diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c80d81..54c6ca8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -136,4 +136,5 @@ Version ?
 - #192 Add wrapper for bind parameter count
 - #197 Add tuple_bind and execute_many
 - #199 Fix #156 misleading error message in exception from Statement::exec
-- #201 Add Statement::getExpandedSQL() to get the SQL text of prepared statement with bound parameters expanded
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+- #201 Add Statement::getExpandedSQL() to get the SQL text of prepared statement with bound parameters expanded
+- #211 Implement Database::backup()
diff --git a/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h b/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
index 0836511..1584a6e 100644
--- a/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
+++ b/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
@@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ public:
     */
     static bool isUnencrypted(const std::string& aFilename);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief BackupType for the backup() method
+     */
+    enum BackupType { Save, Load };
+
     /**
      * @brief Load or save the database content.
      *
@@ -443,7 +448,6 @@ public:
      *
      * @return SQLITE_OK on success or an error code from SQLite.
      */
-    enum class BackupType { Save, Load };
     int backup(const char* zFilename, BackupType type);
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/Database.cpp b/src/Database.cpp
index 0a10bbd..88a35b1 100644
--- a/src/Database.cpp
+++ b/src/Database.cpp
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ int Database::backup(const char* zFilename, BackupType type) {
         ** Otherwise, if this is a 'save' operation (isSave==1), then data
         ** is copied from mpSQLite to pFile.  Set the variables pFrom and
         ** pTo accordingly. */
-        sqlite3* pFrom = (type == BackupType::Save ? mpSQLite : pFile);
-        sqlite3* pTo = (type == BackupType::Save ? pFile : mpSQLite);
+        sqlite3* pFrom = (type == Save ? mpSQLite : pFile);
+        sqlite3* pTo = (type == Save ? pFile : mpSQLite);
 
         /* Set up the backup procedure to copy from the "main" database of
         ** connection pFile to the main database of connection mpSQLite.
diff --git a/tests/Database_test.cpp b/tests/Database_test.cpp
index 030b653..b9973e3 100644
--- a/tests/Database_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/Database_test.cpp
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ TEST(Database, import_export)
 
     // Export the data into a file
     remove("backup");
-    EXPECT_EQ(db.backup("backup", SQLite::Database::BackupType::Save), SQLITE_OK);
+    EXPECT_EQ(db.backup("backup", SQLite::Database::Save), SQLITE_OK);
 
     // Trash the table
     db.exec("DROP TABLE test;");
     EXPECT_FALSE(db.tableExists("test"));
 
     // Import the data back from the file
-    EXPECT_EQ(db.backup("backup", SQLite::Database::BackupType::Load), SQLITE_OK);
+    EXPECT_EQ(db.backup("backup", SQLite::Database::Load), SQLITE_OK);
 
     EXPECT_TRUE(db.tableExists("test"));
 }