diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index ffa8da43873..cd5f22f1078 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ return array(
     'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IGetDisplayNameBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IGetDisplayNameBackend.php',
     'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IGetHomeBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IGetHomeBackend.php',
     'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IGetRealUIDBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IGetRealUIDBackend.php',
+    'OCP\\User\\Backend\\ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/User/Backend/ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend.php',
     'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IPasswordConfirmationBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IPasswordConfirmationBackend.php',
     'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IPasswordHashBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IPasswordHashBackend.php',
     'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IProvideAvatarBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IProvideAvatarBackend.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 89c0cd4395b..20a4ccaf497 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit749170dad3f5e7f9ca158f5a9f04f6a2
         'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IGetDisplayNameBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IGetDisplayNameBackend.php',
         'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IGetHomeBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IGetHomeBackend.php',
         'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IGetRealUIDBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IGetRealUIDBackend.php',
+        'OCP\\User\\Backend\\ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/User/Backend/ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend.php',
         'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IPasswordConfirmationBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IPasswordConfirmationBackend.php',
         'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IPasswordHashBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IPasswordHashBackend.php',
         'OCP\\User\\Backend\\IProvideAvatarBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/User/Backend/IProvideAvatarBackend.php',
diff --git a/lib/public/User/Backend/ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend.php b/lib/public/User/Backend/ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a59c0bd8e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/User/Backend/ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCP\User\Backend;
+
+/**
+ * @since 31.0.0
+ */
+interface ILimitAwareCountUsersBackend extends ICountUsersBackend {
+	/**
+	 * @since 31.0.0
+	 *
+	 * @param int $limit Limit to stop counting users if there are more than $limit. 0 to disable limiting.
+	 * @return int|false The number of users (may be limited to $limit) on success false on failure
+	 */
+	public function countUsers(int $limit = 0): int|false;
+}