diff --git a/package/sqlite/Config.in b/package/sqlite/Config.in
index ec7396860c..517af50e67 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/Config.in
+++ b/package/sqlite/Config.in
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_STAT3
 	  query planner that can help SQLite to choose a better query
 	  plan under certain situations.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
+	bool "Enable convenient access to meta-data about tables and queries"
+	help
+	  When this option is defined there are some additional APIs
+	  enabled to acces meta-data about tables and queries (see
+	  https://sqlite.org/compile.html).
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3
 	bool "Enable version 3 of the full-text search engine"
 	help
diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index e8ce92df56..d0030d43ab 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_STAT3),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_STAT3
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA),y)
+SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3
 endif