diff --git a/tests/functional/package.nix b/tests/functional/package.nix
index 975a4d0f7..46d07ca23 100644
--- a/tests/functional/package.nix
+++ b/tests/functional/package.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   jq,
   git,
   mercurial,
+  sqlite,
   unixtools,
   util-linux,
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ mkMesonDerivation (
       jq
       git
       mercurial
+      sqlite
       unixtools.script
 
       # Explicitly splice the hostHost variant to fix LLVM tests. The nix-cli
diff --git a/tests/nixos/functional/common.nix b/tests/nixos/functional/common.nix
index 74ef7ea27..b989bde59 100644
--- a/tests/nixos/functional/common.nix
+++ b/tests/nixos/functional/common.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
               pkgs.ninja
               pkgs.jq
               pkgs.git
+              pkgs.sqlite
 
               # Want to avoid `/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash` because we
               # want a store path. Likewise for coreutils.