diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index c68e4b48e7c763..8b311a0d702eeb 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -538,6 +538,29 @@
     dest='shared_cares_libpath',
     help='a directory to search for the shared cares DLL')
 
+shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-sqlite',
+    action='store_true',
+    dest='shared_sqlite',
+    default=None,
+    help='link to a shared sqlite DLL instead of static linking')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-sqlite-includes',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_sqlite_includes',
+    help='directory containing sqlite header files')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-sqlite-libname',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_sqlite_libname',
+    default='sqlite3',
+    help='alternative lib name to link to [default: %(default)s]')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-sqlite-libpath',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_sqlite_libpath',
+    help='a directory to search for the shared sqlite DLL')
+
+
 for builtin in shareable_builtins:
   builtin_id = 'shared_builtin_' + builtin + '_path'
   shared_builtin_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-builtin-' + builtin + '-path',
@@ -2156,6 +2179,7 @@ def make_bin_override():
 configure_library('nghttp2', output, pkgname='libnghttp2')
 configure_library('nghttp3', output, pkgname='libnghttp3')
 configure_library('ngtcp2', output, pkgname='libngtcp2')
+configure_library('sqlite', output, pkgname='sqlite3')
 configure_library('uvwasi', output, pkgname='libuvwasi')
 configure_v8(output)
 configure_openssl(output)
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 9e0d48a910fb5a..73e2bd5d42643f 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     'node_shared_http_parser%': 'false',
     'node_shared_cares%': 'false',
     'node_shared_libuv%': 'false',
+    'node_shared_sqlite%': 'false',
     'node_shared_uvwasi%': 'false',
     'node_shared_nghttp2%': 'false',
     'node_use_openssl%': 'true',
@@ -552,7 +553,6 @@
 
       'dependencies': [
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/sqlite/sqlite.gyp:sqlite',
       ],
 
       'msvs_settings': {
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index ccce1243e91c75..33764e0b6a6e98 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@
       'dependencies': [ 'deps/brotli/brotli.gyp:brotli' ],
     }],
 
+    [ 'node_shared_sqlite=="false"', {
+      'dependencies': [ 'deps/sqlite/sqlite.gyp:sqlite' ],
+    }],
+
     [ 'OS=="mac"', {
       # linking Corefoundation is needed since certain OSX debugging tools
       # like Instruments require it for some features
diff --git a/tools/generate_config_gypi.py b/tools/generate_config_gypi.py
index 071de13b11d7d3..a07347529261ee 100755
--- a/tools/generate_config_gypi.py
+++ b/tools/generate_config_gypi.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def translate_config(out_dir, config, v8_config):
       'node_shared_nghttp3': 'false',
       'node_shared_ngtcp2': 'false',
       'node_shared_openssl': 'false',
+      'node_shared_sqlite': 'false',
       'node_shared_zlib': 'false',
     }
   }