diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index bf4b92124..8eb6b2f76 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_SECURE_DELETE),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
+SQLITE_CFLAGS += -mtext-section-literals
+endif
+
 SQLITE_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(SQLITE_CFLAGS)"
 
 SQLITE_CONF_OPT = \