diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
index 5d8564c3273..875903cfe4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template build file for 'sqlite'.
 pkgname=sqlite
 version=3.11.1
-revision=1
-_amalgamationver=3110100
+revision=3
+_amalgamationver=$(printf "%d%02d%02d00\n" ${version//./ })
 wrksrc="sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-threadsafe --enable-readline --enable-dynamic-extensions"
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ distfiles="http://sqlite.org/2016/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}.tar.gz"
 checksum=533ff1d0271c2e666f01591271cef01a31648563affa0c95e80ef735077d4377
 
 CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_ENABLE_DBSTAT_VTAB -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE -DSQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1"
-
+# explicitly enable fdatasync
+CFLAGS+=" -DHAVE_FDATASYNC"
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 sqlite-devel_package() {