diff --git a/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	rpcwallet.cpp
 	salvage.cpp
 	scriptpubkeyman.cpp
+	sqlite.cpp
 	wallet.cpp
 	walletdb.cpp
 	walletutil.cpp
diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.h b/src/wallet/sqlite.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.h
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_WALLET_SQLITE_H
+#define BITCOIN_WALLET_SQLITE_H
+
+#include <wallet/db.h>
+
+struct bilingual_str;
+class SQLiteDatabase;
+
+/** RAII class that provides access to a WalletDatabase */
+class SQLiteBatch : public DatabaseBatch {
+private:
+    SQLiteDatabase &m_database;
+
+    bool ReadKey(CDataStream &&key, CDataStream &value) override;
+    bool WriteKey(CDataStream &&key, CDataStream &&value,
+                  bool overwrite = true) override;
+    bool EraseKey(CDataStream &&key) override;
+    bool HasKey(CDataStream &&key) override;
+
+public:
+    explicit SQLiteBatch(SQLiteDatabase &database);
+
+    /** No-op. See comment on SQLiteDatabase::Flush */
+    void Flush() override {}
+
+    void Close() override;
+
+    bool StartCursor() override;
+    bool ReadAtCursor(CDataStream &key, CDataStream &value,
+                      bool &complete) override;
+    void CloseCursor() override;
+    bool TxnBegin() override;
+    bool TxnCommit() override;
+    bool TxnAbort() override;
+};
+
+/** An instance of this class represents one SQLite3 database. */
+class SQLiteDatabase : public WalletDatabase {
+private:
+    // FIXME: uncomment this line when m_mock is used in commit a0de833
+    // const bool m_mock{false};
+
+    const std::string m_dir_path;
+
+    const std::string m_file_path;
+
+public:
+    SQLiteDatabase() = delete;
+
+    /** Create DB handle to real database */
+    SQLiteDatabase(const fs::path &dir_path, const fs::path &file_path,
+                   bool mock = false);
+
+    ~SQLiteDatabase();
+
+    /** Open the database if it is not already opened */
+    void Open() override;
+
+    /** Close the database */
+    void Close() override;
+
+    /* These functions are unused */
+    void AddRef() override { assert(false); }
+    void RemoveRef() override { assert(false); }
+
+    /** Rewrite the entire database on disk */
+    bool Rewrite(const char *skip = nullptr) override;
+
+    /** Back up the entire database to a file. */
+    bool Backup(const std::string &dest) const override;
+
+    /**
+     * No-ops
+     *
+     * SQLite always flushes everything to the database file after each
+     * transaction (each Read/Write/Erase that we do is its own transaction
+     * unless we called TxnBegin) so there is no need to have Flush or Periodic
+     * Flush.
+     *
+     * There is no DB env to reload, so ReloadDbEnv has nothing to do
+     */
+    void Flush() override {}
+    bool PeriodicFlush() override { return false; }
+    void ReloadDbEnv() override {}
+
+    void IncrementUpdateCounter() override { ++nUpdateCounter; }
+
+    std::string Filename() override { return m_file_path; }
+
+    /** Make a SQLiteBatch connected to this database */
+    std::unique_ptr<DatabaseBatch>
+    MakeBatch(bool flush_on_close = true) override;
+};
+
+bool ExistsSQLiteDatabase(const fs::path &path);
+std::unique_ptr<SQLiteDatabase>
+MakeSQLiteDatabase(const fs::path &path, const DatabaseOptions &options,
+                   DatabaseStatus &status, bilingual_str &error);
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_WALLET_SQLITE_H
diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <wallet/sqlite.h>
+
+#include <util/strencodings.h>
+#include <util/translation.h>
+#include <wallet/db.h>
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+static const char *const DATABASE_FILENAME = "wallet.dat";
+
+SQLiteDatabase::SQLiteDatabase(const fs::path &dir_path,
+                               const fs::path &file_path, bool mock)
+    // FIXME: uncomment m_mock when backporting commit a0de833
+    : WalletDatabase(), /* m_mock(mock), */ m_dir_path(dir_path.string()),
+      m_file_path(file_path.string()) {}
+
+SQLiteDatabase::~SQLiteDatabase() {}
+
+void SQLiteDatabase::Open() {}
+
+bool SQLiteDatabase::Rewrite(const char *skip) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SQLiteDatabase::Backup(const std::string &dest) const {
+    return false;
+}
+
+void SQLiteDatabase::Close() {}
+
+std::unique_ptr<DatabaseBatch> SQLiteDatabase::MakeBatch(bool flush_on_close) {
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+void SQLiteBatch::Close() {}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::ReadKey(CDataStream &&key, CDataStream &value) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::WriteKey(CDataStream &&key, CDataStream &&value,
+                           bool overwrite) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::EraseKey(CDataStream &&key) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::HasKey(CDataStream &&key) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::StartCursor() {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::ReadAtCursor(CDataStream &key, CDataStream &value,
+                               bool &complete) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+void SQLiteBatch::CloseCursor() {}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::TxnBegin() {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::TxnCommit() {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool SQLiteBatch::TxnAbort() {
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool ExistsSQLiteDatabase(const fs::path &path) {
+    return false;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<SQLiteDatabase>
+MakeSQLiteDatabase(const fs::path &path, const DatabaseOptions &options,
+                   DatabaseStatus &status, bilingual_str &error) {
+    return std::make_unique<SQLiteDatabase>(path, path / DATABASE_FILENAME);
+}