diff --git a/src/RustFFT.jl b/src/RustFFT.jl
index 1350650..65bf0b8 100644
--- a/src/RustFFT.jl
+++ b/src/RustFFT.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using .Internal
 @reexport using AbstractFFTs
 
 import Base: *, size
-import AbstractFFTs: Plan, ScaledPlan, plan_fft, fft, plan_fft!, fft!, plan_bfft, plan_bfft!,
+import AbstractFFTs: Plan, ScaledPlan, AbstractFFTBackend, plan_fft, fft, plan_fft!, fft!, plan_bfft, plan_bfft!,
     ifft, ifft!, fftdims, plan_inv
 import LinearAlgebra: mul!
 
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ struct IgnoreArrayChecks <: ArrayChecks end
 # or `ComplexF32`.
 const RustFFTNumber = Union{Complex{Float64},Complex{Float32}}
 
+export RustFFTBackend
+struct RustFFTBackend <: AbstractFFTBackend end
+backend() = RustFFTBackend()
+activate!() = AbstractFFTs.set_active_backend!(RustFFT)
+
+function __init__()
+    activate!()
+end
+
 mutable struct RustFFTPlan{T<:RustFFTNumber,inplace,direction<:Direction,gcsafety<:GcSafety,arraychecks<:ArrayChecks} <: Plan{T}
     plan::FftInstance{T}
     pinv::ScaledPlan
@@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ end
     return FftPlanner64()
 end
 
-function plan_fft(x::Vector{T}, region;
+function plan_fft(::RustFFTBackend, x::Vector{T}, region;
     rustfft_checks::arraychecks=IgnoreArrayTracking(),
     rustfft_gc_safe::gcsafety=GcUnsafe(),
     rustfft_planner::Union{FftPlanner{T},Nothing}=nothing,
@@ -133,7 +142,7 @@ function plan_fft(x::Vector{T}, region;
     RustFFTPlan{T,false,Forward,gcsafety,arraychecks}(instance)
 end
 
-function plan_fft!(x::Vector{T}, region;
+function plan_fft!(::RustFFTBackend, x::Vector{T}, region;
     rustfft_checks::arraychecks=AllArrayChecks(),
     rustfft_gc_safe::gcsafety=GcUnsafe(),
     rustfft_planner::Union{FftPlanner{T},Nothing}=nothing,
@@ -150,7 +159,7 @@ function plan_fft!(x::Vector{T}, region;
     RustFFTPlan{T,true,Forward,gcsafety,arraychecks}(instance)
 end
 
-function plan_bfft(x::Vector{T}, region;
+function plan_bfft(::RustFFTBackend, x::Vector{T}, region;
     rustfft_checks::arraychecks=IgnoreArrayTracking(),
     rustfft_gc_safe::gcsafety=GcUnsafe(),
     rustfft_planner::Union{FftPlanner{T},Nothing}=nothing,
@@ -167,7 +176,7 @@ function plan_bfft(x::Vector{T}, region;
     RustFFTPlan{T,false,Backward,gcsafety,arraychecks}(instance)
 end
 
-function plan_bfft!(x::Vector{T}, region;
+function plan_bfft!(::RustFFTBackend, x::Vector{T}, region;
     rustfft_checks::arraychecks=AllArrayChecks(),
     rustfft_gc_safe::gcsafety=GcUnsafe(),
     rustfft_planner::Union{FftPlanner{T},Nothing}=nothing,