diff --git a/midori/main.c b/midori/main.c
index 13f71fe5..9be1b720 100644
--- a/midori/main.c
+++ b/midori/main.c
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
-#include <sqlite3.h>
+
+#if HAVE_SQLITE3_H
+    #include <sqlite3.h>
+#elif HAVE_SQLITE_H
+    #include <sqlite.h>
+#endif
 
 #if ENABLE_NLS
     #include <libintl.h>
@@ -575,6 +580,7 @@ katze_array_from_file (KatzeArray*  array,
     return TRUE;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SQLITE
 /* Open database 'dbname' */
 static sqlite3*
 db_open (const char* dbname,
@@ -851,6 +857,7 @@ midori_history_initialize (KatzeArray*  array,
     }
     return db;
 }
+#endif
 
 static gchar*
 _simple_xml_element (const gchar* name,
@@ -1059,7 +1066,9 @@ main (int    argc,
     gchar* uri;
     KatzeItem* item;
     gchar* uri_ready;
+    #ifdef HAVE_SQLITE
     sqlite3* db;
+    #endif
 
     #if ENABLE_NLS
     bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, MIDORI_LOCALEDIR);
@@ -1210,8 +1219,11 @@ main (int    argc,
         g_error_free (error);
     }
     g_free (config_file);
+    #ifdef HAVE_SQLITE
     config_file = g_build_filename (config_path, "history.db", NULL);
+    #endif
     history = katze_array_new (KATZE_TYPE_ARRAY);
+    #ifdef HAVE_SQLITE
     error = NULL;
     if ((db = midori_history_initialize (history, config_file, &error)) == NULL)
     {
@@ -1220,6 +1232,7 @@ main (int    argc,
         g_error_free (error);
     }
     g_free (config_file);
+    #endif
 
     /* In case of errors */
     if (error_messages->len)
@@ -1298,10 +1311,12 @@ main (int    argc,
 
     g_signal_connect_after (trash, "add-item",
         G_CALLBACK (midori_web_list_add_item_cb), NULL);
+    #ifdef HAVE_SQLITE
     g_signal_connect_after (history, "add-item",
         G_CALLBACK (midori_history_add_item_cb), db);
     g_signal_connect_after (history, "clear",
         G_CALLBACK (midori_history_clear_cb), db);
+    #endif
 
     g_object_set (app, "settings", settings,
                        "bookmarks", bookmarks,
@@ -1377,7 +1392,9 @@ main (int    argc,
                                     NULL);
     g_mkdir_with_parents (config_path, 0755);
     g_object_unref (history);
+    #ifdef HAVE_SQLITE
     db_close (db);
+    #endif
     config_file = g_build_filename (config_path, "search", NULL);
     error = NULL;
     if (!search_engines_save_to_file (search_engines, config_file, &error))
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index b872cfda..aec27955 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -109,9 +109,17 @@ def configure (conf):
                 print '\t      The HTTP backend of GVfs is recommended for'
                 print '\t      viewing source code and loading favicons.'
 
+    if not Params.g_options.disable_sqlite:
+        conf.check_pkg ('sqlite3', destvar='SQLITE', vnum='3.0', mandatory=False)
+        sqlite = ['not available','yes'][conf.env['HAVE_SQLITE'] == 1]
+        if not conf.check_header ('sqlite3.h', 'HAVE_SQLITE3_H'):
+            conf.check_header ('sqlite.h', 'HAVE_SQLITE_H')
+    else:
+        sqlite = 'no'
+    conf.check_message_custom ('history database', 'support', sqlite)
+
     conf.check_pkg ('gtk+-2.0', destvar='GTK', vnum='2.6.0', mandatory=True)
     conf.check_pkg ('gtksourceview-2.0', destvar='GTKSOURCEVIEW', vnum='2.0', mandatory=False)
-    conf.check_pkg ('sqlite3', destvar='SQLITE', vnum='3.0', mandatory=False)
     conf.check_pkg ('webkit-1.0', destvar='WEBKIT', vnum='0.1', mandatory=True)
     conf.check_pkg ('libxml-2.0', destvar='LIBXML', vnum='2.6', mandatory=True)
 
@@ -146,6 +154,8 @@ def set_options (opt):
         help='Disables Unique support', dest='disable_unique')
     opt.add_option ('--disable-gio', action='store_true', default=False,
         help='Disables GIO support', dest='disable_gio')
+    opt.add_option ('--disable-sqlite', action='store_true', default=False,
+        help='Disables sqlite support', dest='disable_sqlite')
 
     opt.add_option ('--enable-update-po', action='store_true', default=False,
         help='Enables localization file updates', dest='enable_update_po')