diff --git a/src/Extractor/ExtractionInterface.php b/src/Extractor/ExtractionInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..799200ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Extractor/ExtractionInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Stdlib\Extractor;
+
+interface ExtractionInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Extract values from an object
+     *
+     * @param  object $object
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function extract($object);
+}
diff --git a/src/Hydrator/HydrationInterface.php b/src/Hydrator/HydrationInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c693daecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Hydrator/HydrationInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator;
+
+interface HydrationInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Hydrate $object with the provided $data.
+     *
+     * @param  array $data
+     * @param  object $object
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public function hydrate(array $data, $object);
+}
diff --git a/src/Hydrator/HydratorInterface.php b/src/Hydrator/HydratorInterface.php
index c6b3e89e2..df217b021 100644
--- a/src/Hydrator/HydratorInterface.php
+++ b/src/Hydrator/HydratorInterface.php
@@ -9,22 +9,9 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator;
 
-interface HydratorInterface
+use Zend\Stdlib\Extractor\ExtractionInterface;
+
+interface HydratorInterface extends HydrationInterface, ExtractionInterface
 {
-    /**
-     * Extract values from an object
-     *
-     * @param  object $object
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function extract($object);
 
-    /**
-     * Hydrate $object with the provided $data.
-     *
-     * @param  array $data
-     * @param  object $object
-     * @return object
-     */
-    public function hydrate(array $data, $object);
 }