diff --git a/src/basic_api.cc b/src/basic_api.cc
index ff3be92..50781b4 100644
--- a/src/basic_api.cc
+++ b/src/basic_api.cc
@@ -497,5 +497,34 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_foundation_pEp_jniadapter_Engine__1config_1passphras
     }
 }
 
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_foundation_pEp_jniadapter_Engine__1config_1passphrase_1for_1new_1keys(
+        JNIEnv *env,
+        jobject obj,
+        jboolean enable,
+        jbyteArray passphrase
+    )
+{
+    std::mutex *mutex_local = nullptr;
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> l(global_mutex);
+        pEpLog("called with lock_guard");
+        mutex_local = get_engine_java_object_mutex(env, obj);
+    }
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> l(*mutex_local);
+
+    bool _enable = (bool) enable;
+    const char *_passphrase = to_string(env, passphrase);
+
+    PEP_STATUS status = ::config_passphrase_for_new_keys(session(),_enable,cache.add_stored(_passphrase));
+    if ((status > PEP_STATUS_OK && status < PEP_UNENCRYPTED) ||
+            status < PEP_STATUS_OK ||
+            status >= PEP_TRUSTWORD_NOT_FOUND) {
+        throw_pEp_Exception(env, status);
+        return ;
+    }
+
+}
+
 } // extern "C"
 
diff --git a/src/pEp.yml2 b/src/pEp.yml2
index dfa6cbe..ca00095 100644
--- a/src/pEp.yml2
+++ b/src/pEp.yml2
@@ -241,10 +241,6 @@ namespace pEp {
                 in CipherSuite suite
             );
 
-        method config_passphrase_for_new_keys(
-                in bool enable,
-                in string passphrase
-            );
 
         // "basic" methods are generated on the java side, but
         // on the C++ side, manually implemented in basic_api.cc
@@ -267,6 +263,7 @@ namespace pEp {
         basic string getUserDirectory();
         basic string getMachineDirectory();
         basic void config_passphrase(string passphrase);
+        basic void config_passphrase_for_new_keys(bool enable, string passphrase);
     };
 
     struct message {