diff --git a/lsqlite3.nix b/lsqlite3.nix
index 9874509..74d4074 100644
--- a/lsqlite3.nix
+++ b/lsqlite3.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
 in lua.pkgs.buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "lsqlite3";
   version = "0.9.5-1";
-  buildInputs = [ sqlite ] ;
+  buildInputs = [ sqlite sqlite.dev ] ;
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "https://luarocks.org/manifests/dougcurrie/lsqlite3-0.9.5-1.src.rock";
     sha256 = "sha256-/a48AzkKtOS32zoT0Jt5/+GTGHObdS0XkUrc2z0u+f8=";