diff --git a/package/gdal/gdal.mk b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
index 5690f55c00..e9dcc826b5 100644
--- a/package/gdal/gdal.mk
+++ b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ GDAL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DGDAL_USE_SFCGAL=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_FYBA=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_SPATIALITE=OFF \
-	-DGDAL_USE_SQLITE3=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_TEIGHA=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_TILEDB=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_WEBP=OFF \
@@ -127,4 +126,11 @@ else
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_POSTGRESQL=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE),y)
+GDAL_DEPENDENCIES += sqlite
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_SQLITE3=ON
+else
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_SQLITE3=OFF
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))