diff --git a/src/csync_statedb.c b/src/csync_statedb.c
index a2b536b71..f53f2a5ba 100644
--- a/src/csync_statedb.c
+++ b/src/csync_statedb.c
@@ -564,6 +564,26 @@ char *csync_statedb_get_uniqId( CSYNC *ctx, uint64_t jHash, csync_vio_file_stat_
     return ret;
 }
 
+c_strlist_t *csync_statedb_get_below_path( CSYNC *ctx, const char *path ) {
+    c_strlist_t *list = NULL;
+    char *stmt = NULL;
+
+    stmt = sqlite3_mprintf("SELECT phash, path, inode, uid, gid, mode, modtime, type, md5 "
+                           "FROM metadata WHERE path GLOB('%q/*')", path);
+    if (stmt == NULL) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    CSYNC_LOG(CSYNC_LOG_PRIORITY_DEBUG, "SQL: %s", stmt);
+
+    list = csync_statedb_query( ctx, stmt );
+
+    sqlite3_free(stmt);
+
+    return list;
+}
+
+
 /* query the statedb, caller must free the memory */
 c_strlist_t *csync_statedb_query(CSYNC *ctx, const char *statement) {
   int err = SQLITE_OK;
diff --git a/src/csync_statedb.h b/src/csync_statedb.h
index 1ca303e31..21ca917f9 100644
--- a/src/csync_statedb.h
+++ b/src/csync_statedb.h
@@ -61,7 +61,27 @@ csync_file_stat_t *csync_statedb_get_stat_by_hash(CSYNC *ctx, uint64_t phash);
 
 csync_file_stat_t *csync_statedb_get_stat_by_inode(CSYNC *ctx, uint64_t inode);
 
-char *csync_statedb_get_uniqId( CSYNC *ctx, uint64_t jHash, csync_vio_file_stat_t *buf );
+char *csync_statedb_get_uniqId(CSYNC *ctx, uint64_t jHash, csync_vio_file_stat_t *buf);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Query all files metadata inside and below a path.
+ * @param ctx        The csync context.
+ * @param path       The path.
+ *
+ * This function queries all metadata of all files inside or below the
+ * given path. The result is a linear string list with a multiple of 9
+ * entries. For each result file there are 9 strings which are phash,
+ * path, inode, uid, gid, mode, modtime, type and md5 (unique id).
+ *
+ * Note that not only the files in the given path are part of the result
+ * but also the files in directories below the given path. Ie. if the
+ * parameter path is /home/kf/test, we have /home/kf/test/file.txt in
+ * the result but also /home/kf/test/homework/another_file.txt
+ *
+ * @return   A stringlist containing a multiple of 9 entries.
+ */
+c_strlist_t *csync_statedb_get_below_path(CSYNC *ctx, const char *path);
+
 /**
  * @brief A generic statedb query.
  *