diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4039439cd0..2eb099020f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ REMOTETAGS ?= remote exclude_graphdriver_btrfs containers_image_openpgp
 BUILDTAGS ?= \
 	$(shell hack/apparmor_tag.sh) \
 	$(shell hack/btrfs_installed_tag.sh) \
+	$(shell hack/sqlite_tag.sh) \
 	$(shell hack/systemd_tag.sh) \
 	$(shell hack/libsubid_tag.sh) \
 	$(if $(filter linux,$(GOOS)), seccomp,)
diff --git a/hack/libdm_tag.sh b/hack/libdm_tag.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 815b5d914e..0000000000
--- a/hack/libdm_tag.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-tmpdir="$PWD/tmp.$RANDOM"
-mkdir -p "$tmpdir"
-trap 'rm -fr "$tmpdir"' EXIT
-${CC:-cc} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -o "$tmpdir"/libdm_tag -x c - -ldevmapper > /dev/null 2> /dev/null << EOF
-#include <libdevmapper.h>
-int main() {
-	struct dm_task *task;
-	dm_task_deferred_remove(task);
-	return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
-	echo libdm_no_deferred_remove
-fi
diff --git a/hack/sqlite_tag.sh b/hack/sqlite_tag.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0248355cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/sqlite_tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+${CPP:-${CC:-cc} -E} ${CPPFLAGS} - &> /dev/null << EOF
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+EOF
+if test $? -eq 0 ; then
+	echo libsqlite3
+fi
diff --git a/rpm/podman.spec b/rpm/podman.spec
index a717907c21..fd89e342f4 100644
--- a/rpm/podman.spec
+++ b/rpm/podman.spec
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ BuildRequires: shadow-utils-subid-devel
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: man-db
+BuildRequires: sqlite-devel
 BuildRequires: systemd
 BuildRequires: systemd-devel
 Requires: catatonit
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -X %{ld_libpod}/define.gitCommit=$GIT_COMMIT"
 # build rootlessport first
 %gobuild -o bin/rootlessport ./cmd/rootlessport
 
-export BASEBUILDTAGS="seccomp $(hack/systemd_tag.sh) $(hack/libsubid_tag.sh)"
+export BASEBUILDTAGS="seccomp $(hack/systemd_tag.sh) $(hack/libsubid_tag.sh) libsqlite3"
 
 # libtrust_openssl buildtag switches to using the FIPS-compatible func
 # `ecdsa.HashSign`.
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ export BASEBUILDTAGS="$BASEBUILDTAGS libtrust_openssl"
 %endif
 
 # build %%{name}
-export BUILDTAGS="$BASEBUILDTAGS $(hack/btrfs_installed_tag.sh) $(hack/libdm_tag.sh)"
+export BUILDTAGS="$BASEBUILDTAGS $(hack/btrfs_installed_tag.sh)"
 %gobuild -o bin/%{name} ./cmd/%{name}
 
 # build %%{name}-remote