diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/AddressBookImpl.php b/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/AddressBookImpl.php
index 00065d49b17..6a10941d257 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/AddressBookImpl.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/AddressBookImpl.php
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ namespace OCA\DAV\CardDAV;
 use OCA\DAV\Db\PropertyMapper;
 use OCP\Constants;
 use OCP\IAddressBookEnabled;
+use OCP\ICreateContactFromString;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use Sabre\VObject\Component\VCard;
 use Sabre\VObject\Property;
 use Sabre\VObject\Reader;
 use Sabre\VObject\UUIDUtil;
 
-class AddressBookImpl implements IAddressBookEnabled {
+class AddressBookImpl implements IAddressBookEnabled, ICreateContactFromString {
 
 	/**
 	 * AddressBookImpl constructor.
@@ -336,4 +337,8 @@ class AddressBookImpl implements IAddressBookEnabled {
 		}
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	public function createFromString(string $name, string $vcfData): void {
+		$this->backend->createCard($this->getKey(), $name, $vcfData);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index f0839175ede..1aa163e1e52 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ return array(
     'OCP\\ICertificateManager' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/ICertificateManager.php',
     'OCP\\IConfig' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/IConfig.php',
     'OCP\\IContainer' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/IContainer.php',
+    'OCP\\ICreateContactFromString' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/ICreateContactFromString.php',
     'OCP\\IDBConnection' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/IDBConnection.php',
     'OCP\\IDateTimeFormatter' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/IDateTimeFormatter.php',
     'OCP\\IDateTimeZone' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/IDateTimeZone.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index c137e5539c5..64e0b70f9b6 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit749170dad3f5e7f9ca158f5a9f04f6a2
         'OCP\\ICertificateManager' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/ICertificateManager.php',
         'OCP\\IConfig' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/IConfig.php',
         'OCP\\IContainer' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/IContainer.php',
+        'OCP\\ICreateContactFromString' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/ICreateContactFromString.php',
         'OCP\\IDBConnection' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/IDBConnection.php',
         'OCP\\IDateTimeFormatter' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/IDateTimeFormatter.php',
         'OCP\\IDateTimeZone' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/IDateTimeZone.php',
diff --git a/lib/public/ICreateContactFromString.php b/lib/public/ICreateContactFromString.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f435c48ee9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/ICreateContactFromString.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCP;
+
+use OCP\AppFramework\Attribute\Consumable;
+
+/**
+ * Create a new contact in an address book from a serialized vCard.
+ *
+ * @since 32.0.0
+ */
+#[Consumable(since: '32.0.0')]
+interface ICreateContactFromString extends IAddressBook {
+	/**
+	 * Create a new contact in this address book.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name The name or uri of the vCard to be created. Should have a vcf file extension.
+	 * @param string $vcfData The raw, serialized vCard data.
+	 *
+	 * @since 32.0.0
+	 */
+	public function createFromString(string $name, string $vcfData): void;
+}