diff --git a/package/sqlite/Config.in b/package/sqlite/Config.in
index fe6cc08967..7ea9eb15b8 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/Config.in
+++ b/package/sqlite/Config.in
@@ -53,4 +53,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_SECURE_DELETE
 	  http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_secure_delete
 	  for additional information.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_NO_SYNC
+	bool "Disable fsync"
+	help
+	  By default SQLite forces all database transactions to storage
+	  immediately using fsync() to protect against data loss in case
+	  of power failure.
+	  This option turns this behavior off resulting in higher performance
+	  especially when using slow flash storage.
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index e30b7109b3..d960ce8424 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_SECURE_DELETE),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_NO_SYNC),y)
+SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_NO_SYNC
+endif
+
 SQLITE_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(SQLITE_CFLAGS)"
 
 SQLITE_CONF_OPT = \