diff --git a/db-backends.php b/db-backends.php
index ace5b2a2087d635e93693ce373bc01d5ecc0340b..b6df992de682f926f3589b289e8b182da1404ce0 100644
--- a/db-backends.php
+++ b/db-backends.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $r2db_hash_map = new Flexihash(null, R2DB_FLEXIHASH_REPLICAS);
  *
  * Implements a consistent hashing scheme using Flexihash.
  */
-function noblogs_db_callback($query, $wpdb) {
+function noblogs_hyperdb_callback($query, $wpdb) {
   global $r2db_hash_map;
   if (preg_match("/^{$wpdb->base_prefix}(\d+)_/", $wpdb->table, $matches)) {
     $blog_id = $matches[1];
@@ -18,7 +18,22 @@ function noblogs_db_callback($query, $wpdb) {
   }
 }
 
-$wpdb->add_callback('noblogs_db_callback');
+/* Same as above but with a slightly different function
+   signature for https://github.com/stuttter/ludicrousdb */
+function noblogs_ludicrousdb_callback($table, $wpdb) {
+  global $r2db_hash_map;
+  if (preg_match("/^{$wpdb->base_prefix}(\d+)_/", $table, $matches)) {
+    $blog_id = $matches[1];
+    return $r2db_hash_map->lookup($blog_id);
+  }
+  return "global";
+}
+
+if (defined('R2DB_USE_LUDICROUSDB')) {
+  $wpdb->add_callback('noblogs_ludicrousdb_callback');
+} else {
+  $wpdb->add_callback('noblogs_hyperdb_callback');
+}
 
 /* Load backend shards and add them to FlexiHash / $wpdb. */
 function noblogs_load_backends() {