diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 9b21a6057..999477a0a 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var addons = require('./addons.js'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:backups'),
     eventlog = require('./eventlog.js'),
     locker = require('./locker.js'),
+    filesystem = require('./storage/filesystem.js'),
     path = require('path'),
     paths = require('./paths.js'),
     progress = require('./progress.js'),
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ function api(provider) {
     switch (provider) {
         case 'caas': return caas;
         case 's3': return s3;
+        case 'fs': return filesystem;
         default: return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/storage/filesystem.js b/src/storage/filesystem.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e86bc582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/storage/filesystem.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+'use strict';
+
+exports = module.exports = {
+    getRestoreUrl: getRestoreUrl,
+
+    copyObject: copyObject,
+    getAllPaged: getAllPaged,
+
+    getBackupCredentials: getBackupCredentials
+};
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+function getBackupCredentials(apiConfig, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    callback(null, {});
+}
+
+function getAllPaged(apiConfig, page, perPage, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof page, 'number');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof perPage, 'number');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    return callback(null, []);
+}
+
+function getRestoreUrl(apiConfig, filename, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof filename, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    callback(null, { url: '' });
+}
+
+function copyObject(apiConfig, from, to, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof from, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof to, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    callback(null);
+}