diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index db043140e77a..2a1ed2f8b1a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 , Xaw3d, libXcursor,  pkg-config, gettext, libXft, dbus, libpng, libjpeg, giflib
 , libtiff, librsvg, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls, libselinux
 , alsa-lib, cairo, acl, gpm, AppKit, GSS, ImageIO, m17n_lib, libotf
-, sigtool, jansson, harfbuzz
+, sigtool, jansson, harfbuzz, sqlite
 , dontRecurseIntoAttrs ,emacsPackagesFor
 , libgccjit, targetPlatform, makeWrapper # native-comp params
 , systemd ? null
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 , withGTK3 ? true, gtk3-x11 ? null, gsettings-desktop-schemas ? null
 , withXwidgets ? false, webkitgtk ? null, wrapGAppsHook ? null, glib-networking ? null
 , withMotif ? false, motif ? null
+, withSQLite3 ? false
 , withCsrc ? true
 , srcRepo ? false, autoreconfHook ? null, texinfo ? null
 , siteStart ? ./site-start.el
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ let emacs = stdenv.mkDerivation (lib.optionalAttrs nativeComp {
     ++ lib.optional (withX && withGTK2) gtk2-x11
     ++ lib.optionals (withX && withGTK3) [ gtk3-x11 gsettings-desktop-schemas ]
     ++ lib.optional (withX && withMotif) motif
+    ++ lib.optional withSQLite3 sqlite
     ++ lib.optionals (withX && withXwidgets) [ webkitgtk glib-networking ]
     ++ lib.optionals withNS [ AppKit GSS ImageIO ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ sigtool ]