diff --git a/package/botan/botan.mk b/package/botan/botan.mk
index e25bf5b52f..984ecdc039 100644
--- a/package/botan/botan.mk
+++ b/package/botan/botan.mk
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ BOTAN_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE),y)
+BOTAN_DEPENDENCIES += sqlite
+BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --with-sqlite
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 BOTAN_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib