diff --git a/src/stats/wscript b/src/stats/wscript
index 033906e6e..fde1e10bf 100644
--- a/src/stats/wscript
+++ b/src/stats/wscript
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 def configure(conf):
    conf.env['SQLITE_STATS'] = conf.check_nonfatal(lib='sqlite3', define_name='SQLITE3', uselib_store='SQLITE3')
+   if not conf.env['SQLITE_STATS']:
+      conf.env['SQLITE_STATS'] = conf.pkg_check_modules('SQLITE3', 'sqlite3', mandatory=False)
    conf.report_optional_feature("SqliteDataOutput", "SQlite stats data output",
                                 conf.env['SQLITE_STATS'],
                                 "library 'sqlite3' not found")