diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 359b907fb..fb8a85feb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ jobs:
         meson setup build
         ninja -C build install
         ninja -C build test
+    - name: Build (Anaconda Backend)
+      run: |
+        meson configure -Dinstaller_backend=anaconda build
+        ninja -C build
 
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/daemon/AnacondaBackend.vala b/daemon/AnacondaBackend.vala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9aac110bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/AnacondaBackend.vala
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 elementary, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+[DBus (name = "io.elementary.InstallerDaemon")]
+public class InstallerDaemon.AnacondaBackend : GLib.Object {
+    public signal void on_log_message (InstallerDaemon.LogLevel level, string message);
+    public signal void on_status (InstallerDaemon.Status status);
+    public signal void on_error (InstallerDaemon.Error error);
+
+    public InstallerDaemon.PartitionTable bootloader_detect () throws GLib.Error {
+        return InstallerDaemon.PartitionTable.NONE;
+    }
+
+    public DiskInfo get_disks (bool get_partitions = false) throws GLib.Error {
+        return DiskInfo ();
+    }
+
+    public int decrypt_partition (string path, string pv, string password) throws GLib.Error {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    public Disk get_logical_device (string pv) throws GLib.Error {
+        return Disk ();
+    }
+
+    public void install_with_default_disk_layout (InstallConfig config, string disk, bool encrypt, string encryption_password) throws GLib.Error {}
+
+    public void install_with_custom_disk_layout (InstallConfig config, Mount[] disk_config, LuksCredentials[] credentials) throws GLib.Error {}
+
+    public void set_demo_mode_locale (string locale) throws GLib.Error {}
+
+    public void trigger_demo_mode () throws GLib.Error {}
+}
diff --git a/daemon/Daemon.vala b/daemon/Daemon.vala
index 0fd716099..cfd3b3452 100644
--- a/daemon/Daemon.vala
+++ b/daemon/Daemon.vala
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ private void on_bus_acquired (GLib.DBusConnection connection, string name) {
     try {
 #if DISTINST_BACKEND
         connection.register_object ("/io/elementary/InstallerDaemon", new InstallerDaemon.DistinstBackend ());
+#elif ANACONDA_BACKEND
+        connection.register_object ("/io/elementary/InstallerDaemon", new InstallerDaemon.AnacondaBackend ());
 #endif
     } catch (GLib.Error e) {
         critical ("Unable to register the object: %s", e.message);
diff --git a/daemon/meson.build b/daemon/meson.build
index f4a07ee25..0c787778a 100644
--- a/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/daemon/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ if installer_backend == 'distinst'
     vala_files += ['DistinstBackend.vala']
     daemon_dependencies += [distinst_dep]
     args += '--define=DISTINST_BACKEND'
+elif installer_backend == 'anaconda'
+    vala_files += ['AnacondaBackend.vala']
+    args += '--define=ANACONDA_BACKEND'
 else
     error('No supported installer backend provided')
 endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 85c73b6b3..199947615 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ systemd_dep = dependency('systemd')
 installer_backend = get_option('installer_backend')
 if installer_backend == 'distinst'
     distinst_dep = dependency('distinst')
+elif installer_backend == 'anaconda'
 else
     error('No supported installer backend provided')
 endif
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 9f76e1d3b..1a1604457 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 option('supported_languages', type : 'string', value : 'aa;ab;ae;af;ak;am;an;ar;as;ast;av;ay;az;ba;be;bg;bh;bi;bm;bn;bo;br;bs;ca;ce;ch;ckb;co;cr;cs;cu;cv;cy;da;de;de_CH;de_DE;dv;dz;ee;el;en;en_US;en_AU;en_CA;en_GB;eo;es;et;eu;fa;ff;fi;fj;fo;fr;fr_BE;fr_CA;fr_FR;fy;ga;gd;gl;gn;gu;gv;ha;he;hi;ho;hr;ht;hu;hy;hz;ia;id;ie;ig;ii;ik;io;is;it;iu;ja;jv;ka;kab;kg;ki;kj;kk;kl;km;kn;ko;kr;ks;ku;kv;kw;ky;la;lb;lg;li;ln;lo;lt;lu;lv;mg;mh;mi;mk;ml;mn;mo;mr;ms;mt;my;na;nb;nd;ne;ng;nl;nn;nr;nv;ny;oc;oj;om;or;os;pa;pi;pl;ps;pt;pt_PT;pt_BR;qu;rm;rn;ro;ru;rue;rw;sa;sc;sd;se;sg;si;sk;sl;sm;sma;sn;so;sq;sr;ss;st;su;sv;sw;szl;ta;te;tg;th;ti;tk;tl;tn;to;tr;ts;tt;tw;ty;udm;ug;uk;ur;uz;ve;vi;vo;wa;wo;xh;yi;yo;za;zh;zh_CN;zh_HK;zh_TW;zu', description : 'The list of supported languages')
 option('preferred_languages', type : 'string', value : 'en;zh;es;fr;pt;ru;de', description : 'A prioritized list of languages')
-option('installer_backend', type : 'combo', choices : ['distinst'], value : 'distinst')
+option('installer_backend', type : 'combo', choices : ['distinst', 'anaconda'], value : 'anaconda')
diff --git a/src/Views/ProgressView.vala b/src/Views/ProgressView.vala
index 3c7450574..ae55b434e 100644
--- a/src/Views/ProgressView.vala
+++ b/src/Views/ProgressView.vala
@@ -107,6 +107,35 @@ public class ProgressView : Adw.NavigationPage {
     }
 
     public void start_installation () {
+        unowned Configuration current_config = Configuration.get_default ();
+
+        stdout.printf ("###################################\n");
+        stdout.printf ("lang: %s\n", current_config.lang);
+        stdout.printf ("country: %s\n", current_config.country);
+        stdout.printf ("keyboard_layout: %s\n", current_config.keyboard_layout);
+        stdout.printf ("keyboard_variant: %s\n", current_config.keyboard_variant);
+        stdout.printf ("encryption_password: %s\n", current_config.encryption_password);
+        stdout.printf ("disk: %s\n", current_config.disk);
+        stdout.printf ("mounts:\n");
+        foreach (var mount in current_config.mounts) {
+            stdout.printf ("- partition_path: %s\n", mount.partition_path);
+            stdout.printf ("  parent_disk: %s\n", mount.parent_disk);
+            stdout.printf ("  mount_point: %s\n", mount.mount_point);
+            stdout.printf ("  sectors: %llu\n", mount.sectors);
+            stdout.printf ("  filesystem: %s\n", mount.filesystem.to_string ());
+            stdout.printf ("  flags: %u\n", mount.flags);
+        }
+        stdout.printf ("luks:\n");
+        foreach (var luks in current_config.luks) {
+            if (luks != null) {
+                stdout.printf ("- device: %s\n", luks.device);
+                stdout.printf ("  pv: %s\n", luks.pv);
+                stdout.printf ("  password: %s\n", luks.password);
+            }
+        }
+        stdout.printf ("install_drivers: %s\n", current_config.install_drivers ? "true" : "false");
+        stdout.printf ("###################################\n");
+
         if (Installer.App.test_mode) {
             new Thread<void*> (null, () => {
                 fake_status (InstallerDaemon.Step.PARTITION);