diff --git a/libs/sqlite3/Config-cli.in b/libs/sqlite3/Config-cli.in
index 752db6e817..4a5e7a4aaf 100644
--- a/libs/sqlite3/Config-cli.in
+++ b/libs/sqlite3/Config-cli.in
@@ -3,17 +3,22 @@ menu "Configuration"
 
 choice
 	prompt "Select command-line editing support"
-	default SQLITE3_LIBEDIT
+	default SQLITE3_LINENOISE
+
+	config SQLITE3_LINENOISE
+	bool "linenoise"
+	help
+	  Build with linenoise. This is the default. Adds ~12k compared to the "none" variant
 
 	config SQLITE3_LIBEDIT
 	bool "libedit"
 	help
-	  Link against libedit. This is the default.
+	  Link against libedit. Adds 4k + ~192k for libedit + ~341k for ncurses
 
 	config SQLITE3_READLINE
 	bool "readline"
 	help
-	  Link against GNU readline.
+	  Link against GNU readline. Adds 4k + ~333k for readline + ~341k for ncurses
 
 	config SQLITE3_READLINE_NONE
 	bool "none"
diff --git a/libs/sqlite3/Makefile b/libs/sqlite3/Makefile
index 1019877d54..60e4edcb87 100644
--- a/libs/sqlite3/Makefile
+++ b/libs/sqlite3/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=sqlite
 PKG_VERSION:=3.50.4
 PKG_SRC_VERSION:=3500400
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-autoconf-$(PKG_SRC_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.sqlite.org/2025/
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS := \
 	CONFIG_SQLITE3_FTS4 \
 	CONFIG_SQLITE3_FTS5 \
 	CONFIG_SQLITE3_LIBEDIT \
+	CONFIG_SQLITE3_LINENOISE \
 	CONFIG_SQLITE3_READLINE \
 	CONFIG_SQLITE3_RTREE \
 	CONFIG_SQLITE3_SESSION
 
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS += SQLITE3_LINENOISE:linenoise
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/sqlite3/Default
@@ -77,8 +80,7 @@ define Package/sqlite3-cli
   DEPENDS := \
     +libsqlite3 \
     +SQLITE3_LIBEDIT:libedit \
-    +SQLITE3_READLINE:libreadline \
-    +SQLITE3_READLINE:libncursesw
+    +SQLITE3_READLINE:libreadline
   EXTRA_DEPENDS:=libsqlite3 (=$(PKG_VERSION)-r$(PKG_RELEASE))
   TITLE+= (cli)
 endef
@@ -99,7 +101,9 @@ TARGET_CFLAGS += \
 	-DHAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE \
 	-DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_SQLITE3_BATCH_ATOMIC_WRITE),-DSQLITE_ENABLE_BATCH_ATOMIC_WRITE) \
-	$(if $(CONFIG_SQLITE3_COLUMN_METADATA),-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA)
+	$(if $(CONFIG_SQLITE3_COLUMN_METADATA),-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA) \
+	-DHAVE_EDITLINE=$(if $(CONFIG_SQLITE3_LIBEDIT),1,0) \
+	-DHAVE_READLINE=$(if $(CONFIG_SQLITE3_READLINE),1,0)
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS := \
 	$(filter-out --target=% $(DISABLE_IPV6) $(DISABLE_NLS),$(CONFIGURE_ARGS)) \
@@ -117,9 +121,11 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS := \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_SQLITE3_SESSION),--enable-session,--disable-session)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SQLITE3_LIBEDIT),y)
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-readline
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--editline --with-readline-header=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/editline/readline.h
 else ifeq ($(CONFIG_SQLITE3_READLINE),y)
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-editline
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--readline --with-readline-header=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/readline/readline.h
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_SQLITE3_LINENOISE),y)
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-linenoise=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/linenoise
 else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-editline --disable-readline
 endif