diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index 255ddc937b..8016ff1c4c 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ endif
 SQLITE_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(SQLITE_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(SQLITE_LDFLAGS)"
 
 define SQLITE_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(SQLITE_CONF_ENV) ./configure \
+	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		$(if $(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),,CXX=false) \
+		$(SQLITE_CONF_ENV) ./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--host="$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)" \
 		--build="$(GNU_HOST_NAME)" \
@@ -87,7 +89,8 @@ define SQLITE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 endef
 
 define HOST_SQLITE_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(SQLITE_CONF_ENV) ./configure \
+	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		$(SQLITE_CONF_ENV) ./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--host="$(GNU_HOST_NAME)" \
 		--build="$(GNU_HOST_NAME)" \