diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 911c502..262948e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ project (whyblocked
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBXDG_BASEDIR REQUIRED libxdg-basedir)
-pkg_check_modules(SQLITE3 REQUIRED sqlite3)
+# sqlite3 is not a direct dependency, but vsqlite++ has no cmake- or pkg-config
+# module. Since it installs in the same directories as sqlite3, I am adding the
+# module here to add the include- and link directories below. It is not REQUIRED
+# because the sqlite3 in Debian jessie doesn't come with an pkg-config module.
+pkg_check_modules(SQLITE3 sqlite3)
 find_package(Qt5Core CONFIG REQUIRED)
 if(NOT WITHOUT_GUI)
     find_package(Qt5Widgets CONFIG REQUIRED)