diff --git a/lib/mbtiles.js b/lib/mbtiles.js
index 26761d8..c0e2b35 100644
--- a/lib/mbtiles.js
+++ b/lib/mbtiles.js
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ function MBTiles(uri, callback) {
     return undefined;
 };
 
+MBTiles.registerProtocols = function(tilelive) {
+    tilelive.protocols['mbtiles:'] = MBTiles;
+};
+
 // Finds all mbtiles file in the filepath and returns their tilesource URI.
 MBTiles.list = function(filepath, callback) {
     filepath = path.resolve(filepath);