diff --git a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f7aa4c..38194a2 100644
--- a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
 set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
 
+# ---- SQLite (public domain)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  sqlite
+  URL      https://www.sqlite.org/2023/sqlite-amalgamation-3430000.zip
+  URL_HASH SHA256=bb5849ae4d7129c09d20596379a0b3f7b1ac59cf9998eba5ef283ea9b6c000a5
+  DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP ON
+)
+FetchContent_Populate(sqlite)
+include(sqlite.cmake)
+
 # ---- uvw (MIT)
 FetchContent_Declare(
   uvw
diff --git a/thirdparty/sqlite.cmake b/thirdparty/sqlite.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95120d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/sqlite.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+add_library(sqlite)
+target_sources(sqlite
+  PRIVATE
+    ${sqlite_SOURCE_DIR}/sqlite3.c
+  PUBLIC
+    ${sqlite_SOURCE_DIR}/sqlite3.h
+    ${sqlite_SOURCE_DIR}/sqlite3ext.h
+)