diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 172f54bcd2a0..7fbf06b9d114 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -177,6 +177,23 @@ let
 
         dune = dontConfigure super.dune;
 
+        emacsql = super.emacsql.overrideAttrs (old: {
+          buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.sqlite ];
+
+          postBuild = ''
+            cd source/sqlite
+            make
+            cd -
+          '';
+
+          postInstall = (old.postInstall or "") + "\n" + ''
+            install -m=755 -D source/sqlite/emacsql-sqlite \
+              $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/emacsql-${old.version}/sqlite/emacsql-sqlite
+          '';
+
+          stripDebugList = [ "share" ];
+        });
+
         emacsql-sqlite = super.emacsql-sqlite.overrideAttrs (old: {
           buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.sqlite ];