diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index 5a8b033ce0..d3b69f2a93 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES)$(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),yy)
 SQLITE_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses readline
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDIT),y)
-SQLITE_DEPENDENCIES += libedit
-SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-readline --editline
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --with-readline-cflags=-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDIT),yy)
+SQLITE_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses libedit
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --with-readline-cflags=-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --editline
 else
 SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-readline
 endif