diff --git a/build-base/Dockerfile.dropshell-build-base b/build-base/Dockerfile.dropshell-build-base
index 52605ef..88c83ce 100644
--- a/build-base/Dockerfile.dropshell-build-base
+++ b/build-base/Dockerfile.dropshell-build-base
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     pipx \
     pkgconf \
     pkgconfig \
-    sqlite-static \
+    # Removed SQLite3 packages since we'll build it from source
     util-linux-dev \
     util-linux-static \
     xz \
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ RUN curl -LO https://downloads.mariadb.com/Connectors/c/connector-c-${MARIADB_CO
     cd / && rm -rf /tmp/mariadb-connector-c-${MARIADB_CONNECTOR_VERSION}-src /tmp/mariadb-connector-c-${MARIADB_CONNECTOR_VERSION}-src.tar.gz
 
 
+# Build SQLite3 from source
+RUN wget https://www.sqlite.org/2024/sqlite-autoconf-3450000.tar.gz && \
+    tar xzf sqlite-autoconf-3450000.tar.gz && \
+    cd sqlite-autoconf-3450000 && \
+    ./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/sqlite3 && \
+    make && \
+    make install && \
+    cd .. && rm -rf sqlite-autoconf-3450000* && \
+
 #ARG DROGON_VERSION=1.9.5
 RUN git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git /tmp/drogon && \
 #RUN git clone --branch v${DROGON_VERSION} --depth 1 https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git /tmp/drogon && \
@@ -155,6 +164,8 @@ RUN git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git
       -DPostgreSQL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.a \
       -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/mariadb-connector-c/include \
       -DMYSQL_LIBRARIES=/usr/local/mariadb-connector-c/lib/mariadb/libmariadbclient.a \
+      -DSQLITE3_LIBRARY=/usr/local/sqlite3/lib/libsqlite3.a \
+      -DSQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/sqlite3/include \
       &&\
     make -j$(nproc) && \
     make install && \