diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index da9b57af..f842b791 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ OUTPUT ?= dbmate
 GOOS := $(shell go env GOOS)
 ifeq ($(GOOS),linux)
 	# statically link binaries to support alpine linux
-	override FLAGS := -tags netgo,osusergo,sqlite_omit_load_extension,sqlite_json -ldflags '-s -extldflags "-static"' $(FLAGS)
+	override FLAGS := -tags netgo,osusergo,sqlite_omit_load_extension,sqlite_fts5,sqlite_json -ldflags '-s -extldflags "-static"' $(FLAGS)
 else
 	# strip binaries
-	override FLAGS := -tags sqlite_omit_load_extension,sqlite_json -ldflags '-s' $(FLAGS)
+	override FLAGS := -tags sqlite_omit_load_extension,sqlite_fts5,sqlite_json -ldflags '-s' $(FLAGS)
 endif
 ifeq ($(GOOS),darwin)
 	export SDKROOT ?= $(shell xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path)
diff --git a/pkg/driver/sqlite/sqlite_test.go b/pkg/driver/sqlite/sqlite_test.go
index 895ef994..87fffa6c 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/sqlite/sqlite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/sqlite/sqlite_test.go
@@ -405,3 +405,12 @@ func TestSQLiteQuotedMigrationsTableName(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, `"fooMigrations"`, name)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestSQLiteFTS5Available(t *testing.T) {
+	db := prepTestSQLiteDB(t)
+	defer dbutil.MustClose(db)
+
+	// this only passes if the FTS5 module is statically compiled in to the SQLite driver
+	_, err := db.Exec("CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE a USING fts5(b, c)")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}