diff --git a/src/lib/lib.mak b/src/lib/lib.mak
index c95cfe2ecfc..771339e8d0c 100644
--- a/src/lib/lib.mak
+++ b/src/lib/lib.mak
@@ -559,10 +559,17 @@ SQLITEOBJS = \
 
 $(OBJ)/libsqlite3.a: $(SQLITEOBJS)
 
+SQLITE3_FLAGS =
+ifdef SANITIZE
+ifneq (,$(findstring thread,$(SANITIZE)))
+SQLITE3_FLAGS += -fPIC
+endif
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(TARGETOS),linux)
 LIBS += -ldl
 endif
 
 $(LIBOBJ)/sqlite3/sqlite3.o: $(LIBSRC)/sqlite3/sqlite3.c | $(OSPREBUILD)
 	@echo Compiling $<...
-	$(CC) $(CDEFS) $(CONLYFLAGS) -Wno-bad-function-cast -I$(LIBSRC)/sqlite3 -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CDEFS) $(CONLYFLAGS) -Wno-bad-function-cast -I$(LIBSRC)/sqlite3 $(SQLITE3_FLAGS) -c $< -o $@