diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c30de9a33..0dec63c8b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4381,6 +4381,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "ruffle_frontend_utils"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "ruffle_core",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "toml_edit 0.22.9",
diff --git a/desktop/src/backends.rs b/desktop/src/backends.rs
index d81793337..f01e38f34 100644
--- a/desktop/src/backends.rs
+++ b/desktop/src/backends.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ mod audio;
 mod external_interface;
 mod fscommand;
 mod navigator;
-mod storage;
 mod ui;
 
 pub use audio::CpalAudioBackend;
 pub use external_interface::DesktopExternalInterfaceProvider;
 pub use fscommand::DesktopFSCommandProvider;
 pub use navigator::ExternalNavigatorBackend;
-pub use storage::DiskStorageBackend;
 pub use ui::DesktopUiBackend;
diff --git a/desktop/src/preferences/storage.rs b/desktop/src/preferences/storage.rs
index 8119b380c..aa4b8978d 100644
--- a/desktop/src/preferences/storage.rs
+++ b/desktop/src/preferences/storage.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{backends::DiskStorageBackend, player::PlayerOptions};
+use crate::player::PlayerOptions;
 use ruffle_core::backend::storage::MemoryStorageBackend;
+use ruffle_frontend_utils::backends::storage::DiskStorageBackend;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 #[derive(clap::ValueEnum, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Default)]
diff --git a/frontend-utils/Cargo.toml b/frontend-utils/Cargo.toml
index 4b4550591..4941547ff 100644
--- a/frontend-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frontend-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 zip = "0.6.6"
 urlencoding = "2.1.3"
+ruffle_core = { path = "../core", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/frontend-utils/src/backends.rs b/frontend-utils/src/backends.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30f61eb69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-utils/src/backends.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod storage;
diff --git a/desktop/src/backends/storage.rs b/frontend-utils/src/backends/storage.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from desktop/src/backends/storage.rs
rename to frontend-utils/src/backends/storage.rs
diff --git a/frontend-utils/src/lib.rs b/frontend-utils/src/lib.rs
index 9b01f304c..f31ba4cd0 100644
--- a/frontend-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frontend-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ pub mod bundle;
 pub mod parse;
 pub mod write;
 
+pub mod backends;
+
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use url::Url;