diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c617912..bed0428 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,7 +122,23 @@ if(NOT EXE_SQLITE3)
   message(SEND_ERROR "sqlite3 binary not found!")
 endif()
 
-find_package(Sqlite3 REQUIRED)
+#find_package(Sqlite3 REQUIRED)
+find_package(unofficial-sqlite3 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+if(unofficial-sqlite3_FOUND)
+  set(SQLITE3_FOUND true)
+  get_target_property(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR unofficial::sqlite3::sqlite3 INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+  set(SQLITE3_LIBRARY unofficial::sqlite3::sqlite3)
+  # Extract version information from the header file
+  if(SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR)
+    file(STRINGS ${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR}/sqlite3.h _ver_line
+         REGEX "^#define SQLITE_VERSION  *\"[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\""
+         LIMIT_COUNT 1)
+    string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+"
+           SQLITE3_VERSION "${_ver_line}")
+    unset(_ver_line)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 if(NOT SQLITE3_FOUND)
   message(SEND_ERROR "sqlite3 dependency not found!")
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 92197c8..ab65de7 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 
 string(TOLOWER "${PROJECT_NAME}" PROJECT_NAME_LOWER)
+set(FIND_DEPENDENCY_SQLITE3 "")
+if(NOT BUILD_LIBPROJ_SHARED)
+	set(FIND_DEPENDENCY_SQLITE3 "find_package(unofficial-sqlite3 CONFIG REQUIRED)")
+endif()
 configure_file(project-config.cmake.in project-config.cmake @ONLY)
 configure_file(project-config-version.cmake.in
   project-config-version.cmake @ONLY)
diff --git a/cmake/project-config.cmake.in b/cmake/project-config.cmake.in
index 9a52b3b..295d95d 100644
--- a/cmake/project-config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/project-config.cmake.in
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ message (STATUS "Reading ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}")
 message (STATUS
   "@PROJECT_NAME@ configuration, version ${@PROJECT_NAME@_VERSION}")
 
+@FIND_DEPENDENCY_SQLITE3@
+
 # Tell the user project where to find our headers and libraries
 get_filename_component (_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE} PATH)
 get_filename_component (_ROOT "${_DIR}/@PROJECT_ROOT_DIR@" ABSOLUTE)