diff --git a/core/mvcc/database/Cargo.toml b/core/mvcc/database/Cargo.toml
index a39fb4069..0c29c664d 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/database/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/mvcc/database/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.12", optional = true, features = ["io-util"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.160", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
 pin-project = "1.0.12"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0", optional = true }
+base64 = "0.21.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.4", features = ["html_reports", "async", "async_futures"] }
@@ -24,6 +26,9 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0"
 tracing-test = "0"
 mvcc-rs = { path = ".", features = ["tokio"] }
 
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["rlib", "cdylib", "staticlib"]
+
 [[bench]]
 name = "my_benchmark"
 harness = false
@@ -31,4 +36,5 @@ harness = false
 [features]
 default = []
 full = ["tokio"]
+c_bindings = ["tokio", "dep:tracing-subscriber"]
 tokio = ["dep:tokio", "dep:tokio-stream"]
diff --git a/core/mvcc/database/src/lib.rs b/core/mvcc/database/src/lib.rs
index d88011290..b671c908f 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/database/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/database/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,3 +36,85 @@ pub mod database;
 pub mod errors;
 pub mod persistent_storage;
 pub mod sync;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "c_bindings")]
+mod c_bindings {
+    use super::*;
+    type Clock = clock::LocalClock;
+    type Storage = persistent_storage::JsonOnDisk;
+    type Inner = database::DatabaseInner<Clock, Storage>;
+    type Db = database::Database<Clock, Storage, tokio::sync::Mutex<Inner>>;
+
+    static INIT_RUST_LOG: std::sync::Once = std::sync::Once::new();
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    pub struct DbContext {
+        db: Db,
+        runtime: tokio::runtime::Runtime,
+    }
+
+    #[no_mangle]
+    pub extern "C" fn mvccrs_new_database(path: *const std::ffi::c_char) -> *mut DbContext {
+        INIT_RUST_LOG.call_once(|| {
+            tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+        });
+
+        tracing::debug!("mvccrs_new_database");
+
+        let clock = clock::LocalClock::new();
+        let path = unsafe { std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(path) };
+        let path = match path.to_str() {
+            Ok(path) => path,
+            Err(_) => {
+                tracing::error!("Invalid UTF-8 path");
+                return std::ptr::null_mut();
+            }
+        };
+        tracing::debug!("mvccrs: opening persistent storage at {path}");
+        let storage = crate::persistent_storage::JsonOnDisk::new(path);
+        let db = Db::new(clock, storage);
+        let runtime = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+        Box::into_raw(Box::new(DbContext { db, runtime }))
+    }
+
+    #[no_mangle]
+    pub unsafe extern "C" fn mvccrs_free_database(db: *mut Db) {
+        tracing::debug!("mvccrs_free_database");
+        let _ = Box::from_raw(db);
+    }
+
+    #[no_mangle]
+    pub unsafe extern "C" fn mvccrs_insert(
+        db: *mut DbContext,
+        id: u64,
+        value_ptr: *const u8,
+        value_len: usize,
+    ) -> i32 {
+        let value = std::slice::from_raw_parts(value_ptr, value_len);
+        let data = match std::str::from_utf8(value) {
+            Ok(value) => value.to_string(),
+            Err(_) => {
+                tracing::info!("Invalid UTF-8, let's base64 this fellow");
+                use base64::{engine::general_purpose, Engine as _};
+                general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(value)
+            }
+        };
+        let DbContext { db, runtime } = unsafe { &mut *db };
+        let row = database::Row { id, data };
+        tracing::debug!("mvccrs_insert: {row:?}");
+        match runtime.block_on(async move {
+            let tx = db.begin_tx().await;
+            db.insert(tx, row).await?;
+            db.commit_tx(tx).await
+        }) {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                tracing::debug!("mvccrs_insert: success");
+                0 // SQLITE_OK
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::error!("mvccrs_insert: {e}");
+                778 // SQLITE_IOERR_WRITE
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/mvcc/database/src/persistent_storage.rs b/core/mvcc/database/src/persistent_storage.rs
index 8687c43a0..98b1fbd20 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/database/src/persistent_storage.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/database/src/persistent_storage.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::database::{Result, Mutation};
+use crate::database::{Mutation, Result};
 
 /// Persistent storage API for storing and retrieving transactions.
 /// TODO: final design in heavy progress!