diff --git a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
index 6130870bba..ace5ce8f55 100644
--- a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
+++ b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLCIPHER_STAT3),y)
 SQLCIPHER_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_STAT3
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
+SQLCIPHER_CFLAGS += -mtext-section-literals
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLCIPHER_READLINE),y)
 SQLCIPHER_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses readline
 SQLCIPHER_CONF_OPT += --with-readline-inc="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include"