diff --git a/core/coreapi/interface/interface.go b/core/coreapi/interface/interface.go
index 95351e7d0..40fa4131e 100644
--- a/core/coreapi/interface/interface.go
+++ b/core/coreapi/interface/interface.go
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ type BlockStat interface {
 	Path() Path
 }
 
+// Pin holds information about pinned resource
+type Pin interface {
+	// Path to the pinned object
+	Path() Path
+
+	// Type of the pin
+	Type() string
+}
+
 // CoreAPI defines an unified interface to IPFS for Go programs.
 type CoreAPI interface {
 	// Unixfs returns an implementation of Unixfs API.
@@ -322,5 +331,40 @@ type ObjectStat struct {
 	CumulativeSize int
 }
 
+// PinAPI specifies the interface to pining
+type PinAPI interface {
+	// Add creates new pin, be default recursive - pinning the whole referenced
+	// tree
+	Add(context.Context, Path, ...options.PinAddOption) error
+
+	// WithRecursive is an option for Add which specifies whether to pin an entire
+	// object tree or just one object. Default: true
+	WithRecursive(bool) options.PinAddOption
+
+	// Ls returns list of pinned objects on this node
+	Ls(context.Context) ([]Pin, error)
+
+	// WithType is an option for Ls which allows to specify which pin types should
+	// be returned
+	//
+	// Supported values:
+	// * "direct" - directly pinned objects
+	// * "recursive" - roots of recursive pins
+	// * "indirect" - indirectly pinned objects (referenced by recursively pinned
+	//    objects)
+	// * "all" - all pinned objects (default)
+	WithType(string) options.PinLsOption
+
+	// Rm removes pin for object specified by the path
+	Rm(context.Context, Path) error
+
+	// Update changes one pin to another, skipping checks for matching paths in
+	// the old tree
+	Update(ctx context.Context, from Path, to Path) error
+
+	// Verify verifies the integrity of pinned objects
+	Verify(context.Context) error
+}
+
 var ErrIsDir = errors.New("object is a directory")
 var ErrOffline = errors.New("can't resolve, ipfs node is offline")
diff --git a/core/coreapi/interface/options/pin.go b/core/coreapi/interface/options/pin.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ad16d555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/coreapi/interface/options/pin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package options
+
+type PinAddSettings struct {
+	Recursive bool
+}
+
+type PinLsSettings struct {
+	Type string
+}
+
+type PinAddOption func(*PinAddSettings) error
+type PinLsOption func(settings *PinLsSettings) error
+
+func PinAddOptions(opts ...PinAddOption) (*PinAddSettings, error) {
+	options := &PinAddSettings{
+		Recursive: true,
+	}
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		err := opt(options)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return options, nil
+}
+
+func PinLsOptions(opts ...PinLsOption) (*PinLsSettings, error) {
+	options := &PinLsSettings{
+		Type: "all",
+	}
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		err := opt(options)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return options, nil
+}
+
+type PinOptions struct{}
+
+func (api *PinOptions) WithRecursive(recucsive bool) PinAddOption {
+	return func(settings *PinAddSettings) error {
+		settings.Recursive = recucsive
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (api *PinOptions) WithType(t string) PinLsOption {
+	return func(settings *PinLsSettings) error {
+		settings.Type = t
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/coreapi/pin.go b/core/coreapi/pin.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef7f98c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/coreapi/pin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package coreapi
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	coreiface "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/coreapi/interface"
+	caopts "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/coreapi/interface/options"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type PinAPI struct {
+	*CoreAPI
+	*caopts.PinOptions
+}
+
+func (api *PinAPI) Add(context.Context, coreiface.Path, ...caopts.PinAddOption) error {
+	return errors.New("TODO")
+}
+
+func (api *PinAPI) Ls(context.Context) ([]coreiface.Pin, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("TODO")
+}
+
+func (api *PinAPI) Rm(context.Context, coreiface.Path) error {
+	return errors.New("TODO")
+}
+
+func (api *PinAPI) Update(ctx context.Context, from coreiface.Path, to coreiface.Path) error {
+	return errors.New("TODO")
+}
+
+func (api *PinAPI) Verify(context.Context) error {
+	return errors.New("TODO")
+}