diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e5ae8de7a..cfbe6c474 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ install(TARGETS eressea DESTINATION "bin")
 
 if (SQLITE3_FOUND)
 target_link_libraries(eressea ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(test_eressea ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES})
 add_definitions(-DUSE_SQLITE)
 endif(SQLITE3_FOUND)
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index f4af301db..cbd8a6296 100644
--- a/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ jsonconf.test.c
 )
 
 SET(_DBFILES dbtrie.c)
+IF(SQLITE3_FOUND)
+SET(_DBFILES dbsqlite.c)
+ENDIF(SQLITE3_FOUND)
 
 SET(_FILES
 ${_DBFILES}
diff --git a/src/kernel/dbsqlite.c b/src/kernel/dbsqlite.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac970ce4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/dbsqlite.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include <platform.h>
+#include "db.h"
+#include "orderdb.h"
+
+#include <util/log.h>
+
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+
+#define DBNAME ":memory:"
+static sqlite3 *g_db;
+static sqlite3_stmt * g_stmt_insert;
+static sqlite3_stmt * g_stmt_select;
+
+order_data *db_load_order(int id)
+{
+    if (id > 0) {
+        order_data * od = NULL;
+        odata_create(&od, 0, NULL);
+        return od;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+int db_save_order(order_data *od)
+{
+    if (od->_str) {
+        int err;
+        err = sqlite3_reset(g_stmt_insert);
+        assert(err == SQLITE_OK);
+        err = sqlite3_bind_text(g_stmt_insert, 1, od->_str, -1, SQLITE_STATIC);
+        assert(err == SQLITE_OK);
+        err = sqlite3_step(g_stmt_insert);
+        assert(err == SQLITE_DONE);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void db_open(void)
+{
+    int err;
+
+    err = sqlite3_open(DBNAME, &g_db);
+    assert(err == SQLITE_OK);
+    err = sqlite3_exec(g_db, "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS orders (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, data TEXT NOT NULL)", NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    assert(err == SQLITE_OK);
+    err = sqlite3_prepare_v2(g_db, "INSERT INTO orders (data) VALUES (?)", -1, &g_stmt_insert, NULL);
+    assert(err == SQLITE_OK);
+}
+
+void db_close(void)
+{
+    int err;
+
+    err = sqlite3_finalize(g_stmt_insert);
+    assert(err == SQLITE_OK);
+    err = sqlite3_close(g_db);
+    assert(err == SQLITE_OK);
+}