diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b98a0ce..bbf23405 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlite",
+ "sqlite3-src",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
 ]
diff --git a/radicle-node/Cargo.toml b/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
index cb85c2a3..d3f58219 100644
--- a/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ nakamoto-net = { version = "0.3.0" }
 nakamoto-net-poll = { version = "0.3.0" }
 nonempty = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["serialize"] }
 sqlite = { version = "0.27.0" }
+sqlite3-src = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["bundled"] } # Ensures static linking
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 tempfile = { version = "3.3.0" }