEntity $entity): void {
+	}
+
+	public function getCircle(): IEntity {
+	}
+
+	public function probeCircles(): array {
+		return [];
+	}
+}