diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
index fc8442395160..1c98dfb30bf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, readline}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sqlite-3.6.3";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sqlite-3.6.10";
 
   # Note: don't use the "amalgamation" source release, since it
   # doesn't install sqlite3.pc.
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-3.6.3.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0kd9dpbrjp05159qsqwrm00h6a2cqjxqwpi33b6i5q8mr1bzkz1i";
+    url = "http://www.sqlite.org/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "00dabyjg0530ng52b8lq6hwb6h181wl27ix5l7ayib0am8sdnmr1";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [readline];
 
+  configureFlags = "--disable-static --with-readline-inc=-I${readline}/include";
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.sqlite.org/;
     description = "A self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine";