diff --git a/src/storagebackend.cpp b/src/storagebackend.cpp
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+#include "transport/storagebackend.h"
+#include "transport/config.h"
+
+#include "transport/sqlite3backend.h"
+#include "transport/mysqlbackend.h"
+#include "transport/pqxxbackend.h"
+
+namespace Transport {
+
+StorageBackend *StorageBackend::createBackend(Config *config, std::string &error) {
+	StorageBackend *storageBackend = NULL;
+#ifdef WITH_SQLITE
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") == "sqlite3") {
+		storageBackend = new SQLite3Backend(config);
+	}
+#else
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") == "sqlite3") {
+		error = "Libtransport is not compiled with sqlite3 backend support.";
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef WITH_MYSQL
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") == "mysql") {
+		storageBackend = new MySQLBackend(config);
+	}
+#else
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") == "mysql") {
+		error = "Spectrum2 is not compiled with mysql backend support.";
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef WITH_PQXX
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") == "pqxx") {
+		storageBackend = new PQXXBackend(config);
+	}
+#else
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") == "pqxx") {
+		error = "Spectrum2 is not compiled with pqxx backend support.";
+	}
+#endif
+
+	if (CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") != "mysql" && CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") != "sqlite3"
+		&& CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") != "pqxx" && CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type") != "none") {
+		error = "Unknown storage backend " + CONFIG_STRING(config, "database.type");
+	}
+	return storageBackend;
+}
+
+}