diff --git a/apps/dav/appinfo/v1/publicwebdav.php b/apps/dav/appinfo/v1/publicwebdav.php
index c99c5bcd83399..24194bfde4862 100644
--- a/apps/dav/appinfo/v1/publicwebdav.php
+++ b/apps/dav/appinfo/v1/publicwebdav.php
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
  *
  */
 // load needed apps
+use OCP\BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent;
+use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
+
 $RUNTIME_APPTYPES = ['filesystem', 'authentication', 'logging'];
 
 OC_App::loadApps($RUNTIME_APPTYPES);
@@ -108,6 +111,11 @@
 
 $server->addPlugin($linkCheckPlugin);
 $server->addPlugin($filesDropPlugin);
+// allow setup of additional plugins
+$event = new BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent($server);
+/** @var IEventDispatcher $eventDispatcher */
+$eventDispatcher = \OC::$server->get(IEventDispatcher::class);
+$eventDispatcher->dispatchTyped($event);
 
 // And off we go!
 $server->exec();
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 0a896359bb6e3..973c0e92dccaf 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     'OCP\\BackgroundJob\\Job' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/BackgroundJob/Job.php',
     'OCP\\BackgroundJob\\QueuedJob' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/BackgroundJob/QueuedJob.php',
     'OCP\\BackgroundJob\\TimedJob' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/BackgroundJob/TimedJob.php',
+    'OCP\\BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent.php',
     'OCP\\Broadcast\\Events\\IBroadcastEvent' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Broadcast/Events/IBroadcastEvent.php',
     'OCP\\Calendar\\BackendTemporarilyUnavailableException' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Calendar/BackendTemporarilyUnavailableException.php',
     'OCP\\Calendar\\Exceptions\\CalendarException' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Calendar/Exceptions/CalendarException.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 696fc0eeae629..eb410e1137c91 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit53792487c5a8370acc0b06b1a864ff4c
         'OCP\\BackgroundJob\\Job' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/BackgroundJob/Job.php',
         'OCP\\BackgroundJob\\QueuedJob' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/BackgroundJob/QueuedJob.php',
         'OCP\\BackgroundJob\\TimedJob' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/BackgroundJob/TimedJob.php',
+        'OCP\\BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent.php',
         'OCP\\Broadcast\\Events\\IBroadcastEvent' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Broadcast/Events/IBroadcastEvent.php',
         'OCP\\Calendar\\BackendTemporarilyUnavailableException' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Calendar/BackendTemporarilyUnavailableException.php',
         'OCP\\Calendar\\Exceptions\\CalendarException' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Calendar/Exceptions/CalendarException.php',
diff --git a/lib/public/BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent.php b/lib/public/BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d43f99d90ea94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Julien Veyssier <eneiluj@posteo.net> 2022
+ *
+ * @author Julien Veyssier <eneiluj@posteo.net>
+ *
+ * @license AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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, version 3,
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+namespace OCP;
+
+/**
+ * Dispatched before Sabre is loaded when accessing public webdav endpoints
+ * This can be used to inject a Sabre plugin for example
+ *
+ * @since 23.0.0
+ */
+class BeforeSabrePubliclyLoadedEvent extends SabrePluginEvent {
+}