diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index f587f47705..0bee337e77 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),y)
 # the sqlite configure script fails to define SQLITE_DISABLE_LFS when
 # --disable-largefile is passed, breaking the build. Work around it by
 # simply adding it to CFLAGS for configure instead
-SQLITE_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DSQLITE_DISABLE_LFS"
+SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_DISABLE_LFS
 endif
 
+SQLITE_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(SQLITE_CFLAGS)"
+
 SQLITE_CONF_OPT = \
 	--enable-threadsafe \
 	--localstatedir=/var