diff --git a/depends/packages/sqlite.mk b/depends/packages/sqlite.mk
index d7ee1416cca..6809b391139 100644
--- a/depends/packages/sqlite.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/sqlite.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
 $(package)_config_opts_freebsd=--with-pic
 $(package)_config_opts_netbsd=--with-pic
 $(package)_config_opts_openbsd=--with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts_debug=--enable-debug
+# We avoid using `--enable-debug` because it overrides CFLAGS, a behavior we want to prevent.
+$(package)_cflags_debug += -g
+$(package)_cppflags_debug += -DSQLITE_DEBUG
 $(package)_cppflags+=-DSQLITE_DQS=0 -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_MEMSTATUS=0 -DSQLITE_OMIT_DEPRECATED
 $(package)_cppflags+=-DSQLITE_OMIT_SHARED_CACHE -DSQLITE_OMIT_JSON -DSQLITE_LIKE_DOESNT_MATCH_BLOBS
 $(package)_cppflags+=-DSQLITE_OMIT_DECLTYPE -DSQLITE_OMIT_PROGRESS_CALLBACK -DSQLITE_OMIT_AUTOINIT