diff --git a/.clusterfuzzlite/Dockerfile b/.clusterfuzzlite/Dockerfile
index a769a976d..54b5cda0f 100644
--- a/.clusterfuzzlite/Dockerfile
+++ b/.clusterfuzzlite/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ENV PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION=ignore
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
         cmake git zip libgpiod-dev libbluetooth-dev libi2c-dev \
         libunistring-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libgnutls28-dev libgcrypt20-dev \
-        libusb-1.0-0-dev libssl-dev pkg-config && \
+        libusb-1.0-0-dev libssl-dev pkg-config libsqlite3-dev && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -U \
         platformio==6.1.16 \
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 679a444c9..24297e3b2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libx11-dev,
                libinput-dev,
                libxkbcommon-x11-dev
+               libsqlite3-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.6.2
 Homepage: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
diff --git a/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg b/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
index 3456001f0..2b6239c15 100644
--- a/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
+++ b/meshtasticd.spec.rpkg
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(bluez)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libusb-1.0)
 BuildRequires: libi2c-devel
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libuv)
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(sqlite3)
 # Web components:
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(openssl)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(liborcania)