diff --git a/osu.Game/Input/ActionMappingInputManager.cs b/osu.Game/Input/ActionMappingInputManager.cs
index 5e2facdc93..89e8686a2c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Input/ActionMappingInputManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Input/ActionMappingInputManager.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2017 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Input;
+using osu.Framework.Platform;
+using osu.Game.Database;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets;
 using OpenTK.Input;
+using SQLite.Net;
+using SQLiteNetExtensions.Attributes;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Input
 {
@@ -12,6 +19,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Input
     {
         protected IDictionary<Key, T> Mappings { get; set; }
 
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(BindingStore bindings)
+        {
+            foreach (var b in bindings.Query<Binding>())
+                Mappings[b.Key] = (T)(object)b.Action;
+        }
+
         protected override bool OnKeyDown(InputState state, KeyDownEventArgs args)
         {
             mapKey(state, args.Key);
@@ -30,5 +44,44 @@ namespace osu.Game.Input
             if (Mappings.TryGetValue(key, out mappedData))
                 state.Data = mappedData;
         }
+
+        private T parseStringRepresentation(string str)
+        {
+            T res;
+
+            if (Enum.TryParse(str, out res))
+                return res;
+
+            return default(T);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class Binding
+    {
+        [ForeignKey(typeof(RulesetInfo))]
+        public int? RulesetID { get; set; }
+
+        public Key Key { get; set; }
+
+        public int Action { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class BindingStore : DatabaseBackedStore
+    {
+        public BindingStore(SQLiteConnection connection, Storage storage = null)
+            : base(connection, storage)
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected override void Prepare(bool reset = false)
+        {
+            Connection.CreateTable<Binding>();
+        }
+
+        protected override Type[] ValidTypes => new[]
+        {
+            typeof(Binding)
+        };
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 0dec4228de..b76235f3f4 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using SQLite.Net;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Performance;
 using osu.Game.Database;
+using osu.Game.Input;
 using osu.Game.IO;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
         protected ScoreStore ScoreStore;
 
+        protected BindingStore BindingStore;
+
         protected override string MainResourceFile => @"osu.Game.Resources.dll";
 
         public APIAccess API;
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
             dependencies.Cache(FileStore = new FileStore(connection, Host.Storage));
             dependencies.Cache(BeatmapManager = new BeatmapManager(Host.Storage, FileStore, connection, RulesetStore, Host));
             dependencies.Cache(ScoreStore = new ScoreStore(Host.Storage, connection, Host, BeatmapManager));
+            dependencies.Cache(BindingStore = new BindingStore(connection));
             dependencies.Cache(new OsuColour());
 
             //this completely overrides the framework default. will need to change once we make a proper FontStore.