diff --git a/src/lib/lib.mak b/src/lib/lib.mak
index 771339e8d0c..fa6b77d544e 100644
--- a/src/lib/lib.mak
+++ b/src/lib/lib.mak
@@ -564,6 +564,9 @@ ifdef SANITIZE
 ifneq (,$(findstring thread,$(SANITIZE)))
 SQLITE3_FLAGS += -fPIC
 endif
+ifneq (,$(findstring memory,$(SANITIZE)))
+SQLITE3_FLAGS += -fPIC
+endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(TARGETOS),linux)