diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index 0ef879678f..222a0cc867 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ (define-public qtwebkit
        ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg)
        ("libpng" ,libpng)
        ("libwebp" ,libwebp)
-       ("sqlite" ,sqlite)
+       ("sqlite" ,sqlite-with-column-metadata)
        ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
        ("libxrender" ,libxrender)
        ("qtbase" ,qtbase)