diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/default.nix
index df0d11d0b52d..ae54d4048020 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [
     pkgconfig gtk perl zip libIDL libXi libjpeg libpng zlib cairo
+    sqlite
   ];
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index abc7b0731574..34d65bd5a830 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7282,7 +7282,8 @@ let
   };
 
   thunderbird = import ../applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl zip libjpeg libpng zlib cairo;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl zip libjpeg libpng zlib cairo
+      sqlite;
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;
     inherit (gnome) libIDL;
     inherit (xlibs) libXi;