diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
index 0fa586cba..d50af15f3 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\..\lib\fluentnhibernate\NHibernate.ByteCode.Castle.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+      <HintPath>..\..\lib\sqlce\System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations">
@@ -320,10 +324,32 @@
   <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build.CreateAreaManifest" AssemblyName="Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
   <UsingTask TaskName="Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build.CopyAreaManifests" AssemblyName="Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Build, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
   -->
+  
+  <Target Name="CopySqlCeBinaries">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <SqlCeBinariesx86 Include="..\..\lib\sqlce\x86\*.*"/>
+      <SqlCeBinariesx64 Include="..\..\lib\sqlce\amd64\*.*"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <Copy
+        SourceFiles="@(SqlCeBinariesx86)"
+        DestinationFolder="$(ProjectDir)\bin\x86"
+        SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
+        />
+
+    <Copy
+        SourceFiles="@(SqlCeBinariesx64)"
+        DestinationFolder="$(ProjectDir)\bin\amd64"
+        SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
+        />
+  </Target>
+  
   <Target Name="AfterBuild" DependsOnTargets="AfterBuildCompiler">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <AreasManifestDir>$(ProjectDir)\..\Manifests</AreasManifestDir>
     </PropertyGroup>
+    <CallTarget Targets="CopySqlCeBinaries"/>
+
     <!-- If this is an area child project, uncomment the following line:
     <CreateAreaManifest AreaName="$(AssemblyName)" AreaType="Child" AreaPath="$(ProjectDir)" ManifestPath="$(AreasManifestDir)" ContentFiles="@(Content)" />
     -->
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Data/Providers/SqlCeDataServicesProvider.cs b/src/Orchard/Data/Providers/SqlCeDataServicesProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb22ee144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/Data/Providers/SqlCeDataServicesProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using FluentNHibernate.Cfg.Db;
+
+namespace Orchard.Data.Providers {
+    public class SqlCeDataServicesProvider : AbstractDataServicesProvider {
+        private readonly string _dataFolder;
+        private readonly string _connectionString;
+
+        public SqlCeDataServicesProvider(string dataFolder, string connectionString) {
+            _dataFolder = dataFolder;
+            _connectionString = connectionString;
+        }
+
+        public static string ProviderName {
+            get { return "SqlCe"; }
+        }
+
+        public override IPersistenceConfigurer GetPersistenceConfigurer(bool createDatabase) {
+            var persistence = MsSqlCeConfiguration.Standard;
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_connectionString)) {
+                var dataFile = Path.Combine(_dataFolder, "Orchard.sdf");
+
+                if (!Directory.Exists(_dataFolder)) {
+                    Directory.CreateDirectory(_dataFolder);
+                }
+
+                if (createDatabase && File.Exists(dataFile)) {
+                    File.Delete(dataFile);
+                }
+
+                string localConnectionString = string.Format("Data Source={0}", dataFile);
+                if (!File.Exists(dataFile)) {
+                    CreateSqlCeDatabaseFile(localConnectionString);
+                }
+
+                persistence = persistence.ConnectionString(localConnectionString);
+            }
+            else {
+                persistence = persistence.ConnectionString(_connectionString);
+            }
+            return persistence;
+        }
+
+        private void CreateSqlCeDatabaseFile(string connectionString) {
+            // We want to execute this code using Reflection, to avoid having a binary
+            // dependency on SqlCe assembly
+
+            //engine engine = new SqlCeEngine();
+            var sqlceEngineHandle = Activator.CreateInstance("System.Data.SqlServerCe", "System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeEngine");
+            var engine = sqlceEngineHandle.Unwrap();
+
+            //engine.LocalConnectionString = connectionString;
+            engine.GetType().GetProperty("LocalConnectionString").SetValue(engine, connectionString, null/*index*/);
+
+            //engine.CreateDatabase();
+            engine.GetType().GetMethod("CreateDatabase").Invoke(engine, null);
+
+            //engine.Dispose();
+            engine.GetType().GetMethod("Dispose").Invoke(engine, null);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
index 84f31c7aa..502982b9d 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Data\Migration\Schema\CreateTableCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Data\Migration\Schema\TableCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Data\Migration\Schema\SchemaCommand.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Data\Providers\SqlCeDataServicesProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Data\Providers\DataServiceParameters.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Data\Providers\IDataServicesProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Data\Providers\SessionFactoryParameters.cs" />