diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/3.3.13.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/3.3.13.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/3.5.6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/3.5.6.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..702e5693ba0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/3.5.6.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sqlite-" + version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1fz82x3wp2h1g701w8qrsg58hc0jmrhw2593crx0c663iqhvjwqn";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [readline];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.sqlite.org;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fbfaef10bc87..3c1f7c8f7c12 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2632,8 +2632,8 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libogg;
   };
 
-  sqlite = import ../development/libraries/sqlite {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  sqlite = selectVersion ../development/libraries/sqlite "3.5.6" {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv readline;
   };
 
   t1lib = import ../development/libraries/t1lib {