diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 4fa7acd66..cb8da746f 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ lib_deps =
 	# renovate: datasource=custom.pio depName=NonBlockingRTTTL packageName=end2endzone/library/NonBlockingRTTTL
 	end2endzone/NonBlockingRTTTL@1.4.0
 build_flags = ${env.build_flags} -Os
-build_src_filter = ${env.build_src_filter} -<platform/portduino/> -<graphics/niche/>
+build_src_filter = ${env.build_src_filter} -<platform/portduino/> -<graphics/niche/> -<modules/Native/>
 
 ; Common libs for communicating over TCP/IP networks such as MQTT
 [networking_base]
diff --git a/src/modules/Native/StoreForwardPlusPlus.cpp b/src/modules/Native/StoreForwardPlusPlus.cpp
index dfd33d6c2..bd97c8ad0 100644
--- a/src/modules/Native/StoreForwardPlusPlus.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/Native/StoreForwardPlusPlus.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // TODO: evict messages from scratch after a timeout
 
 // things may get weird if there are multiple stratum-0 nodes on a single mesh. Come up with mitigations
+#if __has_include("sqlite3.h")
 
 #include "StoreForwardPlusPlus.h"
 #include "MeshService.h"
@@ -1068,4 +1069,5 @@ uint32_t StoreForwardPlusPlusModule::getChainCount(uint8_t *root_hash, size_t ro
     uint32_t count = sqlite3_column_int(getChainCountStmt, 0);
     sqlite3_reset(getChainCountStmt);
     return count;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+#endif // has include sqlite3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/variants/native/portduino/platformio.ini b/variants/native/portduino/platformio.ini
index 4aef42544..decc45911 100644
--- a/variants/native/portduino/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/native/portduino/platformio.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ lib_deps =
   # renovate: datasource=custom.pio depName=Melopero RV3028 packageName=melopero/library/Melopero RV3028
   melopero/Melopero RV3028@1.2.0
 
-build_src_filter = ${portduino_base.build_src_filter}
+build_src_filter = ${portduino_base.build_src_filter} +<modules/Native/>
 
 [env:native]
 extends = native_base
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ build_flags = ${native_base.build_flags}
   !pkg-config --libs openssl --silence-errors || :
   !pkg-config --cflags --libs sdl2 --silence-errors || :
   !pkg-config --cflags --libs libbsd-overlay --silence-errors || :
+  !pkg-config --cflags --libs sqlite3 --silence-errors || :
 
 [env:native-tft]
 extends = native_base
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ build_flags = ${native_base.build_flags} -Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
   !pkg-config --libs libulfius --silence-errors || :
   !pkg-config --libs openssl --silence-errors || :
   !pkg-config --cflags --libs libbsd-overlay --silence-errors || :
+  !pkg-config --cflags --libs sqlite3 --silence-errors || :
 build_src_filter =
   ${native_base.build_src_filter}
 
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ build_flags = ${native_base.build_flags} -O0 -fsanitize=address -lX11 -linput -l
   !pkg-config --libs libulfius --silence-errors || :
   !pkg-config --libs openssl --silence-errors || :
   !pkg-config --cflags --libs libbsd-overlay --silence-errors || :
+  !pkg-config --cflags --libs sqlite3 --silence-errors || :
 build_src_filter = ${env:native-tft.build_src_filter}
 
 [env:coverage]