diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
index 0ea131779..c406269ca 100644
--- a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <util/translation.h>
 #include <wallet/db.h>
 
+#include <sqlite3.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 static const char* const DATABASE_FILENAME = "wallet.dat";
@@ -107,3 +108,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<SQLiteDatabase> MakeSQLiteDatabase(const fs::path& path, const D
 {
     return MakeUnique<SQLiteDatabase>(path, path / DATABASE_FILENAME);
 }
+
+std::string SQLiteDatabaseVersion()
+{
+    return std::string(sqlite3_libversion());
+}
diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.h b/src/wallet/sqlite.h
index 0c9ab32fc..b52930177 100644
--- a/src/wallet/sqlite.h
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.h
@@ -96,4 +96,6 @@ public:
 bool ExistsSQLiteDatabase(const fs::path& path);
 std::unique_ptr<SQLiteDatabase> MakeSQLiteDatabase(const fs::path& path, const DatabaseOptions& options, DatabaseStatus& status, bilingual_str& error);
 
+std::string SQLiteDatabaseVersion();
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_WALLET_SQLITE_H