diff --git a/src/3rdparty/sqlite.pri b/src/3rdparty/sqlite.pri
index 07e55ef24e..58d4ddd9a1 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/sqlite.pri
+++ b/src/3rdparty/sqlite.pri
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG(release, debug|release):DEFINES *= NDEBUG
 DEFINES += SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION SQLITE_OMIT_COMPLETE SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3 SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE
 !contains(CONFIG, largefile):DEFINES += SQLITE_DISABLE_LFS
+winrt: DEFINES += SQLITE_OS_WINRT
 INCLUDEPATH +=  $$PWD/sqlite
 SOURCES +=      $$PWD/sqlite/sqlite3.c