diff --git a/lib/Cake/Configure/ConfigReaderInterface.php b/lib/Cake/Configure/ConfigReaderInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..806cac654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Cake/Configure/ConfigReaderInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
+ * Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ *
+ * @copyright     Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
+ * @package       Cake.Core
+ * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 1.0.0.2363
+ * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
+ */
+
+/**
+ * An interface for creating objects compatible with Configure::load()
+ *
+ * @package       Cake.Core
+ */
+interface ConfigReaderInterface {
+/**
+ * Read method is used for reading configuration information from sources.
+ * These sources can either be static resources like files, or dynamic ones like
+ * a database, or other datasource.
+ *
+ * @param string $key
+ * @return array An array of data to merge into the runtime configuration
+ */
+	public function read($key);
+}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
index a7e563d83..dd1f3f18a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Configure class
- *
- * PHP 5
- *
  * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
  * Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
  *
@@ -18,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 App::uses('Set', 'Utility');
+App::uses('ConfigReaderInterface', 'Configure');
 
 /**
  * Configuration class. Used for managing runtime configuration information.
@@ -340,19 +337,3 @@ class Configure {
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * An interface for creating objects compatible with Configure::load()
- *
- * @package       Cake.Core
- */
-interface ConfigReaderInterface {
-/**
- * Read method is used for reading configuration information from sources.
- * These sources can either be static resources like files, or dynamic ones like
- * a database, or other datasource.
- *
- * @param string $key
- * @return array An array of data to merge into the runtime configuration
- */
-	public function read($key);
-}