diff --git a/sqlite.d b/sqlite.d
index 2450df3..acd7f7c 100644
--- a/sqlite.d
+++ b/sqlite.d
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	manually without the extended metadata.)
 */
 module arsd.sqlite;
+version(static_sqlite) {} else
 pragma(lib, "sqlite3");
 version(linux)
 pragma(lib, "dl"); // apparently sqlite3 depends on this