diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/FolderContainer.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/FolderContainer.java
index 709eace..26e2444 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/FolderContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/FolderContainer.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.proxies.ItemManagerClient;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.acls.ACL;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.acls.AccessType;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.FolderItem;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.GCubeItem;
 
 public class FolderContainer extends ItemContainer<FolderItem>{
 			
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ public class FolderContainer extends ItemContainer<FolderItem>{
 		return new FolderContainer(itemclient, newFolderId);
 	}
 	
+	public GenericItemContainer newGcubeItem(GCubeItem item) throws Exception {
+		String itemId = itemclient.createGcubeItem(this.itemId, item);
+		return new GenericItemContainer(itemclient, itemId);
+	}
+	
 	public List<ACL> getAcls() throws Exception {
 		return itemclient.getACL(this.itemId);
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/DefaultItemManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/DefaultItemManager.java
index 4244088..bc97a03 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/DefaultItemManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/DefaultItemManager.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.acls.ACL;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.acls.AccessType;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.annotations.RootNode;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.exceptions.BackendGenericError;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.GCubeItem;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.Item;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.service.ItemList;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.service.ItemWrapper;
@@ -496,7 +497,35 @@ public class DefaultItemManager implements ItemManagerClient {
 			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}
-
+	
+	@Override
+	public String createGcubeItem(String parentId, GCubeItem item) {
+		Call<GXWebTargetAdapterRequest, String> call = new Call<GXWebTargetAdapterRequest, String>() {
+			@Override
+			public String call(GXWebTargetAdapterRequest manager) throws Exception {
+				GXWebTargetAdapterRequest myManager = manager.path(parentId)
+						.path("create").path("GCUBEITEM");
+											
+				
+				GXInboundResponse response = myManager.post(Entity.json(item));
+				
+				if (response.isErrorResponse()) {
+					if (response.hasException()) 
+						throw response.getException();
+					else 
+						throw new BackendGenericError();
+				}
+				
+				return response.getSource().readEntity(String.class);
+			}
+		};
+		try {
+			return delegate.make(call);
+		}catch(Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public String shareFolder(String id, Set<String> users, AccessType accessType) {
 		Call<GXWebTargetAdapterRequest, String> call = new Call<GXWebTargetAdapterRequest, String>() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/ItemManagerClient.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/ItemManagerClient.java
index de7b900..ba4d2e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/ItemManagerClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/ItemManagerClient.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.StreamDescriptor;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.Metadata;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.acls.ACL;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.acls.AccessType;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.GCubeItem;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.Item;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.service.Version;
 
@@ -65,5 +66,7 @@ public interface ItemManagerClient {
 	StreamDescriptor downloadSpecificVersion(String id, String version);
 	
 	String setMetadata(String id,Metadata metadata);
+
+	String createGcubeItem(String parentId, GCubeItem item);
 	
 }