diff --git a/core/database.class.php b/core/database.class.php
index 71cd2110..02356293 100644
--- a/core/database.class.php
+++ b/core/database.class.php
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class DBEngine {
 	var $inet = null;
 	var $create_table_extras = "";
 
+	public function init($db) {}
+
 	public function create_table_sql($name, $data) {
 		return "CREATE TABLE $name ($data)";
 	}
@@ -81,9 +83,6 @@ class MySQL extends DBEngine {
 class PostgreSQL extends DBEngine {
 	var $name = "pgsql";
 
-	public function init($db) {
-	}
-
 	public function create_table_sql($name, $data) {
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_AIPK", "SERIAL PRIMARY KEY", $data);
 		$data = str_replace("SCORE_INET", "INET", $data);
@@ -94,6 +93,19 @@ class PostgreSQL extends DBEngine {
 		return "CREATE TABLE $name ($data)";
 	}
 }
+class SQLite extends DBEngine {
+	var $name = "sqlite";
+
+	public function create_table_sql($name, $data) {
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_AIPK", "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY", $data);
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_INET", "INET", $data);
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_BOOL_Y", "'Y'", $data);
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_BOOL_N", "'N'", $data);
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_BOOL", "BOOL", $data);
+		$data = str_replace("SCORE_NOW", "current_time", $data);
+		return "CREATE TABLE $name ($data)";
+	}
+}
 // }}}
 // {{{ cache engines
 interface CacheEngine {
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index 46195d7b..3e421108 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ function create_tables($dsn) { // {{{
 		else if(substr($dsn, 0, 5) == "pgsql") {
 			$engine = new PostgreSQL();
 		}
+		else if(substr($dsn, 0, 5) == "sqlite") {
+			$engine = new SQLite();
+		}
+		else {
+			die("Unknown database engine; Shimmie currently officially supports MySQL
+			(mysql://), with hacks for Postgres (pgsql://) and SQLite (sqlite://)");
+		}
 		$engine->init($db);
 
 		$db->execute($engine->create_table_sql("aliases", "