diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/libspatialite/libspatialite.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/libspatialite/libspatialite.inc
index f51b3a5f4e..c8d7ec1e97 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/libspatialite/libspatialite.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/libspatialite/libspatialite.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Library extending the SQLite core to support fully fledged Spatial SQL capabilities"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite/"
 SECTION = "libs"
-DEPENDS = "proj geos"
+DEPENDS = "proj geos sqlite3"
 
 INC_PR = "r0"