diff --git a/packages/core/src/bindings/db/jsonl.ts b/packages/core/src/bindings/db/jsonl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4aea5c53eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/bindings/db/jsonl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { JsonlDB } from "@alcalzone/jsonl-db";
+import {
+	type Database,
+	type DatabaseFactory,
+	type DatabaseOptions,
+} from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
+
+/** An implementation of the Database bindings for Node.js based on JsonlDB */
+export const db: DatabaseFactory = {
+	createInstance<V>(
+		filename: string,
+		options?: DatabaseOptions<V>,
+	): Database<V> {
+		return new JsonlDB(filename, options);
+	},
+};
diff --git a/packages/core/src/values/CacheBackedMap.ts b/packages/core/src/values/CacheBackedMap.ts
index 71119ef67ee..8525d133984 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/values/CacheBackedMap.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/values/CacheBackedMap.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { JsonlDB } from "@alcalzone/jsonl-db";
+import { type Database } from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
 
 export interface CacheBackedMapKeys<K extends string | number> {
 	/** The common prefix all keys start with */
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export interface CacheBackedMapKeys<K extends string | number> {
 /** Wrapper class which allows storing a Map as a subset of a JsonlDB */
 export class CacheBackedMap<K extends string | number, V> implements Map<K, V> {
 	constructor(
-		private readonly cache: JsonlDB<any>,
+		private readonly cache: Database<any>,
 		private readonly cacheKeys: CacheBackedMapKeys<K>,
 	) {
 		this.map = new Map();
diff --git a/packages/core/src/values/ValueDB.ts b/packages/core/src/values/ValueDB.ts
index ddfe67842dd..a46cb83dd3e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/values/ValueDB.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/values/ValueDB.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import type { JsonlDB } from "@alcalzone/jsonl-db";
 import { TypedEventTarget } from "@zwave-js/shared";
+import { type Database } from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
 import type { CommandClasses } from "../definitions/CommandClasses.js";
 import {
 	ZWaveError,
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ export class ValueDB extends TypedEventTarget<ValueDBEventCallbacks> {
 	 */
 	public constructor(
 		nodeId: number,
-		valueDB: JsonlDB,
-		metadataDB: JsonlDB<ValueMetadata>,
+		valueDB: Database<unknown>,
+		metadataDB: Database<ValueMetadata>,
 		ownKeys?: Set<string>,
 	) {
 		super();
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ export class ValueDB extends TypedEventTarget<ValueDBEventCallbacks> {
 	}
 
 	private nodeId: number;
-	private _db: JsonlDB<unknown>;
-	private _metadata: JsonlDB<ValueMetadata>;
+	private _db: Database<unknown>;
+	private _metadata: Database<ValueMetadata>;
 	private _index: Set<string>;
 
 	private buildIndex(): Set<string> {
@@ -603,7 +603,9 @@ function compareDBKeyFast(
 }
 
 /** Extracts an index for each node from one or more JSONL DBs */
-export function indexDBsByNode(databases: JsonlDB[]): Map<number, Set<string>> {
+export function indexDBsByNode(
+	databases: Database<unknown>[],
+): Map<number, Set<string>> {
 	const indexes = new Map<number, Set<string>>();
 	for (const db of databases) {
 		for (const key of db.keys()) {
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/bindings.ts b/packages/shared/src/bindings.ts
index 02d0b712782..939bbeca8c8 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/bindings.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/bindings.ts
@@ -135,3 +135,42 @@ export interface FileSystem
 {}
 
 export type Platform = "linux" | "darwin" | "win32" | "browser" | "other";
+
+export type DatabaseOptions<V> = {
+	/**
+	 * An optional reviver function (similar to JSON.parse) to transform parsed values before they are accessible in the database.
+	 * If this function is defined, it must always return a value.
+	 */
+	reviver?: (key: string, value: any) => V;
+	/**
+	 * An optional serializer function (similar to JSON.serialize) to transform values before they are written to the database file.
+	 * If this function is defined, it must always return a value.
+	 */
+	serializer?: (key: string, value: V) => any;
+	/** Whether timestamps should be recorded when setting values. Default: false */
+	enableTimestamps?: boolean;
+};
+
+export interface DatabaseFactory {
+	createInstance<V>(
+		filename: string,
+		options?: DatabaseOptions<V>,
+	): Database<V>;
+}
+
+export interface Database<V> {
+	open(): Promise<void>;
+	close(): Promise<void>;
+
+	has: Map<string, V>["has"];
+	get: Map<string, V>["get"];
+	set(key: string, value: V, updateTimestamp?: boolean): this;
+	delete(key: string): boolean;
+	clear(): void;
+
+	getTimestamp(key: string): number | undefined;
+	get size(): number;
+
+	keys: Map<string, V>["keys"];
+	entries: Map<string, V>["entries"];
+}
diff --git a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts
index 20e21cec3f0..b18dc0427c8 100644
--- a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts
+++ b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Driver.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { JsonlDB, type JsonlDBOptions } from "@alcalzone/jsonl-db";
+import { type JsonlDBOptions } from "@alcalzone/jsonl-db";
 import {
 	type CCAPIHost,
 	type CCEncodingContext,
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ import {
 	pick,
 } from "@zwave-js/shared";
 import {
+	type Database,
 	type ReadFile,
 	type ReadFileSystemInfo,
 } from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
@@ -894,19 +895,19 @@ export class Driver extends TypedEventTarget<DriverEventCallbacks>
 
 	public readonly cacheDir: string;
 
-	private _valueDB: JsonlDB | undefined;
+	private _valueDB: Database<unknown> | undefined;
 	/** @internal */
-	public get valueDB(): JsonlDB | undefined {
+	public get valueDB(): Database<unknown> | undefined {
 		return this._valueDB;
 	}
-	private _metadataDB: JsonlDB<ValueMetadata> | undefined;
+	private _metadataDB: Database<ValueMetadata> | undefined;
 	/** @internal */
-	public get metadataDB(): JsonlDB<ValueMetadata> | undefined {
+	public get metadataDB(): Database<ValueMetadata> | undefined {
 		return this._metadataDB;
 	}
-	private _networkCache: JsonlDB<any> | undefined;
+	private _networkCache: Database<any> | undefined;
 	/** @internal */
-	public get networkCache(): JsonlDB<any> {
+	public get networkCache(): Database<any> {
 		if (this._networkCache == undefined) {
 			throw new ZWaveError(
 				"The network cache was not yet initialized!",
@@ -1332,6 +1333,8 @@ export class Driver extends TypedEventTarget<DriverEventCallbacks>
 				?? (await import("@zwave-js/core/bindings/fs/node")).fs,
 			serial: this._options.host?.serial
 				?? (await import("@zwave-js/serial/bindings/node")).serial,
+			db: this._options.host?.db
+				?? (await import("@zwave-js/core/bindings/db/jsonl")).db,
 		};
 
 		const spOpenPromise = createDeferredPromise();
@@ -1593,7 +1596,7 @@ export class Driver extends TypedEventTarget<DriverEventCallbacks>
 			this.cacheDir,
 			`${homeId.toString(16)}.jsonl`,
 		);
-		this._networkCache = new JsonlDB(networkCacheFile, {
+		this._networkCache = this.bindings.db.createInstance(networkCacheFile, {
 			...options,
 			serializer: serializeNetworkCacheValue,
 			reviver: deserializeNetworkCacheValue,
@@ -1614,7 +1617,7 @@ export class Driver extends TypedEventTarget<DriverEventCallbacks>
 			this.cacheDir,
 			`${homeId.toString(16)}.values.jsonl`,
 		);
-		this._valueDB = new JsonlDB(valueDBFile, {
+		this._valueDB = this.bindings.db.createInstance(valueDBFile, {
 			...options,
 			enableTimestamps: true,
 			reviver: (_key, value) => deserializeCacheValue(value),
@@ -1626,7 +1629,10 @@ export class Driver extends TypedEventTarget<DriverEventCallbacks>
 			this.cacheDir,
 			`${homeId.toString(16)}.metadata.jsonl`,
 		);
-		this._metadataDB = new JsonlDB(metadataDBFile, options);
+		this._metadataDB = this.bindings.db.createInstance(
+			metadataDBFile,
+			options,
+		);
 		await this._metadataDB.open();
 
 		if (process.env.NO_CACHE === "true") {
diff --git a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Host.ts b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Host.ts
index e0c2857346e..53d4a7dcc04 100644
--- a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Host.ts
+++ b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/Host.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 // FIXME: This should eventually live in @zwave-js/host
 
 import { type Serial } from "@zwave-js/serial";
-import { type FileSystem, type Platform } from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
+import {
+	type DatabaseFactory,
+	type FileSystem,
+	type Platform,
+} from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
 
 /** Abstractions for a host system Z-Wave JS is running on */
 export interface Host {
 	fs: FileSystem;
 	platform: Platform;
 	serial: Serial;
+	db: DatabaseFactory;
 }
diff --git a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/NetworkCache.ts b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/NetworkCache.ts
index 4d3aa13ce38..cb6139947a1 100644
--- a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/NetworkCache.ts
+++ b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/NetworkCache.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import type { JsonlDB } from "@alcalzone/jsonl-db";
 import { type AssociationAddress } from "@zwave-js/cc";
 import {
 	type CommandClasses,
@@ -12,7 +11,11 @@ import {
 	securityClassOrder,
 } from "@zwave-js/core";
 import { Bytes, getEnumMemberName, num2hex, pickDeep } from "@zwave-js/shared";
-import type { ReadFile, ReadFileSystemInfo } from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
+import type {
+	Database,
+	ReadFile,
+	ReadFileSystemInfo,
+} from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
 import { isArray, isObject } from "alcalzone-shared/typeguards";
 import path from "pathe";
 import {
@@ -621,8 +624,8 @@ const legacyPaths = {
 
 export async function migrateLegacyNetworkCache(
 	homeId: number,
-	networkCache: JsonlDB,
-	valueDB: JsonlDB,
+	networkCache: Database<any>,
+	valueDB: Database<unknown>,
 	fs: ReadFileSystemInfo & ReadFile,
 	cacheDir: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/ZWaveOptions.ts b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/ZWaveOptions.ts
index 959a1dad3cc..2f145c3c398 100644
--- a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/ZWaveOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/driver/ZWaveOptions.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type {
 } from "@zwave-js/core";
 import { type Serial, type ZWaveSerialStream } from "@zwave-js/serial";
 import { type DeepPartial, type Expand } from "@zwave-js/shared";
-import type { FileSystem } from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
+import type { DatabaseFactory, FileSystem } from "@zwave-js/shared/bindings";
 import type {
 	InclusionUserCallbacks,
 	JoinNetworkUserCallbacks,
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ export interface ZWaveOptions {
 		 * Specifies which bindings are used interact with serial ports.
 		 */
 		serial?: Serial;
+
+		/**
+		 * Specifies which bindings are used to interact with the database used to store the cache.
+		 */
+		db?: DatabaseFactory;
 	};
 
 	storage: {
diff --git a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/zniffer/Zniffer.ts b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/zniffer/Zniffer.ts
index 5f3c80b1675..e39cc1c868e 100644
--- a/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/zniffer/Zniffer.ts
+++ b/packages/zwave-js/src/lib/zniffer/Zniffer.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,12 @@ export class Zniffer extends TypedEventTarget<ZnifferEventCallbacks> {
 	 * The host bindings used to access file system etc.
 	 */
 	// This is set during `init()` and should not be accessed before
-	private bindings!: Required<NonNullable<ZWaveOptions["host"]>>;
+	private bindings!: Omit<
+		Required<
+			NonNullable<ZWaveOptions["host"]>
+		>,
+		"db"
+	>;
 
 	private serialFactory: ZnifferSerialStreamFactory | undefined;
 	/** The serial port instance */