diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 50ae6ea6d..951637def 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ jobs:
           - unit tags="kvdb_etcd"
           - unit tags="kvdb_postgres"
           - unit tags="kvdb_sqlite"
+          - unit tags="test_db_sqlite"
+          - unit tags="test_db_postgres"
           - unit-race
           - unit-module
 
diff --git a/graph/db/sql_store.go b/graph/db/sql_store.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa7a49206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graph/db/sql_store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package graphdb
+
+import (
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb"
+)
+
+// SQLQueries is a subset of the sqlc.Querier interface that can be used to
+// execute queries against the SQL graph tables.
+type SQLQueries interface {
+}
+
+// BatchedSQLQueries is a version of SQLQueries that's capable of batched
+// database operations.
+type BatchedSQLQueries interface {
+	SQLQueries
+	sqldb.BatchedTx[SQLQueries]
+}
+
+// SQLStore is an implementation of the V1Store interface that uses a SQL
+// database as the backend.
+//
+// NOTE: currently, this temporarily embeds the KVStore struct so that we can
+// implement the V1Store interface incrementally. For any method not
+// implemented,  things will fall back to the KVStore. This is ONLY the case
+// for the time being while this struct is purely used in unit tests only.
+type SQLStore struct {
+	db BatchedSQLQueries
+
+	// Temporary fall-back to the KVStore so that we can implement the
+	// interface incrementally.
+	*KVStore
+}
+
+// A compile-time assertion to ensure that SQLStore implements the V1Store
+// interface.
+var _ V1Store = (*SQLStore)(nil)
+
+// NewSQLStore creates a new SQLStore instance given an open BatchedSQLQueries
+// storage backend.
+func NewSQLStore(db BatchedSQLQueries, kvStore *KVStore) *SQLStore {
+	return &SQLStore{
+		db:      db,
+		KVStore: kvStore,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/graph/db/test_kvdb.go b/graph/db/test_kvdb.go
index 375712972..0dd3bd2ff 100644
--- a/graph/db/test_kvdb.go
+++ b/graph/db/test_kvdb.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build !test_db_sqlite && !test_db_postgres
+
 package graphdb
 
 import (
diff --git a/graph/db/test_postgres.go b/graph/db/test_postgres.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c2163083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graph/db/test_postgres.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+//go:build test_db_postgres && !test_db_sqlite
+
+package graphdb
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// NewTestDB is a helper function that creates a SQLStore backed by a postgres
+// database for testing. At the moment, it embeds a KVStore but once the
+// SQLStore fully implements the V1Store interface, the KVStore will be removed.
+func NewTestDB(t testing.TB) *SQLStore {
+	backend, backendCleanup, err := kvdb.GetTestBackend(t.TempDir(), "cgr")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Cleanup(backendCleanup)
+
+	graphStore, err := NewKVStore(backend)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	pgFixture := sqldb.NewTestPgFixture(
+		t, sqldb.DefaultPostgresFixtureLifetime,
+	)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		pgFixture.TearDown(t)
+	})
+
+	db := sqldb.NewTestPostgresDB(t, pgFixture).BaseDB
+
+	executor := sqldb.NewTransactionExecutor(
+		db, func(tx *sql.Tx) SQLQueries {
+			return db.WithTx(tx)
+		},
+	)
+
+	return NewSQLStore(executor, graphStore)
+}
diff --git a/graph/db/test_sqlite.go b/graph/db/test_sqlite.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cfe16812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graph/db/test_sqlite.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//go:build !test_db_posgres && test_db_sqlite
+
+package graphdb
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// NewTestDB is a helper function that creates a SQLStore backed by a sqlite
+// database for testing. At the moment, it embeds a KVStore but once the
+// SQLStore fully implements the V1Store interface, the KVStore will be removed.
+func NewTestDB(t testing.TB) *SQLStore {
+	backend, backendCleanup, err := kvdb.GetTestBackend(t.TempDir(), "cgr")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Cleanup(backendCleanup)
+
+	graphStore, err := NewKVStore(backend)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	db := sqldb.NewTestSqliteDB(t).BaseDB
+
+	executor := sqldb.NewTransactionExecutor(
+		db, func(tx *sql.Tx) SQLQueries {
+			return db.WithTx(tx)
+		},
+	)
+
+	return NewSQLStore(executor, graphStore)
+}