diff --git a/sqlite.be0 b/sqlite.be0
index 9586ba641..99c358ce4 100755
--- a/sqlite.be0
+++ b/sqlite.be0
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mee_configure() {
         --enable-threadsafe \
         --enable-readline \
         --enable-dynamic-extensions \
+        --enable-fts5 \
         CFLAGS="-g -O2 \
             -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3=1 \
             -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 \