diff --git a/packages/databases/sqlite/build b/packages/databases/sqlite/build
index 7393448027..6f7ca10c13 100755
--- a/packages/databases/sqlite/build
+++ b/packages/databases/sqlite/build
@@ -26,13 +26,25 @@
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Ofast|-O3|"`
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-ffast-math||"`
 
-# This option adds additional logic to the ANALYZE command and to the query planner 
+# This option adds additional logic to the ANALYZE command and to the query planner
 # that can help SQLite to chose a better query plan under certain situations. The
 # ANALYZE command is enhanced to collect histogram data from each index and store
 # that data in the sqlite_stat3 table. The query planner will then use the histogram
 # data to help it make better index choices.
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_STAT3"
 
+# When this C-preprocessor macro is defined, SQLite includes some additional APIs
+# that provide convenient access to meta-data about tables and queries. The APIs that
+# are enabled by this option are:
+#  - sqlite3_column_database_name()
+#  - sqlite3_column_database_name16()
+#  - sqlite3_column_table_name()
+#  - sqlite3_column_table_name16()
+#  - sqlite3_column_origin_name()
+#  - sqlite3_column_origin_name16()
+#  - sqlite3_table_column_metadata()
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \