diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/File.php b/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/File.php
index dd25b046bcf..bc72fd24e71 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/File.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/File.php
@@ -291,6 +291,19 @@ class File extends Node implements IFile {
 				}
 			}
 
+			$fileInfoUpdate = [
+				'upload_time' => time()
+			];
+
+			// allow sync clients to send the creation time along in a header
+			if (isset($this->request->server['HTTP_X_OC_CTIME'])) {
+				$ctime = $this->sanitizeMtime($this->request->server['HTTP_X_OC_CTIME']);
+				$fileInfoUpdate['creation_time'] = $ctime;
+				$this->header('X-OC-CTime: accepted');
+			}
+
+			$this->fileView->putFileInfo($this->path, $fileInfoUpdate);
+
 			if ($view) {
 				$this->emitPostHooks($exists);
 			}
diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/FilesPlugin.php b/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/FilesPlugin.php
index 99317f2bc1c..b2a0e9a31b4 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/FilesPlugin.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/FilesPlugin.php
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ class FilesPlugin extends ServerPlugin {
 	const HAS_PREVIEW_PROPERTYNAME = '{http://nextcloud.org/ns}has-preview';
 	const MOUNT_TYPE_PROPERTYNAME = '{http://nextcloud.org/ns}mount-type';
 	const IS_ENCRYPTED_PROPERTYNAME = '{http://nextcloud.org/ns}is-encrypted';
+	const METADATA_ETAG_PROPERTYNAME = '{http://nextcloud.org/ns}metadata_etag';
+	const UPLOAD_TIME_PROPERTYNAME = '{http://nextcloud.org/ns}upload_time';
+	const CREATION_TIME_PROPERTYNAME = '{http://nextcloud.org/ns}creation_time';
 	const SHARE_NOTE = '{http://nextcloud.org/ns}note';
 
 	/**
@@ -400,6 +403,14 @@ class FilesPlugin extends ServerPlugin {
 				return new ChecksumList($checksum);
 			});
 
+			$propFind->handle(self::CREATION_TIME_PROPERTYNAME, function() use ($node) {
+				return $node->getFileInfo()->getCreationTime();
+			});
+
+			$propFind->handle(self::UPLOAD_TIME_PROPERTYNAME, function() use ($node) {
+				return $node->getFileInfo()->getUploadTime();
+			});
+
 		}
 
 		if ($node instanceof \OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\Directory) {
@@ -470,6 +481,13 @@ class FilesPlugin extends ServerPlugin {
 			}
 			return false;
 		});
+		$propPatch->handle(self::CREATION_TIME_PROPERTYNAME, function($time) use ($node) {
+			if (empty($time)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			$node->setCreationTime((int) $time);
+			return true;
+		});
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/Node.php b/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/Node.php
index f0917fe11b2..2a3e8145f6f 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/Node.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/Node.php
@@ -201,6 +201,14 @@ abstract class Node implements \Sabre\DAV\INode {
 		return $this->fileView->putFileInfo($this->path, array('etag' => $etag));
 	}
 
+	public function setCreationTime(int $time) {
+		return $this->fileView->putFileInfo($this->path, array('creation_time' => $time));
+	}
+
+	public function setUploadTime(int $time) {
+		return $this->fileView->putFileInfo($this->path, array('upload_time' => $time));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the size of the node, in bytes
 	 *