diff --git a/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/RegistrationContext.php b/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/RegistrationContext.php
index 6a9073b576bcc..e1abd81d80aad 100644
--- a/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/RegistrationContext.php
+++ b/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/RegistrationContext.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 use Closure;
 use function array_shift;
 use OC\Support\CrashReport\Registry;
+use OCP\UserMigration\IMigrationOperation;
 use OCP\AppFramework\App;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Bootstrap\IRegistrationContext;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Middleware;
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ class RegistrationContext {
 	/** @var ServiceRegistration<ILinkAction>[] */
 	private $profileLinkActions = [];
 
+	/** @var ServiceRegistration<IMigrationOperation>[] */
+	private $migrationOperations = [];
+
 	/** @var ServiceFactoryRegistration[] */
 	private $services = [];
 
@@ -259,6 +263,13 @@ public function registerProfileLinkAction(string $actionClass): void {
 					$actionClass
 				);
 			}
+
+			public function registerMigrationOperation(string $operationClass): void {
+				$this->context->registerMigrationOperation(
+					$this->appId,
+					$operationClass
+				);
+			}
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -349,6 +360,13 @@ public function registerProfileLinkAction(string $appId, string $actionClass): v
 		$this->profileLinkActions[] = new ServiceRegistration($appId, $actionClass);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @psalm-param class-string<IMigrationOperation> $operationClass
+	 */
+	public function registerMigrationOperation(string $appId, string $operationClass): void {
+		$this->migrationOperations[] = new ServiceRegistration($appId, $operationClass);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param App[] $apps
 	 */
@@ -600,4 +618,11 @@ public function getCalendarProviders(): array {
 	public function getProfileLinkActions(): array {
 		return $this->profileLinkActions;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return ServiceRegistration<IMigrationOperation>[]
+	 */
+	public function getMigrationOperations(): array {
+		return $this->migrationOperations;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/AppFramework/Bootstrap/IRegistrationContext.php b/lib/public/AppFramework/Bootstrap/IRegistrationContext.php
index be936540aee14..57774ff820b9e 100644
--- a/lib/public/AppFramework/Bootstrap/IRegistrationContext.php
+++ b/lib/public/AppFramework/Bootstrap/IRegistrationContext.php
@@ -264,4 +264,15 @@ public function registerCalendarProvider(string $class): void;
 	 * @since 23.0.0
 	 */
 	public function registerProfileLinkAction(string $actionClass): void;
+
+	/**
+	 * Register an implementation of \OCP\UserMigration\IMigrationOperation that
+	 * will handle the implementation of a migration operation
+	 *
+	 * @param string $operationClass
+	 * @psalm-param class-string<\OCP\UserMigration\IMigrationOperation> $operationClass
+	 * @return void
+	 * @since 24.0.0
+	 */
+	public function registerMigrationOperation(string $operationClass): void;
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/UserMigration/IMigrationOperation.php b/lib/public/UserMigration/IMigrationOperation.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3a434681e2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/UserMigration/IMigrationOperation.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * @copyright 2022 Christopher Ng <chrng8@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * @author Christopher Ng <chrng8@gmail.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 OCP\UserMigration;
+
+use OCP\IUser;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+interface IMigrationOperation {
+
+	/**
+	 * Export user data
+	 *
+	 * @since 24.0.0
+	 */
+	public function export(
+		string $appId,
+		IUser $user,
+		// TODO move to OCP
+		IExportDestination $exportDestination,
+		OutputInterface $output
+	): void;
+
+	/**
+	 * Import user data
+	 *
+	 * @since 24.0.0
+	 */
+	public function import(
+		string $appId,
+		IUser $user,
+		// TODO move to OCP
+		IImportSource $importSource,
+		OutputInterface $output
+	): void;
+}