diff --git a/rpm/podman.spec b/rpm/podman.spec
index a717907c21..075c43b7a5 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`.